HP PCL Code for Ouput Bin Select

[Joe Chasan]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:09:42AM -0700, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Joe Chasan wrote:
> 
> > 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)
> > ... 
> 
> Joe,
> 
> I have not played with one of these units, and I have not ever heard of a 
> PCL standard for output bin control. You could pretty easily build some 
> test files that would each contain a different numeric value in the bin 
> selection sequence you cited.
> 
> You could also examine the output of the Windows driver when set for each 
> option. A hex editor such as Hex Workshop is handy for this. You 
> may find that control of the output bin is being done with PJL, which 
> "wraps" the PCL.

FYI, trial and error yields:
<ESC>&l1G - built-in output tray
<ESC>&l2G - built-in output tray
<ESC>&l3G - mailbox bin output tray #1
<ESC>&l4G - mailbox bin output tray #2
<ESC>&l5G - mailbox bin output tray #3
<ESC>&l6G - mailbox bin output tray #4
<ESC>&l7G - mailbox bin output tray #5

now to figure how to make use of this with least amount of steps possible!
 
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