Weird paper feed behavious on HP4

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HP LJ4 with PCL or PostScript driver? They are different, and I would imagine
that the PostScript driver would have fewer defects. Of course, you also need a
PostScript SIMM for the LJ4... Ben Myers

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:08:15 +0100, David Sumbler <david@nospam.co.uk> wrote:

>I have an HP4 printer, set up so that it will take paper first from
>the multi-purpose tray, then, failing that, from the main paper
>cassette. This all works fine when I am printing on A4 paper.
>
>But if I specify another size (in software), it behaves oddly: for
>instance, in OpenOffice I have a template which specifies a DL size
>envelope. When I try to print an envelope, the printer first asks for
>Manual Feed DL. Then, after I press Shift-Continue, instead of
>printing the job on the envelope I have placed in the MP tray, the
>printer asks for Paper Cassette DL. If I then press continue, it
>takes paper from the PC, which of course is not what I wanted.
>
>How can I persuade it actually to print on the paper in the MP tray
>that it has asked for? Incidentally, the problem does not only happen
>in OpenOffice. My computer is running Fedora Core 1 Linux with Cups.
>
>David
>
>--
>
>David Sumbler
>
>Please reply to the newsgroup.
>
>However, if you _really_ want to send me an e-mail,
>replace "nospam" in my address with "aeolia".

Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?)

David,

Have you looked at the Linux printing web site?

http://www.linuxprinting.org

.... Ben Myers

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:08:14 +0100, David Sumbler <david@nospam.co.uk> wrote:

>On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Ben Myers wrote:
>
>> HP LJ4 with PCL or PostScript driver? They are different, and I would imagine
>> that the PostScript driver would have fewer defects. Of course, you also need a
>> PostScript SIMM for the LJ4... Ben Myers
>
>I normally use the Postscript driver.
>
>David
>
>--
>
>David Sumbler
>
>Please reply to the newsgroup.
>
>However, if you _really_ want to send me an e-mail,
>replace "nospam" in my address with "aeolia".