Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:48:55 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing to HP LaserJet III Message-ID: <20040511114855.11a1bd57@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <20040510173714.L8661@wonkity.com> References: <20040510173251.5c053a6a@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <20040510173714.L8661@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 17:42:08 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2004, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > > 2. The tray I have is for "legal" paper and I want to use A4; the > > problem is that if I set CUPS to print on A4 it's prompting "PC LOAD > > A4" and I have to push "Continue" for each page. > > The printer knows that it does not have A4 paper loaded. :) I got that > On many HP printers, it can tell because there are configuration > switches that are set by the paper guides in the tray. I think this is the case, if I set it from the menu it still complains. My problem is that I complains for every page, but my friend's under windows does it just for the first; I suppose cups is sending each page separately. Well, it seems I have to short some of those metallic parts on the tray ;-) > On others, you might have to set that through the front panel menus. > > > 3. From what I've seen on net there are many sub-models of LaserJet > > III with different capabilities; is there any method to query the > > printer and find out what it knows ? > > Printing a test page should show options like PostScript or additional > memory. Yes, I got there; it's 3072K bytes, firmware 19901209, internal fonts 19900713 and Paper Tray legal. Nothing about PS. Thanks, -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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