HP LaserJet 8150 Series Printers - Software Technical Reference

PCL 6 and PCL 5e driver features

Back Cover

The Back Cover mini-tab allows you to select an alternate media source (or the same

source as First Page) from which a blank page is drawn and placed after the last page of

a document. The mini-tab contains three radio buttons and a drop-down menu. No Back

Cover is selected as the default, with the drop-down source selection box disabled.

Selecting Use an Alternate Source activates the drop-down menu. The drop-down

menu value defaults to the same source as that chosen for the First Page tab. Selecting

Use the First Page Source changes the drop-down value to match the first page, if

necessary, but the drop-down menu remains inactive.

When the Back Cover tab is active, selecting No Back Cover deactivates the drop-down

menu, but does not change its value. No help bubble is available for the inactive drop-

down menu. The settings will revert to defaults when Use Different Paper for First Page

is selected again.

Figure 56: Other pages (left) and back cover (right)

Size is:

This feature is actually two controls: a drop-down menu that contains all the supported

media sizes (including any user-defined custom sizes) and a text label that indicates the

dimensions of the selected size.

Moving the pointer over the text label causes the arrow to change to a gloved hand,

which indicates that the area beneath the pointer is selectable. Selecting here toggles the

units of measure between inches and millimeters, offering the same options on the

dimensions label in the preview image. Selecting a new size from the drop-down menu

updates the media dimensions text label as well as the preview image. Changing the

orientation also updates the dimensions text label.

Size can be specified only for the first page or for all pages. On the Other Pages and

Back Cover tabs, the Size drop-down menu does not appear because the media size

must be consistent for all pages of the job. Certain applications can override this

command and specify different media sizes within a single document. Any change in the

media size selection causes the Booklet Printing feature to be turned off.