Black Box PC118C-R2 manual Printing on 11 X 17 and A3 Size Paper

HPIIISi TWINAX CARD

The System/38 sends margins and other format specifications to a printer only when they are different from the previous document or when the printer has been turned off. To choose a different paper size, take these steps:

1.Select a paper size in the host program.

2.Install the correct paper size in the printer.

3.Power off the printer for about 5 seconds, then power it back on.

4.Release the job for printing at the printer’s controlling workstation.

The line-format screens in DisplayWrite/36 (those connected with DisplayWrite Command 20) also permit you to select “Justify,” which aligns the right margin. For best results in using justification, change the zone width to 1 (instead of 6). Right justification is supported only for fixed- pitch fonts.

6.4.6PRINTING ON 11" X 17" AND A3 SIZE PAPER

Some printers, such as the HP LaserJet 4V printer, allow printing on 11" x 17" and A3 size paper. The HPIIISi Twinax Card automatically recognizes these larger paper sizes (see Section 6.4.5). However, at times it might be advantageous to force the printer to print on 11" x 17" or A3 size paper, even when the host sends requests for smaller paper sizes (for example, letter, legal, A4, or Executive). If this is desired, the Card’s forced 11" x 17" (A3) feature should be turned ON through host/PC-download command 32.

With this feature turned ON, the Card will request the printer to load A3 size paper (when the host requests A4 or A3) or 11" x 17" paper (in all other cases). In addition, the Card’s APO feature (if turned ON) will automatically rotate all documents/reports with dimensions of 11" x 17" or smaller. To achieve COR in this case, the document/report has to be larger than 11" x 17".

6.4.7PAPER-DRAWER SELECTION

OfficeVision/400 and DisplayWrite/36 allow the user to direct the print output to one of several paper sources regardless of whether the printer actually has 1, 2, 3, or more trays to pull paper from. On the host, several of these theoretical paper sources are called paper drawers. On the printer, the actual paper sources are usually called trays. The I-O interface acts as the matchmaker between theoretical paper drawers and physical trays available on the printer.

The paper-drawer feature of the HPIIISi Twinax Card can be accessed through host/PC-download commands 13, 14, and 15 (see the entries for these commands in Section 5.3).

42