Homelite HL-1470N Device Attendance Commands, Rdymsg Command, @PJL Rdymsg Display = message Crlf

10/10/03

8.DEVICE ATTENDANCE COMMANDS

8.1.Introduction

You can change display messages on the printer control panel by using PJL. The Operator can be alerted by this feature to what specific actions should be taken. This chapter shows you three device attendance commands.

RDYMSG

By using this command, you can change the message "00 READY" on the printer control panel into whatever message you like. This command does not change the printer's online/offline state.

OPMSG

By using this command, the printer can display a message you specify on the printer switch panel LCD and set the printer to off-line ( non-ready state for printing ).

STMSG

By using this command, the printer can display a message you specify on the printer control panel LCD and the printer will go off-line. After the operator puts the printer back on-line by the on-line / off-line key, the printer name is returned by the printer to the application.

8.2.RDYMSG Command

With the RDYMSG command, you can change the message "00 READY" on the printer control panel into a specified message. The printer will be kept online.

Syntax

@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "message" [<CR>]<LF>

Parameters

Parameter	Functional Range	Default
DISPLAY = "message"	ASCII 33 and ASCII	N/A
	35 through 255, <SP>,
	<HT>

DISPLAY = "message"

You can use any combination of characters available on the printer except for the quotation marks (ASCII

34)up to 16 characters total including spaces or horizontal tab. Characters must be enclosed in double quotes.

Comments :

•This RDYMSG command keeps the printer online. You can display whatever message you like, for example, job name, person name etc..

•@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = ""

This command returns the display to "00 READY".

Example :

The following example shows how to display the name of person who is printing the job.

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>

@PJL JOB NAME = "Tom's job" <CR><LF>

@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "TOM'S JOB" <CR><LF>

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