Advanced Features-Coax; Command Pass-Thru - Black Box PC124C Installation Manual

LASER CARDS FOR HP 4000 TWINAX AND COAX PRINTERS
11. Advanced Features—Coax
There are five advanced features in the Laser Card for accessing special functions
of the printers, which are not normally available on the IBM 3287 or 4224 printers:

• Command Pass-Thru

• Custom User Strings
• SCS Mode Transparent Data
• Color Printing
• Bar Code Printing
11.1 Command Pass-Thru
The Command Pass-Thru feature allows access to all of the built-in features of your
printer, even if these features aren't normally available through the host software.
Command Pass-Thru lets you place printer-specific command sequences in the
data sent to the printer. The interface recognizes these special sequences and
"passes the command through" to the printer. The steps below describe how to
use Command Pass-Thru.
1. Find the command for the print feature in the printer's user's guide.
2. Convert the printer command to hexadecimal.
3. Place the beginning delimiter &% (or the custom delimiter as defined with
command 40) in the document at the point where you want the feature to
take effect. This signals the start of the print feature. Enter the beginning
printer command, then enter the ending delimiter &% (or the custom
delimiter as defined with command 39). No spaces are allowed.
4. Move the cursor to the point in the text where you want to end the print
feature. Enter the beginning delimiter followed by the ending printer
command and then the ending delimiter into the document.
For example:
If ESC E begins bold printing and ESC F ends bold printing on your printer,
first convert ESC E to the hexadecimal 1B45 (ESC = 1B and E=45) and ESC F to
1B46. Then enter the commands as follows:
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