Microsoft KB Archive/117626

Mixed Bin or Bin 2 Printing to Apple LaserWriter Select 360

PSS ID Number: Q117626 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

6.00

MS-DOS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you print a document to the Apple LaserWriter Select 360 using Mixed as your paper feed choice, Word prints only the first page of your document. When you print using Bin 2 as your paper feed choice, Word does not print your document at all.

= CAUSE =

This problem is caused by the LaserWriter’s treatment of the multi-purpose tray on the printer. Earlier-model LaserWriter bins were numbered 1, 2, and 3, so Word’s POSTSCRP.PRD was written to address bins on the LaserWriter in that way. The LaserWriter Select 360 numbers the multi-purpose tray as bin 0 and the paper cassette as bin 1.

= WORKAROUND =

A simple change to the POSTSCRP.INI file allows Word to pull paper from the correct bins when using the Mixed or Bin 2 paper feed choices. To modify the POSTSCRP.INI file, do the following:

  Open the POSTSCRP.INI file.   From the Edit menu, choose Search.   In the Text To Search For field, type “/B2” (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER.   The following line appears: /B2 { statusdict begin papertray 2 ne { 2 setpapertray } if end } def   Change this line to the following: /B2 { statusdict begin papertray 0 ne { 0 setpapertray } if end } def   Save and close your POSTSCRP.INI file.   Reset your printer by turning it off and then back on. 

You should now be able to print properly.

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