Use the Printer Commands screen to view and edit escape sequences assigned to the designated printer's printer commands. You can find a printer's escape sequences in its manual.
Only the system administrator or installer should use this procedure.
To edit printer command escape sequences:
From the System > System Files > Printer Setup menu, select Printer Characteristics to display the Printer Characteristics screen.
Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.
In the Printer Make & Model field, select the printer for which to edit the printer commands.
Use the Printer Commands hot key to display the Printer Commands screen.
The following table describes the printer commands:
Command Option | Description |
Select Path # | The paper path number assigned to each printer tray. As many Select Path prompts exist as the number of paper paths entered for the printer displayed on the Printer Characteristics screen. If two paths are entered, use Select Path #1 for selecting the forms in the top tray and Select Path # 2 for selecting the forms in the bottom tray. Assign the escape sequences to a path in order to format forms printed to this path. |
Begin Reset | Resets the printer at the beginning of a print job. !E means page eject. |
End Reset | Resets the printer at the end of a print job. |
Portrait | Sets the page orientation to portrait (vertical). |
Landscape | Sets the page orientation to landscape (horizontal). |
Underline On | Starts underlining text. |
Underline Off | Stops underlining text. |
Bold On | Starts printing characters in bold typeface. |
Bold Off | Stops printing characters in bold typeface. |
Duplex Printing On | Starts printing on both sides of a sheet of paper. |
Duplex Printing Off | Stops printing on both sides of a sheet of paper. |
In the Escape Sequences column, place the cursor next to the option in the Command column for which to assign an escape sequence.
Enter the escape sequence, which you can find in your printer manual.
Note: Remember to begin every escape sequence with an exclamation point, end with an upper case letter, and use lower case for all other letters in the sequence.
In the Additional Information field, enter additional free form information about the command.
Press Esc to save the printer command information and return to the Printer Characteristics screen.
See Also:
Assigning Multiple Trays to Dot Matrix Printers
Editing and Copying Printer Characteristics