Xerox FS 5250 IPC instruction manual Function 100 Port Share Option, ??character

Selected FSL Functions

Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide

For details on Operating Modes (i.e. function 70 and function 36), DJDE and Metacode Handling, you are referred to the Programmer's Guide, doc. no. D62081

11.9. Port Share Option

This section will describe share timeout and how to specify the timeout string via function Y100.

Function 100: Port Share Option

If you do not use your laser printer full time, you can share it with others. This is often relevant in office environments where you use different printers for different print jobs . You can also use this facility for your own use, if you print from both midrange and PC systems.

The interface has been designed with both a twinax port for the connection to the twinax system and a parallel port to which you can connect a PC, etc. If you use both ports on the interface, you will be able to set a timer to control how long the interface will wait for data from one port before accepting data from another port. You will also be able to code a string that can be used to e.g. reset the printer or select a new font. The timer and string to be sent when the port takes over will work on the port it was sent to. If you code the string, it will be sent automati cally when you change from one port to the other.

In order to specify the timeout for a specific input port, an FSL ( Function

Selection via the Line) sequence must be sent to the port in question. To do this a temporary Escape (ESC) Character must be defined first. This is done in the following way:

&&??<character>

The sequence "&&??%" will define " %" as the ESC Character.

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