Re: Double sided postscript printing

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:49:04 GMT, Peter Brown wrote:

:>Hi Mat
:>
:>Mat Nieuwenhoven wrote:
:>> Hi,
:>>
:>> I wanted to produce print output as postscript file for double sided
:>> printing. I've installed a new 'printer' for this, and tried various
:>> postscript drivers, until I found one which gave me double sided printing
:>> (Xerox Phaser 8400DP). Looking at the driver's job properties, all is well,
:>> but from within an application, if I select that printer and want to modify
:>> job properties to select double sided, I cannot: the driver shown is the
:>> Canon i850 (used also on the system).
:>> I don't understand why an application will show properties of another driver,
:>> not the one associated with the printer.
:>>
:>> What is wrong here and how can I fix it?
:>>
:>> Thanks, Mat Nieuwenhoven
:>>
:>
:>My guess is your ini files have got a bit "munged" with regard to which
:>printer uses what driver.
:>
:>If you open the Phaser printer properties, Printer driver tab, there is
:>a chance you will see that it has more than 1 driver selected in the
:>Default driver window.

No, there's just one.

:>Sometimes resetting that to just the correct driver helps - but could
:>also change whatever uses the i850 driver to use the Phaser driver.
:>
:>Have a look at the printers and drivers installed using prndrv.exe -l
:>that should give you an idea if there are still unused drivers hanging
:>around causing problems.

I have that program already, thanks. Here's the output:

Found PrintQueue 'OMNI1' PMPRINT
Found PrintQueue 'CUPSPost' PMPRINT
Found Printer 'CUPSPos1' FILE PSCRIPT.Xerox Phaser 8400DP
Found Printer 'Canonip4' SLPR1 OMNI.Canon i950
Found PrinterDriver 'PSCRIPT.Xerox Phaser 8400DP'
'D:\OS2\DLL\PSCRIPT\PSCRIPT.DRV'
Found PrinterDriver 'OMNI.Canon i850'
'D:\OS2\DLL\OMNI\OMNI.DRV'
Found PrinterDriver 'OMNI.Canon i950'
'D:\OS2\DLL\OMNI\OMNI.DRV'
Found PrinterDriver 'IBMNULL'
'D:\OS2\DLL\IBMNULL\IBMNULL.DRV'

As a way around this, would it be possible to import Cups' PPD file for the
Canon IP4000 into the Pscript driver?

Thanks, Mat Nieuwenhoven


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Office 2004 printing issues: Apple, MSFT, help!
    ... Try adding the Phaser using an Apple LaserWriter driver (i.e. Add an Apple ... McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltdhttp://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/ ...
    (microsoft.public.mac.office.word)
  • Re: Office 2004 printing issues: Apple, MSFT, help!
    ... Try adding the Phaser using an Apple LaserWriter driver (i.e. Add an Apple ... McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltdhttp://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/ ...
    (microsoft.public.mac.office.word)
  • Re: Double sided postscript printing
    ... until I found one which gave me double sided printing ... A further thought here is that the app in use may have decided that the Default System printer is the correct driver - is the i850 the Default? ... :>If you open the Phaser printer properties, Printer driver tab, there is:>a chance you will see that it has more than 1 driver selected in the:>Default driver window. ... Having successfully imported the ppd file you would need to create a printer object for the printer with the output port set to eCUPS which would then pass the print job onto the installed CUPS port and finally to the printer. ...
    (comp.os.os2.setup.misc)
  • Re: "Access Denied"
    ... uses the Generic Text/Only driver. ... allowing spooling on every printer on that port. ... Are you taking a PostScript ... If you *want* your output to bypass the driver, and language monitor, use ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
  • Re: "Access Denied"
    ... That's interetsing, I have never had a problem calling StartDocPrinter(), ... uses the Generic Text/Only driver. ... Are you taking a PostScript ... If you *want* your output to bypass the driver, and language monitor, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax)
Loading