4 PRINTING FROM UNIX

„General Options

The following options apply to all print files.

yOption commands are case sensitive and must be entered exactly as shown.

ySome printing functions may be disabled depending on the combinations of option commands because priority is given to the specifications of this equipment over option commands.

‰Print Language

The “net_estcolor” program needs to know what printer language is used in each of the files that it is printing so that it can issue the correct commands to select various options. The following options are valid for the print languages.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

auto

 

Each file to be printed is examined to see if it starts with

 

 

the “%!” sequence. If it does, then it is assumed that it is

 

 

a PostScript file, otherwise it assumes that it is a plain

 

 

text or a PCL6 file.

 

 

 

pcl

 

The print file is always treated as a plain text or a PCL6

 

 

file.

 

 

 

postscript

ps

The file is always treated as a PostScript file.

 

 

 

raw

 

The file is treated as a fully formatted file that already

 

 

contains all the necessary commands. The file is sent to

 

 

the printer without any modifications. In this mode no

 

 

other options are valid and a banner page is not printed.

 

 

 

All PCL5e jobs automatically send the “<esc>&k2G” command to convert the line-feed character into a carriage-return - line-feed sequence. If the PCL5e job contains some of its own escape sequences it may override this setting.

The default print language is “auto”.

Example: The command to specify that a file is PostScript is “lp -o ps filename”.

‰Stapling

The staple position can be specified using the following option.

Option Value

Alternate Value

Description

 

 

 

staple=0

 

Stapling is turned off.

 

 

 

staple=1

 

Staple in the top left corner of a portrait page and the

 

 

upper right corner of a landscape page.

 

 

 

staple=2

 

Put two staples on the left side of a portrait page or the

 

 

top side of a landscape page printed on long-edge-feed

 

 

paper. This command has no affect when the paper is

 

 

fed from the short-edge side.

 

 

 

staple=3

 

Staple in the bottom left corner of a portrait page and

 

 

the upper left corner of a landscape page.

 

 

 

staple=4

 

Staple in the top right corner of a portrait page and the

 

 

bottom right corner of a landscape page.

 

 

 

staple=5

 

Put 2 staples on the right side of a portrait page or the

 

 

bottom side of a landscape page printed on long-edge-

 

 

feed paper. This command has no affect when the

 

 

paper is fed from the short-edge side.

 

 

 

staple=6

 

Staple in the bottom right corner of a portrait page and

 

 

the lower left corner of a landscape page.

 

 

 

staple=7

 

Put 2 staples on the top side of a portrait page or the

 

 

right side of a landscape page printed on short-edge-

 

 

feed large format (A3/Ledger) paper. This command

 

 

has no affect when the paper is fed from the long-edge

 

 

side or small paper size.

 

 

 

staple=8

 

Put 2 staples on the bottom side of a portrait page or

 

 

the left side of a landscape page printed on short-edge-

 

 

feed large format (A3/Ledger) paper. This command

 

 

has no affect when the paper is fed from the long-edge

 

 

side or small paper size.

 

 

 

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