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NX 5 Multi-roll plotter (HP DesignJet 4520)

NX 5 Multi-roll plotter (HP DesignJet 4520)

NX 5 Multi-roll plotter (HP DesignJet 4520)

(OP)
I've got the plotter on our network and setup in the SDI Print Master using HPGL/2.

I can plot files to it but now I'm trying to get the roll switching working.

I found a post from 2008[1] but it's not obvious where those commands go. I only see the following under Advanced Options:

Advanced Rendering Options
Pre-Process:
Rendering:
Post Processing:

However, in reading the NX documentation it hints that I should be using an initialization file instead. I looked up the tray command for PCL, saved what I thought was correct in a plain text file, and added it to the Init file setting in Printer Setup.

pcl5_tray1:
<ESC>&l1H

pcl5_tray2:
<ESC>&l4H

where <ESC> is obviously the escape character.

I've setup two printers using the two separate init files but either one I try it just plots to whichever tray is loaded.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Richard M. Shaw

[1] http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=220212&amp;page=84

RE: NX 5 Multi-roll plotter (HP DesignJet 4520)

(OP)
I found out part of the problem, but not a solution. When I looked at the output directly I saw that it was going into HPGL mode BEFORE inserting my init file.

As far as I know you can't choose input trays in HPGL so I added the appropriate code (shown below) to go back into PCL mode, change trays, then go back into HPGL mode.

<ESC>%0A<ESC>&l1H<ESC>%0B

But this is a nogo as well...

Richard

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