Xerox 4213 Laser Printer Programmer Reference
May 1992 720P40020
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Title
Page
 Table of contents
 XES command language mode
 Vii
 Viii
 Table of Contents
 Table of Contents
 LJ series 2D emulation
 Xii
 Xiii
 Xiv
 PostScript emulation
 Appendices
Index
 Introduction
 Purpose of this manual
What this manual contains
Interfaces
 Variances
Conventions used in this manual
 Comment or explanation set off from from
 Parallel interface
Parallel interface cable
 Select the Centronics parallel interface
Return to print mode
Centronics interface
Select metered data
 Centronics connector
Centronics interface connector
 Centronics signals and pin assignments
Centronics signals and pin assignments
Pin Direction Signal Description
 Centronics Signals Pin
Error L
 Centronics interface timing
Centronics interface timing
 Requirements
Dataproducts
Centronics Interface Voltage
Select the Dataproducts parallel interface
 Dataproducts connector
Dataproducts interface connector
 Dataproducts signals and pin assignments
Dataproducts signals and pin assignments Pin Signal Source
 Dataproducts interface timing
Dataproducts interface timing
 Serial interface
Dataproducts voltage and current requirements
Select the serial interface
 Set baud rate
Set parity
 RS232 serial connector
Set flow control
Return to printer operation
 Serial interface features supported
Serial signals and pin assignments
 Null modem
Asynchronous serial signals and pin assignments
Pin Signal Designation
Telephone Co
 Null modem wiring
 Configuring the 4213 for the XES command language mode
Automatic mode switching
 Reset
Mode change command
Reset command
PostScript Emulation
 Definition of a printer command
Command syntax as expressed in this chapter
Three types of escape sequences
 Job control commands
+P,commentL
 Simple commands
Commands with user-entered variables
User-Defined Key, or substitute escape character
 Showing commands in printed output
Converting the User-Defined Key to a printable character
ForEnter
 Cancelling a User-Defined Key
Printing the sequence =UDK= as text
 Line end
Tips on selecting a UDK
 How the printer defines a
Orientation
Font orientation
 Coordinates, units of measure, and paper feed direction
Font and page orientation
 Specifications for short-edge feed paper
Determining the paper feed edge
 Capacity specifications Type of data
Capacity
 Setting job boundaries
 Command Where to place it What it does
Examples
 Print Job
Syntax
 Print Job Mixed Orientation
+Q,comment L
 Reset
Purpose
Example
 Formatting the printed output
 Multiple Copies
+Cn,comment L
 Multiple Copies Non-Collated
Instruction to print multiple copies
 Purpose Syntax Where to place it
Paper Tray
 Bypass Slot Paper Size
Ezybn
 ±23
 Offset
 Syntax Where to place it More EzydnL
Sided book
 Sided Inverted pad
Syntax Ezyf n L
 Sided Side Select
Syntax Where to place it More EzyeL
Sided Stop
Syntax Ezyi n
 Comment
Purpose Syntax
Zya
 Where to place it Any place in the job
Fonts on
 How fonts are stored
 How to download fonts from the host computer
 Font Load
Instruction to load font data
 Font Add
Font Delete
Instruction to delete stored font file
 Using fonts in a document
Font Unload
 Font ID Assignment
+nfontnameL
 Example To create an index of five fonts, enter
 Setting units of measure
Font Select
 Syntax Ezg
UnitsÐ1/60
UnitsÐ1/300
Ezf
 About margins
More about page and font orientations
More about page boundaries
 Text placement restrictions on the 4213 printer
Margins
Syntax EmH,T,B,L,RL
 Measuring a portrait
 Setting independent margins
Measuring a landscape
 Margin Top
Margin Bottom
 Margin Left
Margin Right
About tabs
 Tabs Horizontal
More about job boundaries
More about page boundaries
 Tn1,n2,...,n160 L
 Tabs Clear Horizontal
1/60 inch units
 Tabs Vertical
 Maximum values For vertical tabs Letter Legal Units Portrait
Portrait Landscape
 Vertical tabs in 1/60 inch units
 10.Vertical tabs in 1/300 inch units
 About justification
Tabs Clear Vertical
Justifying and centreing between margins
About centreing
 Syntax Where to place it Example
Justification Start/Stop
 Centre
Between the left Right margins
 About the page formatting features
Line Spacing
 Line Spacing Absolute
Syntax Eip n L
 Text Placement Absolute
Example Enter
 Ea X, Y L
 Ea1500,3000L He who laughs Origin
 Text Placement Relative
 Current textErl75eNew text
 13.Relative placement 1500 pixels down
Line Draw
 XES Command Language Mode
 14.Line Draw X command
Line Draw Y
 XES Command Language Mode
 15.Line Draw Y command To produce
 16.Fifteen degrees of shading for Line Draw commands
 About character formatting
Bold Start/Bold Stop
Italics
 Underline Start/Underline Stop
Bold font simply
 Subscript Start/Subscript Stop
Purpose Syntax Where to place it Example
Overstrike Start/Overstrike Stop
Instruction to stop overstriking
 C2H5OH
 Purpose Syntax Where to place it Example More
Superscript Start/Superscript Stop
 What is a constant page?
17. Constant
 Creating constant pages
Merge Page Load
Data capacity for each
 Merge Page Unload
 Merging constant pages
Merge Start
 Graphics on
Syntax Where to place it More Eze
Merge Stop
Syntax Ezd
 Raster graphics
18. Raster data
 What is a graphic window?
Vector graphics
Macro graphics
 Placement on
Origin and page orientation
 Other characteristics
Graphic Window
Scan direction for raster graphics
 EgwMor Mx/My,I,RX,Y,Sx,SyL
 Origin of the graphic window. X is the distance
 More about graphic windows
Capacity for graphic windows
 Magnification and resolution
More about magnification
 Magnification and window placement
22.Changing placement for a magnified window
 Reversing images
Rotating images
 Graphic commands and the current text position
24.Graphic window rotation
 Graphic commands and the current graphic position
Copying graphic windows
 Graphic Window Repeat
 Egr0,3900,1500L
 Creating graphic images
26.A graphic window copied at another location on
 Graphic Line
 Egl5150,1050,300,600,600,975,900,525,1200,1050L
 Graphic Arc
27.A graphic line drawn inside a graphic window
 Additional pairs of starting and ending angle
 29.Four arcs drawn with one command
 Graphic Box
 Graphic Fill
Instruction for a fill pattern
 31.Predefined fill patterns
 32.Fill pattern bounded by a graphic figure
 XES Command Language Mode
 Graphic Pie Chart
Instruction for a pie chart
 Percent of the pie to be taken up by the first
 More about Graphic Pie Chart
34.Creating a pie chart
 Syntax Where to place it More
Data Monitor
Purpose of the data monitor
 Character codes on the Xerox
36.Close up of data monitor printout
 Supported coding schemes
Control codes
Bit coding schemes
 Translation table structure
Special Table
User defined translation tables
 Start-of-record indicator
Record-type indicator
More about the table data record
 Byte count
Load address
Table entries
 Character Reassignment
Record terminator
 Load Translation Table
Syntax Ezt
 Language
Ezlc
 Sample job
 U.S. English code mapping
 Building the file
 Invoking the base table
37.Completed table download record
 38.New character assignments over original table
 Customised mapping table U.S. English code
 More about creating tables
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 Font compatibility
Primary and secondary fonts
 Font characteristics
 Portrait orientation page layout y,x
 Spacing
Symbol set
Font source
Pitch
 Font selection
Stroke weight
Font selection by characteristics
Typeface
 Font selection by ID
Resident fonts
 ECMA-94
 Courier Medium Italic PC-850 Legal Bold Upright Roman
 PCL4 command structure
Cartridge fonts
 Escape sequences without parameters
Escape sequences
Escape sequences with parameters
Variable sequence character
 Numeric variable
Parameter character
Final parameter character
 Upper Lower Case Sequence
Using parameter and final parameter
Combining escape sequences
Binary data
 PCL4 command reference
Combined Escape Sequence
 Number of Copies
Job control commands
Printer Reset
Purpose Syntax Example
 Sided/2-sided
Left Offset Registration
 Top Offset Registration
Sided Page Side Selection
 Paper source values
Control commands
Paper Source
Paper Source
 Size
 Length
Paper size values
Paper Size
 Letter Legal 112 Executive
 Left Margin
 Right Margin
Syntax Example
 Clear Horizontal Margins
Top Margin
Text Length
 Perforation Region
 Horizontal Motion Index
Vertical Motion Index
 Cursor positioning commands
Line Spacing
 Horizontal Cursor Position Columns
Horizontal Cursor Position Decipoints
 Horizontal Cursor Position Spots
 Vertical Cursor Position Rows
 Vertical Cursor Position Decipoints
 Vertical Cursor Position Spots
 Half-line Feed
Line Termination
#Gz
 Line endings
End-of-Line Wrap
Line ending options
Host Printer
 # S
Push/Pop Cursor Position
Control codes for cursor positioning
Carriage Return CR
 Horizontal Tab HT
Font commands
Backspace BS
Line Feed LF
 Symbol Set
 LJ2D symbol sets with ID numbers Symbol Set
ISO 14 JIS Ascii
 Spacing
 Es10H
 Style
 Stroke Weight
 Gradations of Stroke weight Stroke Weight
 10.Typefaces and code numbers # Typeface
 Default Font
 #Xtransparent data
Transparent Data
Underline
Fixed underlining
 Disable Underline
Primary and secondary fonts
Font ID
 Font Control
11.Font Control functions
Function
 Font Descriptor
 Character Code
Syntax #Wfont descriptor + data
 Character Descriptor and Data
#Wcharacter descriptor + data
 Graphics commands
Raster Graphics Resolution
 Raster Graphics Presentation Mode
12.Values for graphics resolution Graphics Resolution
Start Graphics
 13.Graphics margin settings Left graphics margin
Transfer Raster Data
Syntax #W# bytes of raster data
 End Graphics
Horizontal Rectangle Size Decipoints
Horizontal Rectangle Size Spots
 Vertical Rectangle Size Decipoints
Vertical Rectangle Size Spots
Area Fill ID
 Area Fill patterns
 Area Fill shading density
 Fill Rectangular Area
Examples of filled rectangles
14.Fill types for rectangular areas Rectangle Fill Type
 LJ Series 2D Emulation
 Macro commands
Macro ID
Macro Control
 Example of a macro
15.Macro control functions Function
 LJ Series 2D Emulation
 Userdict operators for page type
Papername ÐpapernameÐ
 Letter
 Serverdict begin password exitserver
System parameters
Statusdict operators
 Setsccinteractive
System set up operators Pagecount Ðpagecount integer
Setprintername String setprinternameÐ Printername
Sccinteractive
 Timeout operators
Defaulttimeout
 Output positioning operators
 Sided operators
 Tray selection operators
 Settrayswitch Boolean settrayswitch
Setdefaulttrayswitch Boolean setdefaulttrayswitch
Defaulttrayswitch Defaulttrayswitch boolean
Trayswitch Trayswitch boolean
 A4tray
Legaltray
Executivetray
Com10envelopetray
 Dlenvelopetray
Handling syntax errors
Handling printer errors
Echo D LPT1 or COM1, etc
 Legal Paper Throughput images/minute
Jam recovery on Jam recovery off Simplex Duplex
Letter Paper Throughput Images/minute
A4 paper throughput images/minute
 VM and font cache allocation
Memory VM Bytes Font cache Bytes
 Postscript Emulation
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4213
 Index
 Danish/Norwegian
 German
 Job
 Macro
 Index
 Safety
 VMI, see Vertical Motion Index
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