Re: Multi-Drawer Laser Printer and AS/400

Dear Tim,

It is correct that a true IBM 3812 printer only offers two paper trays. One of 
the nice features about the AS/400 device description 3812-1 is that it does 
not prohibit requests for source drawers beyond number 2 from being sent to a 
device defined as a 3812-1.

OfficeVision has the capability to support printers with up to 6 source 
drawers. From within a document, you select CMD 20 to reach the Format Options 
menu. Next you choose 1 Document Options, then 1 Document Format, and then 4 
Page layout/paper options to reach the menu item where you choose the target 
source drawer by number.

When your document is sent to print,  the OS/400 command to select the desired 
source drawer will be sent with it. When the command reaches the Optra S it 
will need to be converted from an OS/400 command to an equivalent HP PCL 
printer command in order for the Optra S to understand it. The typical bin 
selection commands supported by the Optra S are as follows:

Text Format             Hex Format              Source Drawer Selected

<ESC>&l1H               1B 26 6C 31 48          Auto Feed From Default Paper 
Drawer 
                                                (Usually drawer 1).
<ESC>&l2H               1B 26 6C 32 48          Manual Feed Paper
<ESC>&l3H               1B 26 6C 33 48          Manual Feed Envelope
<ESC>&l4H               1B 26 6C 34 48          Auto Feed From Alternate Paper 
Drawer
                                                (Usually drawer 2).
<ESC>&l5H               1B 26 6C 35 48          Auto Feed From High Capacity 
Paper Drawer
<ESC>&l6H               1B 26 6C 36 48          Auto Feed Envelopes
<ESC>&l8H               1B 26 6C 38 48          Auto Feed From Multi-Purpose 
Paper Tray

If you have different paper sizes installed in some of the drawers (ex. 
envelopes and letter paper), you need to include both the paper size and the 
drawer number in the drawer selection command.

Your ability to activate different drawers on the Optra S will depend upon the 
device performing the EBCDIC to ASCII conversion. If you are using AS/400 Host 
Print Transform, you will need to make a Workstation Customization Object to 
adjust the sequence sent in response to a host request for drawer 3. If you are 
using a twinax printer interface, you will need to find out how to program its 
response to a request for drawer 3 from the host so that it sends the bin 
selection sequence you need to the printer.

Hope this helps.

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi, Technical Director                 E-mail: pault@praim.com
Praim Inc.                                           Tel: 603-431-0606
140 Congress St., #2                                Fax: 603-436-6432
Portsmouth, NH  03801-4019


> From: Tim Hamm[SMTP:tmhamm@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 12:27 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Multi-Drawer Laser Printer and AS/400
> 
> Can anyone help me out on this one?
> 
> Customer has a model 170 with V4R2 (obviously), and has a Lexmark
> Optra S 24ppm laser printer with three drawers and an envelope feeder.
> 
> They are using OfficeVision and are accessing the first two drawers
> fine and the envelope feeder.  However, we seem to have trouble
> getting an option to separately  use the third drawer.  The printer is
> emulating a 3812-1.
> 
> I have heard that the 3812-1 does not have the thrid drawer option. 
> If my customer wants to put different letterhead in each drawer, does
> anyone know of a way to access each individual drawer using
> OfficeVision and the AS/400?   
> 
> That's as coherent as I can make it.  Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Tim Hamm
> MBA Information Systems, LLC
> tmhamm@yahoo.com
> 

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