[comp.lang.postscript] Using dual paper trays from Mac Apps

tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (05/14/91)

There is an office here where tey share a dual tray QMS printer.
One tray has letterhead, the other has plain paper. It would be nice
to be able to switch from one tray to the other in the middle of a job
or at LEAST send page one using letterhead then the rest of the pages 
using plain paper.

I guess what I really want is a LaserWriter driver that has a tray option.

The reason I am asking this here is that I wrote some PostScript code to
do this using the setpapertray postscript operator. It works, sort of...
I include this as a PostScript glossary entry in Word 4 on the mac and all
works well when I have a two page job where on page one I put the 
letterhead glossary entry and on page two I put the plain glossary entry.
On a one page document where all you include is the letterhead entry, the
printer doesn't switch back automatically at the end of the job.

According to the QMS manual there isn't a setpapertray command. According
to ever other manual I have for dual tray PostScript printers there is a
setpapertray command and it reverts back to the tray set by defaultpapertray
at the end of the job. Anybody know why this isn't in this case?

Anybody have abetter answer for me?

tj