Computer Hardware User Manual

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5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD
Command Function
¬Ex Sends an ASCII ESC command to the printer (HP mode
only).
¬TY Forces true 6-LPI printing (HP mode only).
¬TN Stops forcing true 6-LPI printing (HP mode only).
¬I Makes Card ignore all formatting commands from the host.
¬S Makes Card stop ignoring formatting commands from the
host.
You can send an ESC (escape) print-control command to the printer with
the ¬Ex command (HP mode only); x stands for a sequence of characters
that forms the rest of the command. For example, ¬E(s3B would begin
bold printing; see an HP operator’s manual for a list of the (sXX
commands.
When in HP mode, the printer may compress line spacing to fit 66 lines
onto a page. This might be undesirable at times, especially with preprinted
forms that must align correctly. In these cases, the ¬TY command prevents
the printer from compressing the line spacing, and ¬TN permits it again.
Use the ¬I and ¬S commands to remove unwanted host commands
from a print file. For example, when you print with forms-generating
software, the host recognizes the files as text files and formats them with
unwanted carriage returns and line feeds. Placing the ¬I at the end of a
line and ¬S at the start of the next line causes the 5250 Remote Emulator
Card to remove the host’s carriage returns and line feeds and send only
the data to the printer.
8.4.3 C OMMAND P ASS -T HROUGH
The command-pass-through (hex-transparency) feature gives you access
to all of a printer’s built-in features, even if these features are not normally
available through the host software. With the command-pass-through
feature, you can place printer-specific command sequences into your
document, and the 5250 Remote Emulator Card will recognize the
sequences and “pass the commands through” to the printer. Take these
steps to use this feature:.
1. Find the command (control codes) for your desired print feature
in the printer’s manual.
2. Convert the control codes to hexadecimal.
3. Type the delimiter &% (or any custom delimiter configured as
described in Section 6.3.3) into the document at the point in the text