>I have found a possible error in the PaperSource class in the .NET
>framework v1.1.
> The possible error lies in the Kind-property, if the Kind value exceeds
> 257, then it just returns 257.
> It looks like this :
>
> --- hp color LaserJet 2550 PCL 6 ---
> "Kind", "Name"
> 15 Automatically Select
> 257 Printer Auto Select
> 257 Manual Feed in Tray 1
> 257 Tray 1
> 257 Tray 2
> 257 Unspecified
> 257 Plain
> 257 Preprinted
> 257 Letterhead
> 257 Transparency
> 257 Prepunched
> 257 Labels
> 257 Bond
> 257 Recycled
> 257 Color
> 257 Light <70 g/m2
> 257 Heavy 91-105 g/m2
> 257 Cardstock 106-163 g/m2
> 257 Glossy 75-105 g/m2
> 257 Heavy Glossy 106-163 g/
> 257 Tough paper
> 257 Envelope
>
> At first I just thought it was an error from the printermanufactor,
> because at a LaserJet5 it looked like this.
>
> --- HP LaserJet 5 ---
> "Kind", "Name"
> 15 Automatically Select
> 257 Auto Select
> 1 Tray 1
> 4 Manual Feed (Tray 1)
> 2 Tray 2
> 5 Envelope Feeder
> 11 Tray 3
>
> but then I tried the same test in VB6 and I got a surprising result
>
> --- hp color LaserJet 2550 PCL 6 ---
> "Kind", "Name"
> 15 Automatically Select
> 261 Printer Auto Select
> 260 Manual Feed in Tray 1
> 259 Tray 1
> 258 Tray 2
> 1272 Unspecified
> 1271 Plain
> 1270 Preprinted
> 1269 Letterhead
> 1002 Transparency
> 1268 Prepunched
> 1267 Labels
> 1266 Bond
> 1265 Recycled
> 1264 Color
> 1263 Light <70 g/m2
> 1262 Heavy 91-105 g/m2
> 1261 Cardstock 106-163 g/m2
> 1260 Glossy 75-105 g/m2
> 1259 Heavy Glossy 106-163 g/
> 1258 Tough paper
> 1257 Envelope
>
> You can now see that all numbers above 257 is reduced to 257. I had to
> make sure that it was an error in the .NET framewok, so I used Reflector
> to look at the code, and this was what I found:
>
> Public Function get_Kind() As PaperSourceKind
> If (Me.kind >= DirectCast(256, PaperSourceKind)) Then
> Return PaperSourceKind.Custom
> End If
> Return Me.kind
> End Function
>
> PaperSourceKind.Custom = 257, this does that I cannot get the different
> trays from the --- hp color LaserJet 2550 PCL 6 ---
>
> I know that the PaperSourceKind is an Enumerator, and you cannot get more
> results than the amount you have in PaperSourceKind, but why is it an
> enumerator, when not all printers use the numbers as PaperSourceKind
> contain?
>
> What I need is that if I have the Kind number, I need to get the correct
> PaperSource from it, but when the Kind number I have is 258 or higher, how
> do I get the correct PaperSource.
>