Job Control Commands - Xerox 4213 Programmer's Reference Manual

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Job control commands

All jobs should begin and end with one or more job control
commands.
A job control command serves one of two functions. It either
sets job boundaries (telling the printer where your job starts and
ends and what type of data it contains) or it formats the printed
output in some way. When the printer receives a command to
start a job, it finishes the current job, ejects any remaining pages
from that job, and starts over.
In addition to the escape character, a job control command
always includes:
A plus symbol + that follows the escape character
•
An instruction (an upper case letter)
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A line end.
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A job control command sometimes includes:
An optional comma inserted when you want a Summary
•
Sheet.
An optional comment that is printed on the Summary Sheet.
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Occasionally, it also includes a user-entered variable.
Example The command for starting a document:
E+P,commentL
+P
,
comment
L
The plus symbol, followed by the instruction
for starting a print job (uppercase P).
Optional request for a Summary Sheet to
report errors upon execution of the next job
command.
An optional text message of up to 130
alphanumeric characters that will appear on the
Summary Sheet.
The line end required to complete the
command.
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