tpmsph@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Thomas P. Morris) (02/02/89)
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Help! I'm having a devil of a time understanding how/when to use
the paper size/tray selection operators "legal" and "legaltray"
(and maybe even fiddling with "paperlength", if it exists), on a
NEC LC890. A (somewhat long) description of my particular
PostScript dilemma follows.
The NEC LC890+ has two input trays, and is capable of using Legal
length paper. Theoretically, the "statusdict" operator "legal" is
supposed to change the current page / current tray "imageable
area" to legal (8.5"x14") sized page area. Unfortunately, when I
use this command, the printer doesn't "complain" about this being
illegal or improper. But all the pages come out blank! So, I'm
looking for someone who knows the particular `magic words' or
`mantra' to send to the printer so that the printer not only
doesn't complain, but so that it also prints something more than
just blank pages! Some of the offending code, mostly produced
by the MASS-11 word processing utility:
save
clippath pathbbox
4 1 roll pop pop exch translate
.1 .1 scale
statusdict begin 2 setpapertray end
userdict begin legal end
/Courier findfont 10 10 mul scalefont setfont
/current_ps {10} def
and so on, ad nauseum...
Unlike the Apple Laserwriters, there is no separate physical tray for
legal paper. There _are_ front panel menus which could be used to change
the paper type, but that is _rather_ cumbersome, and definitely prone to
operator error, especially for the printers in some of our departmental
offices. The LC890 PostScript Supplement mentions another command called
"legaltray", but this requires changing settings using the frontpanel
menus. Finally, the Supplement claims there is a variable or array
called "paperlength" which doesn't appear in any of the printer's
PostScript dictionaries, according to a short PostScript program
I wrote.
If anyone can shed some heat or light on this problem, please help!
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