Xerox 6287 user manual Accessing PFSs from the Host, Deleting the Contents of a PFS

PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS Page 4-3

Sample Programmable Function String Reports, with values programmed for Xerox, Hewlett-Packard and Xerox 4213 printer types, can be found in the Appendix. The user can print the current PFS Report at any time using Mode 7 from the front panel.

Deleting the Contents of a PFS

The contents of a PFS can be deleted by sending the trigger, a percent sign, the PFS number, an equals sign and a terminator. For example, to delete the contents of PFS %00:

!ALLY!%00=;

To delete the contents of more than one PFS with one command, separate each PFS definition with a comma (,). For example, to delete the contents of PFSs %2, %3, %4 and %5, send the following command:

!ALLY!%02=,%03=,%03=,%05=;

Accessing PFSs from the Host

All of the ALLY PLUS PFSs may be triggered by the user directly, rather than by the host application. To force an escape sequence from the coax host, simply key:

!ALLY!>PP;

!ALLY! is the trigger; a greater than sign (>) tells the ALLY PLUS to send a PFS to the printer; PP is the two-digit decimal number of the PFS to send; and a semicolon (;) is the terminator. Here are some examples:

!ALLY!>00;

reset the printer with the reset PFS

!ALLY!>11;

set line density to 8 lines per inch

PFSs can be triggered at any appropriate place in the data stream, following the same rules as general configuration option changes. Refer to Section 3

— Configuration for detailed information.

Note: If the user intends to trigger PFSs in the data stream of a print job, Option #12 — SCS right margin and Option #22 — DSC right margin should be set to 00 (infinite line length), Option #14 — SCS bottom margin and Option #24 — DSC bottom margin should be set to 00 (infinite page length), and Option #70 — DisplayWrite 370 support should be set to 00 (disabled). Otherwise, unpredictable formatting results could occur.