[comp.lang.postscript] Postscript command for manual feeds???

erics@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Skuratowicz) (08/22/90)

I need some help! I'm trying to print out envelopes on a
laserWriter. It easy to do if I had a Mac, just change 
the printer setup to manual feed. But I'm trying to 
print from a VAX, and I can't seem to convince the
laserWriter to use the manual feed. Does anyone know 
the commands to tell the printer to use the manual 
feed instead of the automatic??

Thanks!!!!
-Eric

heiney@wsl.dec.com (Bob Heiney) (08/22/90)

DISCLAIMER:  Based on Redbook entries for the original LaserWriter

You might try the following

	statusdict begin /manualfeed true def end

There is also a variable, manualfeedtimeout, that controls the number
of seconds the LaserWriter will wait for a page to be inserted.
The default is usually 60 seconds.  To change it you would use
something like

	statusdict begin /manualfeedtimeout 30 def end

Hope this helps,

Bob Heiney
heiney@dec.com