Hi to all,
this is probably an lp question than a Baan question but anyway...
I need to print from baan on an HP lj8000 (set as Direct in Baan) using paper in A3 format.
I don't know how to force the printer to use A3 paper. I suppose there is
a lp option but I can not find it. Any idea?
The OS is AIX 5.1

Thank you for your help!

smallboy

Hello smallboy

create a printer driver with A3 ESC-Sequence in $BSE/lib/printinf/.....

Asign this driver to the BaaN Printer (e.g. hllj8x_a3) with paper size "A3" and direct it to the lp - queue

Drucker : ENTWA3
Bezeichnung : Entwicklung Schacht A3
Druckerart : Direkt
Locale : ISO-8859-1 Western Europe - 8 bit
--Drucker ------------------------------------
Treiber : lu_lj4mv_a3
Warteschlange : /usr/bin/lp -dlj51dtn1 -n %d -s %s
Papierart : A3 A3 format Hochforma
Linker Rand : 0 Seitenvorschub : Nein
--- Datei ------------------------------------
Treiber :
Shell-Befehl :
Konv.programm :
Argument :
Pfad :
Ändern zulässig :
Seitenlänge : 0


# Druckertreiber fuer A3 Kassette als Papierfach
# Bernd Dittmar (C) 2001
#******************************************************************************
# Booleans
#******************************************************************************
rsf_pbold,
rsf_pobold,

#******************************************************************************
# Setup
#******************************************************************************
# |-<- Schacht 2
#Papierquelle: 1=Papierfach; 5=500Blattkassette(Optional)
initpr=\EE\E&l26a66F\E(12U\E(s10H\E&l1H\E&l27A\E(s0p10h0s0b4099T\E&k11.6H,
resetpr=\E(s10H\E&l5H\E(s0p10h0s0b4099T\E&k11.6H,

Hi bdittmar,
first of all thanks for your help! I've tried your solution; I've created a file
hp_lj8x_a3 with the ESC sequence you give me, assigned the new driver to a baan printer and set paper to A3, but when I print on this printer it uses A4 paper instead of A3.... :-(
Any idea? Are there any other infos I can give you for solve the problem?

By the way a couple of questions: the esc-sequences are standard or differs form printer to printer? Where can be found?

Thank you again !

smallboy

Hallo smallboy,

the esc-sequence depends of the printers hardware.

chose the right paper tray with esc-seq.

You'll find in printers documentation for lj8x in appendix D

papertray:

Ec&l#H

where the value for # is.

0 actual page
1 tray 2
2 manual feed for paper
3 manual feed for envelope
4 tray 1
5 tray 3
6 envelopes
7 autom. feed
20 tray 4
21 tray 5
22 - 69 external trays

so if your A3 paper is in tray 3 change the esc-squence to :

Ec&l5H

! also take care on paper orientation and other

attached you'll find some pcl examples (in german) for the lj8x

regards bernd

Hi bdittmar,
it works!!!!!! Thank you! your first post was ok but I've mispelled the esc-sequence ( an l that was 1)... I feel like Homer Simpson Doh!
Thank you again also for the pdf!

smallboy

I hope not be off topic... again about escape-sequence:
is it possible to use it on a lp command line, i mean sometings like this

lp -d<printer_queue> <escape_sequence_for_a3> <file_to_print>

or

<escape_sequence_for_a3> <file_to_print> | lp -d<printer_queue>

Thank you

smallboy

I hope not be off topic... again about escape-sequence:
is it possible to use it on a lp command line, i mean sometings like this

lp -d<printer_queue> <escape_sequence_for_a3> <file_to_print>

or

<escape_sequence_for_a3> <file_to_print> | lp -d<printer_queue>

Thank you

smallboy

I've never seen this.
The LP puts the output to the printer (Modelcript).
BaaN takes it's own printerdriver, located in $BSE/lib/printinf/....

regards bdittmar