RE: Print files and Tray/Drawer selection

If you are using a printer that supports PCL5 you can add a
PCL Drawer Select command onto each page of the spooled file

Your program can easily decide which drawer should be pulled
from.

Just make sure the PCL drawer select command is the first
thing on the page (otherwise you will get an additional page
eject)

Very easy to do.

John



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Reger [mailto:BillR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:15 PM
To: Midrange-L (E-mail)
Subject: Print files and Tray/Drawer selection

I know I can assign the DRAWER number via an OVRPRTF
command. Assuming Drawer 2 contains AP Check stock and
Drawer 3 contains plain paper stock, is there any way to
alternate Drawers?

In other words, the A/P Department would really like a Check
to print, followed by the plain paper copy, the next Check
and its copy, and so on.

If I create 2 print files, one for each Drawer, I'll end up
printing all the Checks followed by all the copies - and
then someone would have to manually collate.

Ideas?

Bill