Job Separation Commands; Introduction; Job Command - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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5. JOB SEPARATION COMMANDS

5.1. Introduction

This section explains two PJL command, JOB and EOJ. These commands are used to determine the
boundaries of a job. When these commands are used with status readback, the printer also can send
status information at the beginning and end of each job.

5.2. JOB Command

The JOB Command sends information at the start of a PJL job to the printer and aligns the job with the
page status information. It also specifies which pages of a job are to be printed.
NOTE: JOB and EOJ command are always used in pairs. You should not use one without the other.
Syntax :
@PJL JOB [NAME = " job name "][START = first page ]
[END = last page ] [PASSWORD = " password "][<CR>]<LF>
• NAME = "job name"
This option NAME describes the print job as a job name. Printable characters(ASCII 33-255) and
spaces or horizontal tab characters can be used for the job name. It can contain 80 characters max.
and must be enclosed in double quotes. If the NAME option is set, the job name is included in the
unsolicited job.
• START = first page
This option START is used to provide a non-printing mode. You can specify from which page
printing is to start. If the START option is not set, the printer starts printing at the beginning of the
job.
• END = last page
This option END indicates the page number of the last page to be printed. If the END option is not
set, the printer prints to the end of the job. If the end of job is encountered before the START page,
no pages are printed. If the end of job is encountered before the END page, printing terminates.
• PASSWORD = password ( HL-1260 only )
When the password is set by DEFAULT command, modifying the NV RAM by DEFAULT or
INITIALIZE command is locked with the password. Sending the correct password by this command
can unlock this until the EOJ command is executed.
• When the printer receives the JOB command, the UEL command is not recognized as a job
boundary until an EOJ command.
• If the UEL command is placed between the PJL JOB and EOJ commands, it is handled as a printer
language reset. In this case, UEL resets the printer environment to the PJL Current environment,
not to the User Default Environment.
• If your application supports status readback capabilities, you can monitor the job status by the
USTATUS command with the JOB option.
first page = 1 to 2,147,483,647 Default value = 1
last page = 1 to 2,147,483,647 Default value = prints entire job
password = 0 to 65,535 Default value = 0
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