I have a varible in my data that tells me what page to start duplexing till the end of the document for a given row of data. The global seting is Simplex as the first page is always simplexed and the remaining can be simplexed or duplexed.

Since I know which page to start on how do I conditonally set that page to start printing in duplex mode?

Ashley

Astahl,

You'll have to call duplex from the Advanced Paper Handlings instead of regular paper handlings, because there you can put conditions on the commands. So you could have both Simplex and Duplex in the Advanced Paper Handling Before of a page, and put a condition on both, so that only one is used at a time.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Rapha

I tried your suggestion without success. I set,
"Duplex = Duplex long-edge binding" and the condition is; "When: =(@(48,1,2) > '0') AND (@(48,1,2) <= '5')" then I want page 5 to start duplexing and finish with page 6 on the backside of 5.

But it still is printing in Simplex mode. Any other suggesttions?

BTW...I had this set on Paper Handling before the page.

Ashley

Ashley,

If you force it to switch to duplex without any conditions, does it duplex properly? If so, it may be that the condition is wrong. One problem I see with it is that you are doing numerical comparisons on strings. Try this:
=(strtoint(@(48,1,2)) > 0) AND (strtoint(@(48,1,2)) <= 5)

Use strtofloat if the numbers have decimals.

If forcing it still produces simplex, it is possible that you're not using the correct ppd for your printer. Instead of using the default ppd, try using the ppd for your printer. If you don't have it, ppd files are usually available on your manufacturer's web site.

Regards,
Rapha

Thanks for the string to integer hint. I tried the default.ppd did not work and also the printers ppd, also did not work. I guess one should contact the printer manufacturer and check if they can add that into their ppd.

Regards,

Ashley

Ashley,

Before calling the manufacturer, there's a couple more tests you could do:
- Make sure you try to force switching to duplex, without using a condition.
- Can you set your entire job to duplex from the Document level? It's possible that your printer might be able to do either simplex or duplex, yet might not be able to switch between both in the middle of a job.
- Are you able to duplex at all, outside of PlanetPress? Can you duplex from Word, for example?
- Have you tried to use Advanced Paper Handling commands to enable duplex, instead of just regular paper handling?

Also, what is your printer model?

Regards,
Rapha

I have tried then following;
1.) Set the document to duplex and set each page to simplex. Works!
2.) Set document to Simplex and set each page to duplex. Works!
3.) Set document to Simplex and pages to simplex. Added a condition "=(2 > 1)" then duplex. Does not Work!

Yes all the conditions I have been testing are in the Advanced Paper Handling

Regards,

Ashley

Our printer is an Oce' Production Printer 160/200/250

Regards,

Ashley