How do I specify which printer tray to use with EasySpooler?

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You can use the PCL language to specify the tray. Most of the PCL codes for HP are standardized from model to model. The paper source command “^[&l#H” is one of the few PCL commands that vary between printer models.

The PCL 5 escape sequence for paper source is Esc&l#H (the “l” is a lowercase “L” rather than the numeral “1”). See the following table for values of #. For example, Esc&l8H is the command for tray 4.

PAPER SOURCE Esc&l#H

Tray 1 4
Tray 2 (500 Sheet) 1
Tray 3 (500 Sheet) 5
Tray 4 (1500 Sheet) 8
Tray 5 (4000 Sheet) 9

Add a line similar to this to the $LPSDIR/adm/pcap file:

PCLx_tray2_*_begin_^[&l1H_

You can then issue the follow command to pull from tray 2.

llp -dlp## -ofmt=tray2 /file/to/print

Or, you can create an entry in the $LPSDIR/adm/lpsalias file as follows:

tray2:lp##:-onob -ofmt=tray2:Pulls from tray2

Then you can just spool your job to printer “tray2”.

llp -dtray2 /file/to/print

Again, if the output pulls from the wrong tray, you will need to try different escape numbers from above for your printer model.