G’day everyone! I installed a virtual Postscript printer and use Ghostscript to convert Postscript files to PCL and send the PCL files to a real printer to print Postscript files on a non Postscript printer. To realize that, I used this tutorial: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~henrik/GSPSprinter/GSPSprinter.html
I get the Postscript file from another software – a scan software. In this software I am able to choose between DIN A4 and DIN A3. The Postscript file includes the correct page size (in the line below its DIN A3): <</DeferredMediaSelection true /PageSize [842 1190] /ImagingBBox null>> setpagedevice In the Ghostscript output, the PCL file, I can’t find that entry. The only thing I find is: @PJL SET PAPER=LETTER But that would be the wrong paper size. The print is OK, but the printer always uses tray no. 1. That’s where the A4 paper is stored. But I need to print on DIN A3 paper as well. And I think that doesn’t work because the page size isn’t correct. Or would that conclusion be wrong? Is there any way to get the printer to chose the right tray? Printer: HP LaserJet 5000 Preference file for Ghostscript: -Ic:\gs\ggs9.01\lib;c:\gs\fonts -sDEVICE=mswinpr2 -dNoCancel -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER In that preference file I tried “sPAPERSIZE” with a3, a4, auto and even deleted it completely. None of it worked fine. I also tried to change preferences of the printer in the printer itself and the PCL5e driver of the printer. Nothing works... My questions are: Does anyone have an idea how I could get the printer to chose the right tray? And why does Ghostscript convert from "A3" to "letter"? Is there a way to catch the Postscript file, check if it's A3 or A4, usw the right paper size and print? But even if I write -sPAPERSIZE = a3 it doesn't work proper. The image is resized correctly but the printer still uses tray no. 1 ... Best regards, Felix
