3. Printing
— Title
The title that is printed on the banner page can be specified using the
General Options
The following options apply to all print files.
NOTE: Option commands are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as shown.
— Print Language
The “net_est451c” program needs to know what printer language is used in each of the files that it is printing so that it can issue the correct commands to select various options. The following options are valid for the print languages.
Option Value | Alternate Value | Description |
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auto |
| Each file to be printed is examined to see if it starts with |
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| the “%!” sequence. If it does, then it is assumed that it is |
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| a PostScript file, otherwise it assumes that it is a plain |
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| text or a PCL6 file. |
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pcl |
| The print file is always treated as a plain text or a PCL6 |
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postscript | ps | The file is always treated as a PostScript file. |
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raw |
| The file is treated as a fully formatted file that already |
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| contains all the necessary commands. The file is sent to |
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| the printer without any modifications. In this mode no |
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| other options are valid and a banner page is not printed. |
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All PCL5e jobs automatically send the “<esc>&k2G” command to convert the
The default print language is “auto”.
Example: The command to specify that a file is PostScript is “lp
— Stapling
The staple position can be specified using the following option.
Option Value | Alternate Value | Description |
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staple=0 |
| Stapling is turned off. |
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staple=1 |
| Staple in the top left corner of a portrait page and the |
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| upper right corner of a landscape page. |
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staple=2 |
| Put two staples on the left side of a portrait page or the |
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| top side of a landscape page printed on |
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| paper. This command has no affect when the paper is |
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| fed from the |
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staple=3 |
| Staple in the bottom left corner of a portrait page and |
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| the upper left corner of a landscape page. |
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