Another Changing Trays question

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   I also have a question about changing trays.  Using the library, I can look at each page of my PDF and determine which tray I want to draw from.  I created a custom printer and can change its tray during printing  My problem is that it creates a new print spool job each time I switch trays.  For instance if I see the first 5 pages go to tray 2:
set the tray to 2 and PrintPages 1-5 
then change the tray to 3 and PrintPages 6
then change the tray the back to 2 and PrintPages 7-11, etc.

This can potentially create hundreds of spool jobs (I create a print very large PDFs).

Is there any way I can perform this in a single print job?  If not, this would be a great feature to add.  Something like:

StartPrinter
print to tray 2
print to tray 3
print to tray 2
EndPrinter

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BobW Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 13 Location: Minnesota Status: Offline Points: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote BobW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Another Changing Trays question Posted: 17 Feb 20 at 4:32PM
	I also have a question about changing trays. Using the library, I can look at each page of my PDF and determine which tray I want to draw from. I created a custom printer and can change its tray during printing My problem is that it creates a new print spool job each time I switch trays. For instance if I see the first 5 pages go to tray 2: set the tray to 2 and PrintPages 1-5 then change the tray to 3 and PrintPages 6 then change the tray the back to 2 and PrintPages 7-11, etc. This can potentially create hundreds of spool jobs (I create a print very large PDFs). Is there any way I can perform this in a single print job? If not, this would be a great feature to add. Something like: StartPrinter print to tray 2 print to tray 3 print to tray 2 EndPrinter

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3527	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Feb 20 at 10:13PM
	Hi Bob, that's not possible: https://www.debenu.com/kb/can-print-different-printer-trays/ Ideas for further enhancements you should post into the official page regarding technical issues. Here's the user/user-community...
	Cheers, Ingo

jack97119 Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 28 Dec 21 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jack97119 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Dec 21 at 10:57AM
	Printer.BeginDoc; //dosomething...print //--------- Changing Trays .... ----------------- Printer.GetPrinter(device, driver, port, hDMode); if (hDMode <> 0) then begin pDMode := GlobalLock(hDMode); if Assigned(pDMode) then begin pDMode.dmFields := pDMode.dmFields or DMBIN_MANUAL; pDMode.dmDefaultSource :=GetTraysID(); winapi.Windows.EndPage( Printer.Handle ); If ResetDC( Printer.canvas.Handle, pDMode^ ) = 0 Then showmessage( 'ResetDC failed, '+SysErrorMessage(GetLastError)); GlobalUnlock( hDMode ); winapi.Windows.StartPage( Printer.Handle ); Printer.Canvas.Refresh; end; //-------------------------------------------------- //dosomething...print Printer.EndDoc; end; Edited by jack97119 - 28 Dec 21 at 10:58AM

jack97119 Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 28 Dec 21 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jack97119 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Dec 21 at 11:00AM
	function GetTraysID()(TraysName: string; adevice, aport: PWideChar): Word; var i, rslt: Integer; tBinNames: array of Tbinname; BinCodes: array of Word; begin Result := DM_DEFAULTSOURCE; rslt := devicecapabilitiesW(adevice, aport, dc_binnames, nil, nil); if rslt > 0 then begin setlength(tBinNames, rslt); setlength(BinCodes, rslt); try if devicecapabilitiesW(adevice, aport, dc_binnames, @tBinNames[0], nil) = -1 then begin setlength(BinCodes, 0); setlength(tBinNames, 0); raise exception.Create('error tbinnames'); end; if devicecapabilitiesW(adevice, aport, DC_BINS, @BinCodes[0], nil) = -1 then begin setlength(BinCodes, 0); setlength(tBinNames, 0); raise exception.Create('error BinCodes'); end; for i := 0 to rslt - 1 do begin if TraysName = tBinNames then begin Result := BinCodes; Break; end; end; finally setlength(BinCodes, 0); setlength(tBinNames, 0); end; end; end;