Xerox FS 5250 IPC instruction manual Pass-through mode XES

Function Selection via the Line

Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide

8.8.1 Pass-through mode - XES

1.Syntax of pass-through of 1 byte of hex data to the printer:

<ESC>hex pair E.g. %1B

2.Pass-through of more bytes of hex data to the printer can be done in 2 ways.

Either way, you must follow these rules: Hexadecimal data must either in hex pairs (00-FF).

Spaces, commas and IBM control codes are ignored when in hex transparent mode. Commas and spaces can be used to make the hexadecimal data more readable.

∙Pass-through of more bytes of hex data by using the escape character:

<ESC><ESC>hex data<ESC>

∙Pass-through of more bytes of hex data by using the lead-in/lead-out strings:

The lead-in/lead-out strings have to be defined in function Y48:

<ESC>Y48,<n1>[;<n2>;<n3>]<ESC>

where:

n1 is the defined escape c haracter

n2 is the lead-in (start) hex transparent string n3 is the lead-out (stop) hex transparent string

An example of a supported syntax :

%%Hex data%%

The difference between the syntax and the normal syntax is that this sequence in the example above both starts and ends with two escape characters. Any combination of up to five characters can be used for both lead-in and lead-out strings.

To make the Xerox FS 5250 support this syntax use the following setup:

&&??##Y48,00;'%%';'%%'#

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