Entering escape characters

Printer commands always begin with the escape character (ESC). The following table shows how the escape character can be entered from various MS-DOS programs.

MS-DOS software

Program entry

What appears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lotus® 1-2-3 and Symphony®

Type \027

027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WordPerfect for MS-DOS

Type <27>

<27>

 

2

 

 

 

 

MS-DOS Edit

Hold down CTRL-P, and

<--

 

 

press ESC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MS-DOS Edlin

Hold down CTRL-V,

^[

 

 

 

release, and press [

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table shows how to use PJL commands to enter Service mode and perform various Service mode configurations.

PJL command

Description

 

 

EC%-12345X@PJL

Start PJL job

 

 

@PJL SET SERVICEMODE

Enter Service mode

=HPBOISEID

 

 

 

@PJL SET PAGES=0

Set page count [= xxxxx]

 

 

@PJL SET SERIALNUMBER

Set printer serial number (=chassis label

=USBBB12345

serial number)

 

 

@PJL SET CRPAPER=LETTER

Set cold reset page size [=Letter/A4]

 

 

@PJL SET SKIPDEMO=FALSE

Skip demo/PCL type page [=true/false]

 

 

@PJL SET DIAGNOSTICS-OFF

Set diagnostics [=OFF/ON] (for ISV use)

 

 

@PJL SET SERVICEMODE=EXIT

Exit Service mode

 

 

DEFAULT PAPER=LETTER

Select user paper-size default

 

 

@PJL RESET

Perform PJL reset

 

 

EC%-12345X

Exit PJL mode

 

 

ECZ

Print self-test/configuration page

 

 

ECE

Reset the printer

 

 

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