Publisher 11g and Printer Tray Control

Using 11g, is there a way to control printer tray selection in a RTF or even a PDF template? From my reading of older posts (2008) on this topic, this feature was not supported in earlier versions. I hoping the latest version is able to support tray selection, even it's hacked solution. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

1) In SPAD under the device types tab, enter your device type and hit display.
2) click on Print Controls and scroll down you will see TRY01, TRY02, TRY03 and TRYMN.
3) click on the edit icon and change the control character sequence that was provide for you. we
are using 1B266C3548, Hope this helps!

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Hi Aidan,
That was a great Idea! Many Thanks.
I costed me hours to try all the printer driver but it I was successful.
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Edited by: Lisa Platt on Dec 3, 2008 11:02 PM

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2) click on Print Controls and scroll down you will see TRY01, TRY02, TRY03 and TRYMN.
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