The /OutputType entry in the pagedevice dictionary allows to select the output device and output trays if several trays are available on that device. See the table below:
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Postscript / OutputType |
Output Device |
Comment |
|---|---|---|
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“Finisher” |
Finisher |
The integrated finisher. |
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“OEM Finisher” “OEM Finisher Face Up” “OEM Finisher Face Down” |
External finisher |
The OEM (external) exit choices are only available when the presence of an External finisher has been specified using SDS. “OEM Finisher Face Up” and “OEM Finisher Face Down” were added only for the backwards compatibility and they are functionally equivalent to “OEM Finisher”. |
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“ExternalFinisher” |
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“<OEM Device Name>” |
External finisher |
The name of the OEM corresponds to the name specified by SDS.  NOTE
Specifying the OEM by its name is product dependent. |
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“Printer Tray” |
Stacker |
Both “Printer Tray” and “Upper bin” refer to the output bin for mixed format jobs. |
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"Upper bin" |
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“Tray” |
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“bookletmaker” “BookletMaker” |
Not supported |
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“highcapacitystacker” “highcapacitystacker 1” “HighCapacityStacker” “HighCapacityStacker 1” |
Stacker |
The High Capacity stacker (HCS). Preferably use the name with capitalised characters. |
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“highcapacitystacker 2” “HighCapacityStacker 2” |
Stacker 2 |
The second High Capacity Stacker. Preferably use the name with capitalised characters. |
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“highcapacitystacker 3” “HighCapacityStacker 3” |
Stacker 3 |
The third High Capacity Stacker. Preferably use the name with capitalised characters. |
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"stackerstapler" "StackerStapler" |
Stacker/Stapler |
The integrated Multi Format Stapler (iMFS). Preferably use the name with capitalised characters. |
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"stackertray" "StackerTray" |
Stacker/Stapler upper output |
The SEF Stapler upper tray. Preferably use the name with capitalised characters. |
The requested OutputType is matched against the configured name of the external finisher. When the requested OutputType does not match with the available output types nor with the configured name of the external finisher, it is treated as an unsupported value for OutputType.
The following policies are supported for OutputType:
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Policy value |
Interpretation |
|---|---|
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0 (configuration error) |
A PostScript error page is printed and the job is aborted. |
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1 (ignore) |
The previously selected output destination will be used. |
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2 (operator interaction) |
When the selected output cannot be used, the “high capacity stacker is selected automatically and the operator will be notified. |
NOTE
The default policy is 2.