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Setup Menus, Controls, and Indicators
Program Setup Strings for Prints
You can specify print attributes for any supported printer by setting the power-on
sequence. The programmed power-on sequence overrides the printer’s resident
power-on sequence when the printer is powered on or the display station goes online.
For screen printing, the programmable setup string is appended to the normal printer
initialization string before each print job. For host addressable printing, options set on
the Online Printer menu override the programmable setup strings for all printers except
the Plain printer.
Note:
Only the following commands are sent to the Plain printer:
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Line feed
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Form feed
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Carriage return
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Backspace
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Spaces for horizontal tabs
When you set a power-on sequence, the printer prints only in the font and style
specified by the power-on sequence. For example, if you set the power-on sequence for
Courier 10-point, bold, italic, everything the printer prints is in Courier 10-point, bold,
italic.
To set the power-on sequence, highlight Program Setup Strings for Prints and
press the Enter key. The Programmable Setup Strings for Prints screen is displayed
(Figure 3-8 on Page 3-18).
Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to highlight a position, then use the Left and Right
Arrow keys to cycle through the escape codes (00 through FF). The initial power-on
value for each position is 00.
To set all positions to 00 and disable this feature, press the Clear key.
To leave the Programmable Setup Strings for Prints menu and return to the Offline Printer
menu without saving any changes, press the Reset key.
To leave the Programmable Setup Strings for Prints menu and return to the Offline Printer
menu with the changes saved, press the Enter key. When you leave the Programmable
Setup Strings for Prints menu, the setup strings are sent to the printer.
