Unable to select alternate output bin on HP E87640z with Inner finisher (Y1G00A)

[Don van der Haghen]

Unable to select alternate output bin on HP Color LaserJet Flow E87640z with Inner finisher (Y1G00A).

hplip-3.18.6 with hp-laserjet_mfp_e87640-50-60-ps.ppd.gz on Ubuntu 16.04 in CUPS does not provide the option to select the "Alternate Bin" as an output tray under Set Default Options->Finishing->Output Bin.

I tried all of the options, but the document keeps coming out of "Output bin 1" instead of the "Alternate Bin".

[srinivas (srinivas5)]

Hi,
Can you check this option in he hp-toolbox settings and see if you can select the alternate output bin and test the functionality and update?

Thanks,
Srinivas Teja

[Don van der Haghen (avg-don)]

Hello Srinivas,

I just checked, but I see no mention of the alternate output bin in the hp-toolbox either.

And it isn't mentioned in the PPD at all:
# zcat /root/hplip-3.18.9/prnt/ps/hp-laserjet_mfp_e87640-50-60-ps.ppd.gz |grep OutputBin
*OpenUI *OutputBin/Output Bin: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 100 AnySetup *OutputBin
*DefaultOutputBin: None
*OutputBin None/Automatically Select: ""
*OutputBin StandardBin/Standard Bin: "<< /OutputType (TOP OUTPUT BIN)
*OutputBin StackerBin/Stacker Bin: "<< /OutputType (OPTIONAL OUTBIN 1)
*OutputBin UpperLeftBin/Upper Left Bin: "<< /OutputType (OPTIONAL OUTBIN 1)
*OutputBin MiddleLeftBin/Middle Left Bin: "<< /OutputType (OPTIONAL OUTBIN 2)
*OutputBin LowerLeftBin/Lower Left Bin: "<< /OutputType (OPTIONAL OUTBIN 2)
*OutputBin LowerLeftBookletBin/Lower Left Booklet Bin: "<< /OutputType
*CloseUI: *OutputBin

Kind regards, Don