End Job Mode

commands perform an end of document for all of the printer emulations supported on your printer (PostScript, HP-GL, HP PCL, and Lineprinter).

See your system administrator or applications development department to have them identify the standard EOD command for your organization, or to have them select a standard EOD command.

Setting the End Job Mode for the Serial and Parallel Protocols

Your printer can be connected through the serial or parallel interface to a stand-alone PC, to a PC print server, or to some other type of print queuing system. This section provides a quick guide to the steps needed to set the end job mode for each environment. The following sections provide more detailed information for each step.

Stand-Alone PC

1Set the end job mode from the printer's control panel.2Add the EOD command to your file.

»Note: If using steps 1 and 2 is not feasible in your stand-alone PC environment, you can alternatively use a program that either causes an emulation timeout or that inserts an EOD command between each print job. See your QMS vendor for more information on this type of program.

PC Print Server

1Set the end job mode from the printer’s control panel.

2Create a job separator to append an EOD command and send it between each print job.

Other Print Queuing Systems

If you use a print queuing system other than a PC print server and you experience what appears to be an EOD command problem, you may need to use another procedure, such as a print utility, an initialization sequence, or a header page to add an EOD command. See

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