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
 What this manual contains
Purpose of this manual
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
 Dataproducts voltage and current requirements
Serial interface
Select the serial interface
 Set baud rate
Set parity
 Set flow control
RS232 serial connector
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
 Command syntax as expressed in this chapter
Definition of a printer command
Three types of escape sequences
 Job control commands
+P,commentL
 Commands with user-entered variables
Simple commands
User-Defined Key, or substitute escape character
 Converting the User-Defined Key to a printable character
Showing commands in printed output
ForEnter
 Cancelling a User-Defined Key
Printing the sequence =UDK= as text
 Line end
Tips on selecting a UDK
 Orientation
How the printer defines a
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
 Purpose
Reset
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
 Purpose Syntax
Comment
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 Delete
Font Add
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
 More about page and font orientations
About margins
More about page boundaries
 Margins
Text placement restrictions on the 4213 printer
Syntax EmH,T,B,L,RL
 Measuring a portrait
 Setting independent margins
Measuring a landscape
 Margin Top
Margin Bottom
 Margin Right
Margin Left
About tabs
 More about job boundaries
Tabs Horizontal
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
 Bold Start/Bold Stop
About character formatting
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
 Merge Page Load
Creating constant pages
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
 Vector graphics
What is a graphic window?
Macro graphics
 Placement on
Origin and page orientation
 Graphic Window
Other characteristics
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
 Data Monitor
Syntax Where to place it More
Purpose of the data monitor
 Character codes on the Xerox
36.Close up of data monitor printout
 Control codes
Supported coding schemes
Bit coding schemes
 Special Table
Translation table structure
User defined translation tables
 Record-type indicator
Start-of-record indicator
More about the table data record
 Load address
Byte count
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
 Parameter character
Numeric variable
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
 Paper size values
Length
Paper Size
 Letter Legal 112 Executive
 Left Margin
 Right Margin
Syntax Example
 Top Margin
Clear Horizontal Margins
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
 Line Termination
Half-line Feed
#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
 Primary and secondary fonts
Disable Underline
Font ID
 11.Font Control functions
Font Control
Function
 Font Descriptor
 Character Code
Syntax #Wfont descriptor + data
 Character Descriptor and Data
#Wcharacter descriptor + data
 Graphics commands
Raster Graphics Resolution
 12.Values for graphics resolution Graphics Resolution
Raster Graphics Presentation Mode
Start Graphics
 Transfer Raster Data
13.Graphics margin settings Left graphics margin
Syntax #W# bytes of raster data
 Horizontal Rectangle Size Decipoints
End Graphics
Horizontal Rectangle Size Spots
 Vertical Rectangle Size Spots
Vertical Rectangle Size Decipoints
Area Fill ID
 Area Fill patterns
 Area Fill shading density
 Examples of filled rectangles
Fill Rectangular Area
14.Fill types for rectangular areas Rectangle Fill Type
 LJ Series 2D Emulation
 Macro ID
Macro commands
Macro Control
 Example of a macro
15.Macro control functions Function
 LJ Series 2D Emulation
 Userdict operators for page type
Papername ÐpapernameÐ
 Letter
 System parameters
Serverdict begin password exitserver
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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