Introduction - Kyocera C8100DN - Color Laser Printer Technical Reference Manual

This manual contains information needed to use the firmware features provided by the
Kyocera printing system. Among these features is PRESCRIBE, a highly accessible,
human-readable command language that makes it easy for programmers to take full
advantage of the printing system's capability.
The PRESCRIBE command language allows to:
• extensive manipulation of fonts and character code tables
• use the ability to draw objects by constructing and manipulating paths including
ellipses and round boxes, etc.
• execute macros including carbon-copy macro
• control external optional units (feeders, etc.)
You can access the features of PRESCRIBE from any of the seven emulation modes.
These modes include:
• Hewlett-Packard LaserJet emulation
• Hewlett-Packard HP 7550A (plotter) emulation
• IBM Proprinter X24E (24-pin dot matrix printer) emulation
• Epson LQ-850 (24-pin dot matrix printer) emulation
• Diablo 630 emulation
• generic line printer emulation
• KPDL (Apple LaserWriter II NTX (NT) emulation) [an option on some models]

Introduction

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