Ray -

I'm addressing this to you since you provided the following code (except that I changed the printer name from HP LaserJet 5 to HP LaserJet 4250, to reflect my new printer).

AlternateDefaultPrinter("HP LaserJet 4250")
PrintPagePaper(20)
Newpage(950,412)
PrintString("Spencer Wulwick", 30, 25, 0, "Arial", 14, 0)
PrintString("210 South Hale Avenue", 30, @PageExtentY(), 0, "Arial", 14, 0)
PrintString("Tampa, FL 33609-3933", 30, @PageExtentY(), 0, "Arial", 14, 0)

PrintString(Mail Name, 450, 200, 0, "BArial", 16, 0)
PrintString(Address1 + " " + Apt, 450, @PageExtentY(), 0, "BArial", 16, 0)
PrintString(City + ", " + State + "  " + Zip, 450, @PageExtentY(), 0, "BArial", 16, 0)

FinishPage()  

I just installed the new printer and I am having the same problem that I had with the old printer.  The envelope prints fine except that it prints on letter pager instead of an envelope which is in an envelope feeder inserted into tray 1.

Is there any other portion of the code (other than the printer name which I already changed) that I could use to have it print on an envelope pulling it from the envelope feeder?

Thanks!

Bob -

I had tried that with both the HP 5 and the new printer and that does not work.

The new printer has quickset features so I am trying to avoid setting up more than one printer definition for the new printer.  (Had it worked I would have at least used it for the "time being.")

Thanks!

Hello Spencer,

PrintPagePaper(20) is going to print on B9 paper which is a european paper, I believe. You will want to use PrintPagePaper(30).


-Ray

Hello Spencer,

It has been in since 1.1.1, I believe. The command you are looking for is PrintPageTray(). I do not believe it is in the programming guide.

Syntax is 

PrintPageTray(Tray Number as Int)

Tray Numbers are
0: USER
1: ONLYONE
2: LOWER
3: MIDDLE
4: MANUAL
5: ENVELOPE
6: ENVMANUAL
7: AUTO 
8: TRACTOR
9: SMALLFMT
10: LARGEFMT 
11: LARGECAPACITY
12: CASSETTE
13: FORMSOURCE

-Ray

Hello obfusc88,

No there is not. However, passing a value of -1 to PrintPageTray() will clear the value. The printer will then use the same tray that it would have used if PrintPageTray() was  not called.

-Ray

Ray -

I tried using the code for the envelope (and, since letter size paper is my "default," I preceded each attempt with -1)

PrintPageTray(-1)
PrintPageTray(5)

I tried using the code for the "middle" tray (since there is no choice for "upper" & the letter feed is on the bottom

PrintPageTray(-1)
PrintPageTray(3)

I even tried using the code for the "manual" feed

PrintPageTray(-1)
PrintPageTray(4)

I tried using the code for "auto" to see if the page size would be sufficient to id the envelope)

PrintPageTray(-1)
PrintPageTray(7)

I tried "tractor" hoping that might somehow id the envelope feeder

PrintPageTray(-1)
PrintPageTray(8)

In every case, the printing was done on letter size paper from the lower tray.

Is there anything else you can suggest?  Just give me a few minutes while I run out to buy another ream of paper.  lol

Ray -

	AlternateDefaultPrinter("HP LaserJet 4250")
	PrintPagePaper(20)
	PrintPageTray(5)
	Newpage(950,412)
	PrintString("Spencer Wulwick", 30, 25, 0, "Arial", 14, 0)
	PrintString("210 South Hale Avenue", 30, @PageExtentY(), 0, "Arial", 14, 0)
	PrintString("Tampa, FL 33609-3933", 30, @PageExtentY(), 0, "Arial", 14, 0)

	PrintString(Mail Name, 450, 200, 0, "BArial", 16, 0)
	PrintString(Address1 + " " + Apt, 450, @PageExtentY(), 0, "BArial", 16, 0)
	PrintString(City + ", " + State + "  " + Zip, 450, @PageExtentY(), 0, "BArial", 16, 0)

	FinishPage()
 

Ray -

I changed the code to PrintPagePaper(30).

Here's the story about the 20 vs 30.  I use the program Stamps.Com. Stamps.com prints an image that is LARGER than a #10 envelope.  The reason is that it doesn't want a border (even 1/8th inch) that most printers will leave.  In order for the Post Office to accept their image, the bar code needs to print at the exact edge of the page.  When I use Stamps.Com, I tell the printer that the envelope size is B9 (OR acutally I think it's B5 and I got mixed up); it leaves the border for the larger size requested but since it actually prints on a #10 envelope, it prints right to the edge of the paper.  On my old printer, I used to get a message that said "Load B9 (or B5)"; however, this printer is set to accept any size and it prints fine on the #10 envelope.

Back to the issue.  My HP LaserJet 4250 IS my default printer; however, it is set for letter paper.  When I left it "as is" and removed the AlternateDefaultPrinter() call from the code, I got a message from the printer telling me to load tray 1. The envelope feeder IS IN tray 1; however, there is still a "slot" available for manual feed.

When I inserted an envelope into tray 1 (the manual feed slot), the printer printed; however, it printed in portrait mode rather than landscape mode ... so all that showed on the envelope was the return address SIDEWAYS.

I even tried changing the printer default setup to automatically select envelope and it still printed on letter paper from tray 2.

I then changed the default printer to show tray 2 NOT available and it STILL printed from tray 2.

Please keep in mind that my normal setting for the default printer is letter size paper with the envelope feeder available.  If I use MS Word and use the wizard to print an envelope, it prints correctly on the envelope.

If I use Stamps.Com with my normal printer default setting, it prints from on an envelope.

Everything works except for the printer codes in Sesame. 

Any other ideas?