We have some new Canon printers here. They have four bins. There isn't an "upper", "lower" and "middle" bin.

I ran the following code and all reports printed from bin 1. When the variable i was equal to 1,2,3,4 and 7, no error code was returned.

for i=1 to 12

 Set_Printer('INIT','','','','',0:@VM:0,Printer)

 test=Set_Printer('PAPERBIN',i)

 if test < 0 then

    call msg(@window,'Cannot support bins')

 end

 Set_Printer('TEXTXY','This is a test of number ':i:'.',1:@FM:1)

 Set_Printer("TERM")

next i

It looks like the number sent would match the bin chosen, but I don't know what's going on inside OIPI. Is there a solution to this?

Thanks,

Wayne

You can get a program from Revelation that will report the "actual" paperbin numbers of a printer. Then you can use those to get proper results. try Bob Orsini for this.

Try this for you bin number testing.

You need a pagebreak after setting PAPERBIN…which makes the program logic a bit messy.

The numbers should lineup with the bins in OIPI_EQUATES

Set_Printer('INIT',,,,,0:@VM:0)

for i=1 to 12

test=Set_Printer('PAPERBIN',i)

if test < 0 then

  call msg(@window,'Cannot support bins ':i)

end else

  set_printer("PAGEBREAK")

  Set_Printer('TEXTXY','This is a test of number ':i:'.',1:@FM:1)

end

next i

Set_Printer("TERM")

I have some code for this that I'm happy to post onto the http://openinsight.wetpaint.com/ wiki site.

Unfortunately, the "attach" feature isn't visibe to me, even though I've signed in and created a page.

Does anyone know the right method?

Thanks.

The bin numbers I needed for a HP 4350 are not in the equates. We print to 4 bins during a print run(snipped from my app):

  if index( currentprinter, "4350", 1) then

    Tray4=259

    Tray3=260

    Tray2=261

    Tray1=262

  end

The program supplied by Revelation was named PAPERBINS.EXE and was dated 12/29/2005. I'm not comfortable with posting this program without their permission.

The VB code for the paperbin.exe can be found on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194789.

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