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I have a LaserWriter 12/640. In Classic printing, there was an option to print to the Face-Up output tray, which provides a straight through paper path. (Important for printing labels.) When I switched to Mac OS X, I found that option was missing. The solution was to make a copy of the standard PPD file and add a fake "paper tray" that acts like the Multipurpose tray but prints to the Face-Up tray. Use the custom PPD when creating the printer and just select "Multipurpose-FaceUp" when printing.

The PPDs for Apple printers are in /System -> Library -> Printers -> PPDs -> Contents -> Resources -> en.lproj. First, I duplicated all the lines that referenced "Multipurpose" to create a "Multipurpose-FaceUp" input tray. Then I added the following line to the Postscript code that selects this tray:
1 dict dup /OutputFaceUp true put setpagedevice
(I found this line elsewhere in the PPD.)
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Print to alternate output trays
Authored by: seann on Jan 23, '04 01:29:18PM

Couldn't you just use the OS 9 ppd?

make sure to clear up the line feeds before using it?



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Print to alternate output trays
Authored by: lrosenstein on Jan 23, '04 04:17:37PM

The OS X PPD has all the necessary info in it already. The problem is that the print dialogs don't present the output tray option.



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Authored by: seann on Jan 23, '04 06:18:58PM

I understand now.



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Authored by: rblancha@mac.com on Jan 24, '04 04:24:59PM

Instead of modifying the PPD, you may be able to simply select 'Reverse Page Order' in the Paper Handling panel of the print dialog. I think that will select the proper output order.



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Authored by: lpb2h on Jun 04, '04 01:51:53AM

OK, so how does one change a preset (I have a Samsung ML-1250) and am running Panther. I.e., your post assumes one can create a new preset file.

You'd figure that Panther would be smart enough to remember the last setting, or to have a 'save settings', but no.

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Authored by: lpb2h on Jun 04, '04 01:57:45AM

Sorry, I posted that last message to the wrong forum. (The answer to my question, anyway, was to that there is a "Save as" option in the Presets.)

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Authored by: film on Apr 06, '04 07:29:19PM

I have a Laserwriter 8500 and am having the same problem, i can not choose the multipurpose tray in Freehand 9. If this is the same solution, could you be more specific as to which lines in the ppd you coied. Thank you.



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