Print to different trays in NAV – Part 2

This post is part of a series of posts where I explain how to print to different trays in NAV.

1. Print to different trays in NAV – Part 1

2. Print to different trays in NAV – Part 2

3. Print to different trays in NAV – Part 3

4. Print to different trays in NAV – Part 4

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In this second part, we’ll see how you can test your printing in different trays.

If you need to test your printing you will, of course, need a printer that support printing in different trays. But what if you don’t have such a printer? Or, what if you -like me- hate to waste paper on your tests?

The answer is Bullzip PDF printer. In fact, this proprietary PDF virtual printer allows to add virtual trays. I’ll let you read complete explanation in Bullzip Knowledge Base.

Just in case the link is down, I’ll quickly explain the steps hereafter. All you need to do is:

1. Download and install the virtual printer with default parameters (adjust if needed),
2. Open, as admin, the “BULLZIP.PPD” file located in “C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\“,
3. Add the lines below to the end of the file and save it:

*InputSlot Tray1/Tray 1: “gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 1) show grestore”
*InputSlot Tray2/Tray 2: “gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 2) show grestore”
*InputSlot Tray3/Tray 3: “gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 3) show grestore”
*InputSlot Tray4/Tray 4: “gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 4) show grestore”
*InputSlot Tray5/Tray 5: “gsave /Times-Roman findfont 30 scalefont setfont newpath 10 10 moveto 1 0 0 setrgbcolor (Tray 5) show grestore”

You can download the file I created here (delete .doc from the extension).

Now that the printer is ready, let’s see how you can find out what are the available trays in your printer. The answer is in part 3.

P.S 1: this blog is primarily addressed for NAV developers.

P.S 2: this blog could be of use for none-NAV developers also as it explains a solution to create virtual printer with different trays.

P.S 3: The same trick works also for PDFCreator (i.e. add virtual trays to the virtual printer). So, you can try it with your preferred virtual printer. The PPD file is available in the same location “C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\x64\3\PDFCREAT.PPD”.

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