Tray-to-tray mode assumes that the Océ VarioPrint 6000 Series is configured and paper is correctly installed in the trays before the print job is send to the printer. As a result there will be a waiting time between jobs, if the next job needs a different configuration.
In all cases, the paper size is determined as described before. The selected input tray is associated with a media name depending on the media currently in the input tray. This media name is assigned to the current page. This will only apply if that input tray contains paper with the requested size. The other media attributes are associated with the media name and thereby defined as well.
As long as the media in the input trays are configured correctly, this mode will effectively select the trays as specified in the PCL file. A prerequisite is that the media in the trays are distinguishable by different names. Example: the paper in tray 1 is named A4-tray1, the paper in tray 2 is named A4-tray2 etc.
Media (names) are defined in the media catalogue through the Settings Editor. Media (names) are assigned to trays through of the paper manager on the printer LUI.
The PCL Tray IDs can be linked to the physical trays through a mapping table that can be edited in the Settings Editor.
Possible mapping of the PCL Tray IDs to physical trays for the Océ VarioPrint 6000 Series:
The PIMs are numbered from left to right and the trays are numbered from top to bottom.
By default, the tray-to-tray mapping table is filled with the values for the first PIM. It is the responsibility of the operator to configure the table for the PIM2 and PIM3 when these are available.
PCL Tray Id <esc>&l#H |
Océ VarioPrint 6000 Series Physical tray |
---|---|
1 |
PIM1 tray 1 |
2 |
PIM1 tray 2 |
3 |
PIM1 tray 3 |
4 |
PIM1 tray 4 |
11 |
PIM2 tray 1 |
12 |
PIM2 tray 2 |
13 |
PIM2 tray 3 |
14 |
PIM2 tray 4 |
21 |
PIM3 tray 1 |
22 |
PIM3 tray 2 |
23 |
PIM3 tray 3 |
24 |
PIM3 tray 4 |
99 |
Roll feeder |
The figure below shows how a media name and attributes are selected in other situations, e.g. if a JDF ticket is present.
The tray-to-media mode supports accepting jobs in the print queue and postpones the application of the requested media until the job starts printing. As a result, the Océ VarioPrint 6000 Series can be used more efficiently because jobs can be spooled and ripped while previous jobs are being printed.
In all cases, the paper size is determined as described before. The mapping table selects a complete media type specification for each tray number rather than just a media name. Tray selection in PCL is based on media from the media catalogue. The default values of the tray-to-media mapping table in the Settings Editor are given below.
PCL-XL Media Source |
PCL5e Tray Id |
Media name |
Media type / colour |
Media weight / Punch count |
Cycle length |
Type of tab / Insert |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
eAutoSelect |
1 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eManualFeed |
2 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eMultiPurposeTray |
3 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eUpperCassette |
4 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eLowerCassette |
5 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eEnvelopeTray |
6 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eThirdCassette |
7 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
Not supported |
8 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eTray20 |
20 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eTray21 |
21 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eTray22 |
22 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eTray23 |
23 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eTray24 |
24 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray1 |
25 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray2 |
26 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray3 |
27 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray4 |
28 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray5 |
29 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray6 |
30 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray7 |
31 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |
eExternalTray8 |
32 |
“Plain A4” |
"" |
0 |
1 |
Normal |