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How to create separator page for Ricoh Aficio MP 6000

Asked by: djhath

I have been unable to get a separator / banner cover page (that provides print job info - date, username, etc) functioning on our Ricoh Aficio MP 6000 copier when printing to it as a shared network printer (Windows 2003 Server).  

All of our other printers (Canon, HP, Xerox) have taken and successfully print the  separator page.  However, this Ricoh machine does not when you configure it at the driver level (Advanced -> Separator Page) under the printer's properties on the server.

Any suggestions?

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Answers

 

by: wyliecoyoteukPosted on 2009-10-27 at 02:36:13ID: 25670480

Which driver are you using? the seperator page is necessarily different for each, RPCS, PCL5 or 6, or Postscript

 

by: djhathPosted on 2009-10-27 at 09:18:45ID: 25674246

PCL5e

 

by: wyliecoyoteukPosted on 2009-10-27 at 12:18:28ID: 25676293

and are you selecting the pcl separator page when browsing?

 

by: djhathPosted on 2009-10-27 at 14:58:13ID: 25678062

I'm sorry, could yÓu clarify what yu mean by 'when I'm browsing?' I've tried using all the separator pages that reside in the c:\windows\system32 directory on the server.

 

by: wyliecoyoteukPosted on 2009-10-28 at 02:39:54ID: 25681256

That's what I meant.
You need to use the pcl.sep
I will look on the ricoh forum to see if there is anyone else reporting this problem

 

by: wyliecoyoteukPosted on 2009-10-28 at 04:00:42ID: 25681797

From the ricoh forum:
You might need to edit the seperator page if it does not use Ricoh versions of the command codes( mainly required for paper trays)

Using Windows Separator Pages
Mar 16th, 2006, 10:46pm Quote Quote
Using Windows Separator Pages

Windows has the ability to send a banner/separator page to the printer together with your print job(Printer Properties/Advanced).
It's primary duty is to identify the job owner and separate one print job from another. It is possible to send printer PJL and PCL escape sequences to the printer as well.

Here we can use these commands to pull the separator page from a different tray source by either specifying a different tray source and/or media type.
Separating the jobs by pulling different coloured paper would make identifying each job from a stack of paper on the output tray a lot easier.
This can be done as follows;

Using a different Tray

\
\H1B\L%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL    <-- Puts printer into PCL mode
\H1B\L&l1H    <-- This command pulls the sep sheet from Tray 2
\H1B\L&l1T\0    <-- Job Reset. Sets USTATUS counters etc,
\M\B\S\N\U    <-- Prints user name in large characters
\U\LJob : \I    <-- Prints spool ID number
\U\LDate: \D   <-- Prints date
\U\LTime: \T    <-- Prints time
\E    <-- Exits banner page and begins actual print job

 
Using a tray identified as Colour Media

\
\H1B\L%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL
\H1B\L&n6WdColor                  <-- Print from tray containing colour paper
\H1B\L&l1T\0
\M\B\S\N\U
\U\LJob : \I
\U\LDate: \D
\U\LTime: \T
\E

 
These .sep files can be constructed using Notepad.exe and changing the file extension to .sep.

Certain Ricoh systems support different media 'words' and further information can be found using the PCL and PJL Command Set available from http://www.tessa-support.com web site

For further info visit;

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q131714
and

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/14517/14517.html?Ad=1
NB. Ricoh Tray ESC sequences differ from HP

 

by: djhathPosted on 2009-10-29 at 10:20:30ID: 25695939

I will give this a shot.  Thank you.

 

by: djhathPosted on 2009-10-29 at 10:51:29ID: 25696275

Not the prettiest pages, but the fact that I've got something that cleanly prints the username is very helpful.  Thank you.

 

by: djhathPosted on 2009-10-29 at 12:50:35ID: 25697538

I just spent the last hour or so playing with the PCL language and finally came up with something workable.  So, to contribute something of value here, I'm attaching the following code snippet.

\
\H1B\L%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL
\H1B\L&l1T
\H1B\L(19U\H1B\L(s1p36v0s0b16602T 
\L---------------------------------
\2
\LNetwork Printer - Rondo
\1
\L---------------------------------
\9\3
\LUsername: \N
\4
\LDate: \D
\4
\LTime: \T
\E

                                              
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by: wyliecoyoteukPosted on 2009-10-29 at 13:22:57ID: 25697851

If you want, I can  email you the ricoh PCL manual

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