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CJacobs
Aug 9, 2008, 10:16:01 AM8/9/08
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This should be easy, but documentation on Windows printer driver functions is
hard to find. In the printer properties, General Tab, there is a group box
labeled “Paper available”. I’m guessing this is to support Bi-directional
communication with the printer and is intended to show all paper currently
loaded in the printer trays. It always seems to have only one entry,
“Letter”, which I’m also assuming is just the default value when the printer
/driver does not support Bi-di comm. Are my assumptions correct? Is there
a way to statically expand that list to include all the sizes a printer
supports even if the driver is not bi-directional?
Does anyone know of documentation which describes, completely, Windows
printer drivers?
hard to find. In the printer properties, General Tab, there is a group box
labeled “Paper available”. I’m guessing this is to support Bi-directional
communication with the printer and is intended to show all paper currently
loaded in the printer trays. It always seems to have only one entry,
“Letter”, which I’m also assuming is just the default value when the printer
/driver does not support Bi-di comm. Are my assumptions correct? Is there
a way to statically expand that list to include all the sizes a printer
supports even if the driver is not bi-directional?
Does anyone know of documentation which describes, completely, Windows
printer drivers?
Tim Roberts
Aug 10, 2008, 6:25:05 PM8/10/08
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This is described in the printer description file -- the *.ppd file. If
you are using a generic PostScript driver without specific support, there's
no way to ask the printer for this information. The driver has to know it.
--
Tim Roberts, ti...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
CJacobs
Aug 12, 2008, 4:54:17 PM8/12/08
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We do have a ppd file, but I wasn't addressing the advanced options from the
driver user interface (where the user selects the paper size from a drop down
list), this is on the printer properties page where there is a group box
labled "Paper available:". I've never seen more than one paper size listed
in that group box. We support more than letter, but I only see letter listed
in our driver's property page as well as other driver's property pages.
driver user interface (where the user selects the paper size from a drop down
list), this is on the printer properties page where there is a group box
labled "Paper available:". I've never seen more than one paper size listed
in that group box. We support more than letter, but I only see letter listed
in our driver's property page as well as other driver's property pages.
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