Black Box 5250 manual Remote Emulator Card, 4.Programmable Command Strings, Function

5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD

Table 6-4. Programmable Command Strings

Command String	Function
Initialization string	Initialize printer
5 cpi	5 characters per inch
10 cpi	10 characters per inch
12 cpi	12 characters per inch
15 cpi	15 characters per inch
8 lpi	8 lines per inch
6 lpi	6 lines per inch
Begin draft string	Begin draft-quality printing
Begin NLQ string	Begin New Letter Quality (NLQ) printing
Vertical motion string	Used for vertical increments of the page
Increment (72, 60, 48)	The fraction of an inch used by the vertical
	motion string
Offset to variable data	Number of values before the variable data
Variable multiplier	Number multiplied to the variable to get the
	correct value
Page length string	Used to setup the page length
Offset to variable data	Number of values before the variable data
used	for the page length string
Length of variable data	Number of values for the variable data
Base to add to variable	Amount added to the variable data to get the
	correct value
Graphics command string	Sets the printer to accept graphics characters

For example, to set up an escape sequence for an HP® LaserJet® III, you would follow these steps:

1.Find the “6 lpi” control codes in the LaserJet manual.

2.If the manual doesn’t report these codes in hexadecimal, translate the decimal codes to hex using Appendix B.

3.The HP LaserJet “6 lpi” control codes are:

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