On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:09:38 -0700 (PDT)
Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Yes, but you still can't tell the printer there are transparencies
in 
> > either tray.  Notifying the printer you have transparency media will

> > lower the fuser temperature slightly.  From what I can tell, this is

> > coded into the printer firmware.

> You need to add PostScript or PJL to the job to have the
transparencies
> selected.
> 
> Do you have a PPD file for this printer?

Yes, I have the PPD file for this printer (Lanier LP020c).

Commands in the PPD file will tell the printer "I want transparencies 
for this job".  And, if transparencies are loaded in the printer, it 
will print as expected (with the lower fuser temperature and all).  
Otherwise it will ask you to load transparencies.

You can >NOT< tell it "you have transparencies in tray 1".  The 
firmware on the printer says "thou shall not load transparencies 
in this paper tray no matter what--thou shall use the manual 
feed tray for such media".

Xerox figured out how to load transparencies through the top paper
tray--not the manual-feed tray--with their 6250 (and presumably other 
printers).  It's unfortunate Ricoh/Lanier/Savin haven't done the 
same...

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