Command Number

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Parameters Name/Description

Control paper size selection (laser printers only) Makes paper size settings

01 Feeds paper size selected by the host computer

02Feeds any paper size

03Feeds A4 size paper

Select alternate command-pass-thru delimeter Selects the characters that both begin and end the command-pass-thru feature. You can select any two characters, as long as the first is not an ampersand (a). The default value is the &% characters.

xxSelects the two characters represented by the XX characters.

Select print-complete handling

Tells the interface when to send a print-complete signal. (Check your self test results to see lf your printer supports true print complete.)

1Selects early print-complete handling (all data has been sent to printer’s buffer, but printer may still be printing)

2Selects true print-complete handling (all data has been sent to printer, and printer has finished printing)

Command Examples

&%Z05,01

&%Z05,02

&%Z05,03

&%Z06,*!

&%Z07,1

&%Z07,2

08

09

Set printer sharing timeout period

 

Sets the amount of time (in seconds) the printer

 

waits for additional data before switching

 

between the twin-axial host system and the PC

 

system connected to the auto-sharing/parallel

 

connector (8 seconds is the default). If your

 

printer supports intelligent emulation switching

 

(IES) make sure your printer’s IES timeout

 

period is less than this setting.

 

x x

Selects a waiting period of XX seconds

&%Z08,05

Parallel port initialization string

Defines a string of characters that is sent to the printer when the parallel port is activated (up to 25 characters can be included in the string)

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