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XPS Card Printer Driver User’s Guide 111
Input Hopper Selection Escape
Some printer models offer an optional multi-hopper that has six input hoppers, each holding 100
cards. The Card Printer Driver allows you to specify the number of the hopper to use on the
Advanced page of the Printing Preferences Layout tab. However, this option applies the hopper
selection to all cards sent to the printer.
Using a hopper selection escape allows you to specify the input hopper to use as part of each
print job from any application.
The syntax for an input hopper selection escape is ~HS%x? , where:
For example, the escape ~HS%5? tells the Card Printer Driver to pick a card for the print job from
input hopper 5.
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The input hopper selection value specified by the escape overrides the value set on the
Printing Preferences Layout tab.
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If a printer does not have a multi-hopper, the escape is ignored. The card prints from the
single hopper, or manual card input slot. No error is logged or displayed.
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If the value of x is anything other than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, the escape is not detected and the
escape prints on the card as regular text.
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The escape sets the printing preference for the input hopper by job. The application you use
determines how the escape is interpreted:
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Some applications, such as Microsoft Word, send a multipage, multicard document as a
single job. The driver uses the first escape it encounters for all cards in the job. Any other
escapes, even though they may be valid, are ignored.
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Card production applications usually send a separate job for each card. This allows you to
specify a different hopper for each card in a batch of printed cards.
~
Indicates the start of the escape.
HS Identifies the escape as a hopper selection escape.
% Indicates the start of a hopper value.
x Specifies the hopper number to use. x can be any value between 1 and 6.
? Indicates the end of the escape.