Manual InterForm400 English 2023

This function is used in departmental printing environments with the following purposes:

 

•Several users share the same printer, and want their print output in a specific output tray depending on the User name.

•Printing of jobs where an output tray should be selected depending on the overlay chosen for the job.

•Combinations of the above

 

This option require, that the printer supports the necessary PCL5 command.

 

You can setup the output bin control via these menu options:

 

80. Administering InterForm400    

8. Work with printer control options

3. Output sorter definition

 

Defining an Output Sorter Bin

 

Enter Menu point 8. Work with printer control options followed by 3. Output Sorter Definitions on the Administration menu. The following screen will appear:

 

                                                                       

Press F6 to add a new Output sorter definition.

 

One output sorter definition corresponds to one output queue. Additional output sorter definitions must be defined for each additional output queue with a capable printer attached.

 

 

Output Queue:        

The output queue where the printer is attached (where the merged spooled file is generated).

 

Sorter Type:        

Not yet inspected.

Any value entered for Sorter type will default to HP5Si, which covers any PCL5 compatible printer.

         

Default output bin:        

This bin will be used for any User or Overlay which does not match any criteria defined in Output Sorter Details.

The bin number is a PCL bin number, which normally is the same as the physical output bin number.

The number can e.g. be:

Bin 1:        The standard face-down bin.

Bin 2:        The standard face-up bin, which is only selectable if the sorter unit is not installed.

Bin 3:        The upper face-up bin of the sorter unit.

Bin 4-11: The 8 face-down bins of the sorter unit.

 

General information about output bin numbers

It can be necessary to do some testing (or reverse engineer the print output from a PCL5 windows driver for the same printer) in order to find out which bin numbers to use. Some help can be found in this zip file:

http://download.interform400.com/shares/public/Drawer_tests.zip

 

When pressing Enter the following screen will appear:

 

                                                   

Press F6 to add Sorter details to your Sorter definition.

 

You can add additional Sorter Detail lines for each User profile and/or each overlay which should result in addressing of a particular sorter bin:

 

                                                               

Overlay name:        

Type a name of an overlay which should result in printing to a bin defined in Output bin number. If a user profile has been entered also, the bin will only be addressed if both Overlay name and User profile match.

 

Primary/Secondary:        

If Copy Management has been defined for the Overlay this option will decide if only the Primary or the Secondary set of copies will result in printing to a specific sorter bin. As you normally do a primary merge you should state '1' when using an overlay name.

 

WARNING: If Primary/Secondary is left blank the overlay is not checked!

 

User Profile:        

The System i user profile which should result in printing to a bin defined in Output bin number. If an overlay name has been entered, the bin will only be addressed if both Overlay name and User profile match.

 

Output bin number:        

The PCL5 bin number to select. More information can be found above.

The mapping can e.g. be:

Bin 1:        The standard face-down bin.

Bin 2:        The standard face-up bin, which is only selectable if the sorter unit is not installed.

Bin 3:        The upper face-up bin of the sorter unit.

Bin 4-11: The 8 face-down bins of the sorter unit.

 

The following example illustrate a situation where all letters, using overlay IF400DEMO, printed to queue PRT02 are printed to output bin 8, except when printed by PETER which will result in printing to bin 9. All other print jobs submitted by PETER will be printed to bin 4. Any print job submitted by other users and with other overlays will be printed to the Default output bin defined for this Sorter definition.