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- From: bob@comlab.gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
- Subject: Duplex printing
- Message-ID: <81943@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 22:39:18 GMT
- Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU
- Organization: GTRI Communications Lab
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- Greetings PostScript gurus. I am a relative newcomer to PostScript
- programming so this question is probably an easy one.
-
- I have an HP IID laser printer with the HP PostScript cartridge (not the
- Plus cartridge). The HP IID has a duplex mode where it will print on
- both sides of the page. The user guide gives some directions for putting
- the printer into duplex mode. Evidently the "statusdict" dictionary
- is pushed onto the dictionary stack with the "statusdict begin" command.
- Then duplex mode can be set with the "'boolean' setduplexmode" command
- where 'boolean' is true or false.
-
- I've been studying "PostScript by Example" by McGilton and Campione, and
- it seems to me that a simple
-
- statusdict begin
- true setduplexmode
-
- ought to do the trick. I've moved these statements around, used 0 and 1 for
- false and true, put slashed in front of things but so far no joy. The
- result is always the same; a bunch of light blinking on the printer, a long
- delay, and then.... no printout at all.
-
- Any ideas? Have I included enough info to troubleshoot this or should I
- post more of the PostScript header stuff? The file I am playing with is
- a pretty simple one generated by pstext with a three page printout.
-
- Thanx in advance, Bob
-
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