This Program is used to:
Before using this program:
In order to use this program you must have a copy of the User Manual for the printer you wish to command. Find in the manual that section or appendix that describes the "Print Commands". For example, the User Manual for the Okidata Microline 320 has these commands in Section 7 entitled "Commands".
To access the Edit Printer Control program, type EDITPRTR (RET) at any menu "OPTION:" field or the appropriate line number on the Control File menu. The screen will then display:
| OPTION: __ EDIT PRINTER CONTROL RECORDS 1. Printer Type 2. Print Action 3. Code 1 4. Code 2 5. Code 3 6. Code 4 7. Code 5 8. Code 6 9. Code 7 10. Code 8 11. Code 9 12. Code 10 1SAVE 2NEXT 3ERASE 4DELETE 5BACKUP 6 7HELP 8 |
Enter data as follows:
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1. PRINT TYPE |
Enter up to 8 alphanumeric characters to indicate the type of Printer. See the chapter on Edit Terminal Records for the list of acceptable Printer Type Codes. EXAMPLE: Type OKI320 (RET). |
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2. PRINT ACTION |
From the list below, enter up to 8 alphanumeric characters to describe the Print Action to be taken. Note: For most of the actions in the list below there is a command to turn an action on and a matching command to turn it off (such as BOLD and UNBOLD). When setting up a new action record you MUST also set up a record for turning the feature off. EXAMPLE: Type BOLD (RET). Valid Print Actions Are: COMPR - Compress Print ENDCOMP - Turn off Compress Print LOAD - Load Page to Start Print UNLOAD - Unload Page after Print to Tear off NULL - Send Null Values to Printer RLF - Reverse Line Feed BOLD - Set Print Style to Bold Print UNBOLD - Turn off Bold Print 2HIGH - Set Print to Double High Print 2HEND - Turn off Double High Print 2WIDE - Set Print to Double Wide Print 2WEND - Turn off Double Wide Print xxCPI - Set Characters Per Inch to xx xLPI - Set Lines Per Inch to x xxLPP - Set Lines Per Page to xx |
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3 - 12. CODE 1 - 10 |
Using your printer's manual find the escape sequence for the printer action wanted. Then using the ASCII chart at the end of this chapter, enter one 2 character hexadecimal code, one per line, for each character needed for the escape sequence the print action requires. For example, the manual for an Okidata Microline 320 states that the Microline Standard ASCII Commands for turning on BOLD is ESC H. Using the table at the end of this chapter the hexadecimal equivalent is 1B, 48. The command to turn off BOLD is ESC I which is 1B, 49. |
The screen will then display the following for turning on BOLD:
| OPTION: __ EDIT PRINTER CONTROL RECORDS 1. Printer Type OKI320 2. Print Action BOLD 3. Code 1 1B 4. Code 2 48 5. Code 3 6. Code 4 7. Code 5 8. Code 6 9. Code 7 10. Code 8 11. Code 9 12. Code 10 1SAVE 2NEXT 3ERASE 4DELETE 5BACKUP 6 7HELP 8 |
The corresponding record for turning off bold printing for an Okidata Microline 320 is:
| OPTION: __ EDIT PRINTER CONTROL RECORDS 1. Printer Type OKI320 2. Print Action UNBOLD 3. Code 1 1B 4. Code 2 49 5. Code 3 6. Code 4 7. Code 5 8. Code 6 9. Code 7 10. Code 8 11. Code 9 12. Code 10 1SAVE 2NEXT 3ERASE 4DELETE 5BACKUP 6 7HELP 8 |
These are complete printer control records.
PRESS "F1" AT "OPTION:" TO SAVE THE RECORD.
ASCII CHART
CHR OCT DEC HEX CHR OCT DEC HEX CHR OCT DEC HEX
NULL 000 000 00 + 053 043 2B V 126 086 56
SOH 001 001 01 ' 054 044 2c W 127 087 57
STX 002 002 02 - 055 045 2D X 130 088 58
ETX 003 003 03 . 056 046 2E Y 131 089 59
EOT 004 004 04 / 057 047 2F Z 132 090 5A
ENQ 005 005 05 0 060 048 30 [ 133 091 5B
ACK 006 006 06 1 061 049 31 \ 134 092 5C
BEL 007 007 07 2 062 050 31 ] 135 093 5D
BS 010 008 08 3 063 051 33 ^ 136 094 5E
HT 011 009 09 4 064 052 34 _ 137 095 5F
LF 012 010 0A 5 065 053 35 ` 140 096 60
VT 013 011 0B 6 066 054 36 a 141 097 61
FF 014 012 0C 7 067 055 37 b 142 098 62
CR 015 013 0D 8 070 056 38 c 143 099 63
SO 016 014 0E 9 071 057 39 d 144 100 64
SI 017 015 0F : 072 058 3A e 145 101 65
DLE 020 016 10 ; 073 059 3B f 146 102 66
DC1 021 017 11 < 074 060 3C g 147 103 67
DC2 022 018 12 = 075 061 3D h 150 104 68
DC3 023 019 13 > 076 062 3E i 151 105 69
DC4 024 020 14 ? 077 063 3F j 152 106 6A
NAK 025 021 15 @ 100 064 40 k 153 107 6B
SYN 026 022 16 A 101 065 41 l 154 108 6C
ETB 027 023 17 B 102 066 42 m 155 109 6D
CAN 030 024 18 C 103 067 43 n 156 110 6E
EM 031 025 19 D 104 068 44 o 157 111 6F
SUB 032 026 1A E 105 069 45 p 160 112 70
ESC 033 027 1B F 106 070 46 q 161 113 71
FS 034 028 1C G 107 071 47 r 162 114 72
GS 035 029 1D H 110 072 48 s 163 115 73
RS 036 030 1E I 111 073 49 t 164 116 74
US 037 031 1F J 112 074 4A u 165 117 75
SP 040 032 20 K 113 075 4B v 166 118 76
! 041 033 21 L 114 076 4C w 167 119 77
" 042 034 22 M 115 077 4D x 170 120 78
# 043 035 23 N 116 078 4E y 171 121 79
$ 044 036 24 O 117 079 4F z 172 122 7A
% 045 037 25 P 120 080 50 { 173 123 7B
& 046 038 26 Q 121 081 51 | 174 124 7C
' 047 039 27 R 122 082 52 } 175 125 7D
( 050 040 28 S 123 083 53 ~ 176 126 7E
) 051 041 28 T 124 084 54 DEL 177 127 7F
* 052 042 2A U 125 085 55