Stmsg Command - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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8.4. STMSG Command

With the STMSG command, you can display any message you like on the printer switch panel LCD.
The printer will go off-line and stop printing until the operator presses the ON LINE key or resets the
printer (Press SHIFT key and RESET key, then press SET key.) When the printer is put back to on-line
by the operator, the printer returns a status message giving the name of key.
Syntax :
@PJL STMSG DISPLAY = " message " [<CR>]<LF>
Return Syntax :
@PJL STMSG DISPLAY = "message" <CR><LF>
key <CR><LF>
<FF>
Parameters :
Parameter
DISPLAY = "message"
• DISPLAY = "message"
• You can use any combination of characters available on the printer except for the quotation marks
(ASCII 34) within 16 characters. Also you can use spaces or horizontal tab. Characters must be
enclosed in double quotes.
• key
• After the operator presses the key in order to put the printer back to on-line, this variable will be
returned with the status response.
Example :
Following example shows how to display "LOAD LETTER SIZE" on the printer switch panel LCD.
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL STMSG DISPLAY = "LOAD LETTER SIZE" <CR><LF>
@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL <CR><LF>
<ESC>E... PCL job ...<ESC>E<ESC>%-12345X
If the operator press the ONLINE key,
@PJL STMSG DISPLAY = "LOAD LETTER SIZE"<CR><LF>
ONLINE<CR><LF>
<FF>
Functional Range
ASCII 33 and ASCII
35 through 255, <SP>,
<HT>
key ONLINE, RESET
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