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Table 4-13 LPD Queue Parameters (continued)
Item
Default Queue Name
String Name
Value
To set up a user-defined print queue, you first define the strings, assign them as prepend or append
strings, and define the queue type. Once you have defined an LPD queue, you specify its use by setting
up an LPD printer that uses that queue. For instance, if you set up string "a" with a value of "abc" and
string "z" with a value of "xyz", you can define print queue "az_queue" with a prepend string of "a", an
append string of "z", and a queue type of "raw". Then, when you send a print job consisting of
<formatted_text> through queue az_queue, the job sent to the printer is "abc<formatted_text>xyz".
Instructions for setting up an LPD printer are different for different operating systems; refer to
Printing for details.
Example. If you had an LPD printer and wanted to reset it at the start of each print job, you could set
up a user-defined print queue named "clear_printer" that issues a PCL reset command (Escape-E) at
the beginning of each job. You could set this up as follows:
First, set up the print queue:
a. Name a string: Type "reset_string" into the String Name field in row 1.
b. Define the string's value: Type "\1BE" (Escape-E) into the Value field in row 1. (Alternatively, you
could type "\1B\45".)
c. Name the queue: Type "clear_printer" into the Queue Name field in row 5.
d. Set up the prepend string: Type "reset_string" into the Prepend String field in row 5.
e. Leave the Append String field in row 5 blank.
f. Set the queue type: Using the pull-down menu, set the Queue Type field in row 5 to "RAW".
Then, set up the printer to use the queue, making sure to specify "clear_printer" when asked for a queue
name. (For details of setting up the printer, refer to
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Description
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AUTO—Automatic. The line printer daemon uses autosensing to determine whether the
print data should be sent as raw or text.
● BINPS—Binary PostScript. This instructs the PostScript interpreter that the printjob is to
be interpreted as Binary PostScript data.
Name of the queue to be used if the queue specified for a print job is unknown. By default, the
Default Queue Name is AUTO.
Name of a character string. You may define up to eight character strings for use in LPD queues;
this parameter names the string, and the Value parameter defines the content of the string.
Prepend and Append string names (specified in the table at the top of the browser window)
must be chosen from the names specified here. The string name can be up to 32 characters
long, and can consist of any displayable ASCII characters.
The content of the string. The String Name parameter names the string; the Value parameter
defines its content. When a string name is specified for a prepend or append string (in the table
at the top of the browser window), the line printer daemon sends the value of that string to the
printer before or after the print data (as appropriate).
Character values can be anywhere in the extended ASCII range of 0 to 255 (hex 00 to FF).
You can specify a non-printing character using its hexadecimal value, by entering a backslash
followed by two hexadecimal characters. For example, to enter the escape character (hex 1B),
type in \1B. If your string includes the backslash character itself, specify it as \5C. The maximum
number of characters you can type into this field is 240. The characters in the field are checked
for hexadecimal values, converted if necessary, and stored internally. The maximum number
of characters stored internally in the string is 80; any characters that exceed this are discarded.
LPD Printing.) After that, any print jobs sent to the
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