Xerox FS 5250 IPC instruction manual Sending the commands from the PC, Printer sharing example

Selected FSL Functions

Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide

11.9.2 Sending the commands from the PC

The easiest way to send the string from the PC to the Centronics or RS-232 port is to write the command string on a blank screen at the root, and then make a "print screen". If you have a PC edi tor program, you can of course also use that and send a file to the printer in your usual way (it must be a plain ASCII file with no formatting commands).

NOTE: The editor you use must have no printer driver and you must make sure that no print commands are sent.

Printer sharing example

Below you will find two examples; the first one is a PCL command, the second is an XES command.

PCL

&&??% %Y100,30,1B 45 1B 28 32 53% %X1

This string will set the timer to 30 seconds, reset the printer (1B 45), select Spanish symbol set (1B 28 32 53), store the command in the permanent memory, and erase the escape character (X1).

XES

&&??% %Y100,35,1B'zlH'%%X1

This string will set the timer to 35 seconds, select language option "Downloaded Table" (1BzlH), store the command in the permanent memory, and erase the escape character (X1).

In stead of writing 'zlH' which is a command to the printer, the hex numbers could be used.

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