Thanks.  

That was one of the mysteries of the universe I've been looking for all
these years.

When someone told me they wanted to use Tray 3 in this device, then I
later learned to use "data_intray=3", I only had a sneaking suspicion in
my mind this was somehow, wrong.

Tracy Johnson
Office 1-757-766-4318
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Powell, MMfab
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Paper Trays on a HP 4250tn
> 
> Many, MANY moons ago, someone from HP posted a list of tray 
> number codes.  I 
> have used them only in environment files with escape codes 
> like  <esc>&l#H, 
> but I *GUESS* you would use the same numbers for data_intray 
> setup (?). 
> That's an "ell" after the ampersand.
> 
> I can only vouch for a few of them, and only on a few models, 
> like 5N, 4050, 
> 4100 & P3005.  esc&l4H pulls from tray 1, and esc&l0H pulls 
> from any tray 
> that I haven't set up in the printer's own configuration as 
> having special 
> paper.
> 
> Anyway, the list says "3" means manual feed and you need "5" 
> to pull from 
> tray 3.  Intuitive much ?  Good luck doing anything with 
> trays without the 
> magic list  :)
> 
> Here it is, except that I have replaced the description of '0' in the 
> original posting with a description I pulled from some old printer 
> manual-on-cd.
> 
> 0  =    "any unlocked tray   (was "prints or ejects current page")
> 1  =    Tray 2
> 2  =    manual feed, paper
> 3  =    manual feed, envelope
> 4  =    Tray 1
> 5  =    Tray 3
> 6  =    Envelope Feeder
> 7  =    auto select
> 8  =    Tray 4
> 20-69 = external trays
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tracy Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 09:10
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Paper Trays on a HP 4250tn
> 
> 
> After a couple of years after making the recommended changes 
> in this post,
> the users came back again telling the HP3000 paper is still 
> using the Manual
> Tray.  The printer is still a 4250tn configured as follows.
> 
> 970   (network_address = 172.16.52.66 PJL_SUPPORTED=FALSE 
> JAM_RECOVERY=TRUE
> MANUALFEED=OFF data_intray=3)
> 
> The only thing I can think of is there a one to one 
> correlation between what
> the 4250 thinks tray 3 is versus what the HP thinks tray 3 
> is?  i.e., does
> telling it data_intray=3 equate to the Manual Tray on the 4250tn?
> 
> Or should I take manualfeed=off?
> 
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