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Laserjet 4 Always prints 2 copies
I just got an HP Laserjet 4, which works perfectly, EXCEPT
that the printer's default number of copies is 2, and I can't get it to change. No matter how I try to print, the end result is always two copies of whatever that is. Looking at the printer's hardware itself indicated that the printer is set to print two copies of everything by default. What I thought would work was using the printer job language (pjl) and telling the printer to use a default of 1 copy, as per the spec in the hp printer guide: http://www.computerfuchs.net/neu/pdf/hp4v_eng.pdf So I typed this: echo "\027%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT COPIES=1\015\012\027%-12345X\015\012" /dev/lp0 And nothing changed at all - the printer still reports that the default number of copies is 2. Anybody know a pjl command that will set the default copies to 1? Or some other way to do it? In case it isn't clear, \027 is escape, \015 is carriage return, and \012 is linefeed. |
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Ah, thanks! That did the trick!
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Turn teh printer off.
Remove teh JetDirect card if there is one. Hold down teh Online button and turn the printer on. That will do a Cold Reset and set it back to Default of one copy on the printer. Dewaine Rusty Phillips wrote: I just got an HP Laserjet 4, which works perfectly, EXCEPT that the printer's default number of copies is 2, and I can't get it to change. No matter how I try to print, the end result is always two copies of whatever that is. Looking at the printer's hardware itself indicated that the printer is set to print two copies of everything by default. What I thought would work was using the printer job language (pjl) and telling the printer to use a default of 1 copy, as per the spec in the hp printer guide: http://www.computerfuchs.net/neu/pdf/hp4v_eng.pdf So I typed this: echo "\027%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT COPIES=1\015\012\027%-12345X\015\012" /dev/lp0 And nothing changed at all - the printer still reports that the default number of copies is 2. Anybody know a pjl command that will set the default copies to 1? Or some other way to do it? In case it isn't clear, \027 is escape, \015 is carriage return, and \012 is linefeed. |
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