HP PCL Code for Ouput Bin Select

Joe Chasan joe at magnatechonline.com
Fri Aug 22 08:12:21 PDT 2008


Probably a Jim Asman question, but i'll put it out there in case someone
else has it.

I've a customer with an HP LaserJet 4015 who installed a "5-bin mailbox
output bin" add-on HP option to share this printer amongst 5+ users - in 
windows, under the printers properties, they each select which bin to 
use (e.g. tom = mailbox/bin #1, joe=mailbox/bin #2, bob-mailbox/bin #3,
accounting=mailbox/bin #4, etc)

in filePro and unix - they'd like the same thing to happen.
this is SCO/sysv printing, so i'm guessing i'll do this within 
lp interface i can't see any way to do it in filePro without adding
print code to every single format, but thats not a given if fp 
is starting all of with an <Esc>E reset command which may or may not
break this, i still have to think about that part, not sure yet.

in any event - _should_ i figure out the above - has anyone seen this
beast that can help with the proper PCL code to select? (i'm doing this 
remote, sight-unseen).  my HP PCL reference has a 2 bin output select 
command:
<Esc> & l # G 
# = 1 - Upper Output Bin
2 - Lower (Rear) Output Bin

wondering if it as simple as using this command and using 1/2/3/4/5 as
the variable.

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-Joe Chasan-                           Magnatech Business Systems, Inc.
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