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  • 1.  Print Queue setup

    Posted Fri August 04, 2006 11:16 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I have setup a printer and queue using SMIT and I have set the default tray to 4. What I am trying to find out is if there is a way to set the next tray it trys to use if tray 4 is empty to tray 3, then tray 2, then tray 1.
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  • 2.  Re: Print Queue setup

    Posted Fri August 04, 2006 11:42 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    No, this cannot be done. The AIX print subsystem would expect the printer to have this intelligence.
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  • 3.  Re: Print Queue setup

    Posted Fri August 04, 2006 11:46 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    So, what you are saying is that the printer itself would need to have the tray setup as 4,3,2,1 and not the AIX print subsystem.
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  • 4.  Re: Print Queue setup

    Posted Fri August 04, 2006 01:22 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    That is right. You can manually change the virtual printer colon file to have it send any sequence you want. All you have to know is what the printer needs to do the printer selection and you can modify the escape sequence sent.
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