Printek PrintMaster 860, Operator'S Manual

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USING REMOTE SETUP
The PrintMaster 860 Series printers may be completely configured for operation by using the front panel
buttons to access the printer setup menus. In addition, many of the items that can be configured via the
front panel setup menus can also be configured remotely as described in this chapter.
REMOTE SETUP VIA WINDOWS APPLICATION
Printek provides a remote setup program for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT users. This provides a
convenient method for graphically configuring the printer. Visit www.printek.com to download the free
application.
REMOTE SETUP VIA GENERIC TEXT FILE
Remote setup commands are placed in a remote setup file on a host computer. This file may then be sent to
the printer. The remote setup file must be a text only file* with each line terminated by a Line Feed (LF)
character.
The available commands listed below are shown with a combination of upper and lower case letters to
enhance readability. However, the commands are not case sensitive. All characters are converted to upper
case before processing (except for form names, which are contained in double quotes). White space may
also be inserted to enhance readability; it will be stripped from the commands before processing.
Each line of the file is processed individually, and must conform to one of four possible formats:
1. A blank line (ignored).
2. A comment line, which begins with a semicolon "
;
" (ignored).
3. A heading line, which is enclosed in square brackets "
[]
".
4. An item setup line, of the format
item=value
.
Each item setup line must appear under the appropriate heading line. The first heading line in the file must
be
[BeginPrintekSetup]
. The last heading line in the file must be
[EndPrintekSetup]
. All
other heading lines and item setup lines are optional.
If any errors exist in the remote setup file, no changes will be made to the printer configuration. When
possible, the printer will indicate the line number in the file where the first error occurred. Counting of
lines begins with 1 at the
[BeginPrintekSetup]
heading line. Any lines preceding this will not be
processed, and will not be counted.
Before sending the remote setup file to the printer, minimal setup is required via an escape sequence. The
I/O interface to be used for remote setup must be configured appropriately to communicate with the host
system, and printer must be placed in remote setup mode. This is done by sending a 3-byte escape
sequence to the printer. This sequence is ESC ESC ; or hexadecimal 1B 1B 3B. This sequence may be
included at the beginning of the text file.
After this is done, the printer will reset, beep the bell to alert the operator, and display the message
"
Waiting For Remote Setup ". The remote setup file may now be sent to the printer.
After the printer receives the remote setup file (without error), all specified configuration changes will be
made, the printer will reset. When this reset is complete, the printer will be ready for normal interaction
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