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MULTIPORT SPOOLER VIII (4-, 8-, and 12-Port Models)
6.3.4.C Sending Strings to Peripherals
Suppose that your application does not allow you to directly set the printer
to a specific mode. By using the String option, you can send a specific escape
sequence to the printer to set it to the mode you need. You can also restore
the normal mode by using an escape sequence after the print job.
If you need to configure a laser printer for manual paper-feed mode, you
must send the printer (as a Before string) the escape sequence required to set
it to that mode. Then, to avoid any conflict with other users, set the printer
back to automatic-feed mode by defining a matching After string. The Before
and After strings would look like this:
Before String (1B)&l2H Manual feed
After String (1B)&l1H Automatic feed
(1B) represents the ESC (escape) character. (The character after the
ampersand is a lowercase L .)
6.3.5 T
HE
UCTP A
UTO
L
OADING
S
CREEN
Choose whether you want to have the UCTP automatically loaded when
Windows is loaded. If you choose to have it loaded, you only need to click on
its icon on the screen or press the Alt-Tab key combination to access it.
6.3.6 T
HE
UCTP M
ENU
-L
EVEL
S
CREEN
Use this screen to choose the type of UCTP you want to install: Default or
Advanced. The two types are similar in many ways, but Advanced offers more
commands. Basically, you should select the Default menu if you are using the
default Multiport Spooler VIII configuration, and the Advanced menu if you
have specially configured the unit (in particular, changed some output ports
to input ports, or vice versa).
Default
: The printer selection of the Default UCTP menu matches that of
the default configuration of your Multiport Spooler VIII. The default output
ports are those numbered 4, 8, and 12. The Default UCTP menu has four
commands that each allow you to directly select one of these printers (for
example, “Use First Printer”). With the other commands on the menu, you
can:
• Modify the timeout,
• Cancel your jobs,
• Activate or deactivate form feed,
• Define and activate or deactivate headers, and
• Send a string.