HP 8100 outputs

rbuser

We are looking at purchasing some HP 8100's with multiple input trays and a
out put sorter. Will all the options just appear within reportbuilder ?

eg

Pick up from tray 3. Print Duplex, output to sorter tray4.

Pick up from tray 2. print Duplex Shrink 2 pages onto A4 output to side
tray.

There seems to be lots of advanced options in the printer driver.

On HP 4000 I have the problem that if Tray2 is empty it picks up from Tray
3(ie the wrong paper)

Any Info appreciated.


PS We have been picking up lots of corporate clients www.parkforce.com and
the part of the demonstration that sells is all the excellent reporting
facilities we offer the client. Many thanks for a great product.

Steve W

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

ReportBuilder can natively control duplexing and the output bin however some
more advanced printer features are not supported due to the fact that they
are not natively supported in the Windows API. Take a look at the following
article for more information. I know we have had customers successfully
implement advanced printer features in the past.

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Tech Tip: Configuring Printer Specific Options
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The Report.PrinterSetup properties can be used to set the properties that
are common to all printers. Internally RB applies these to the Windows
DevMode structure.


Report.PrinterSetup <----> Windows DevMode <-----> Printer Driver <--->
Printer


Printers often contains additional features, such as output bins, media
types, etc. The Windows DevMode structure can contain a private area that is
used the printer driver to store printer specific options. These can be
configured by using the Printer Driver's built-in properties dialog. These
options can theoritically be set programmatically, the trick is that you
have to know where in the structure to store the option and what values are
valid.

The following example shows how to display the printer properties dialog and
save the devmode for use within RB...

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/tips/SavePrinterDevMode.zip

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Any example of how to use the settings. I do not understand how to achive
this.

Cheers

SteveW

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

Unfortunately we do not have any exmples of this due to the fact that every
printer is different. I would suggest taking a look at the documentation on
the DEVMODE structure in the Windows SDK help. Once you are familiar with
this structure, you might contact HP and see if they can give you some
insight on how to manipulate their printers. This information may also be
available on the internet.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com