Q: My clients requirements are:
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Jobs which draw the paper form tray 2
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1-100 first sheets has to be sent to mailbox 1
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101-200 to mailbox 2
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Jobs which draw the paper form tray 1
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1-100 first sheets has to be sent to mailbox 3
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101-200 to mailbox 2
[Rule 1 from Tray 1 to Out-bin 1 / 3]
; primary rule selection is always true, as a 1 can be found in any print file
Trigger_Binary=1
; Secondary trigger is input Tray 1 (Esc&l4H)
PaperTray=4
; Then send to first 99 pages to out-tray 5 and the rest to out-tray 7 of the server
; (Esc&l5G) I do not know if 5 and 7 is correct, but you can play with those numbers
; in order to switch the trays
ELP_Command=C1:1M5;C1:100M7;
[Rule 2 for Tray 2 to Out-bin 2 / 3]
Trigger_Binary=1
; Secondary trigger is input Tray 2 (Esc&l1H)
PaperTray=1
ELP_Command=C1:1M6;C1:100M8;
In this example ELP sets page 1 to be posted to Tray X and the page 100 to Tray Y. All pages form 2 to 99 will be posted also to Tray X, as the printer keeps the definition until it is changes on page 100 for the remaining pages. As the ELP_Command defines the M (out-tray setting) any out-tray commands are erased from the data stream, on only the ones defined on the ELP_Command are set.
If you like for Page 200 and up to select Tray Z then simply add for example C1:200M9; etc.
Tip: If the requirement is to change the tray on variable pages, then establish a page counter (A25) and use the counter in the ELP_Command_ADD function together with the ELP_Replace_Variables=ON key.
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