QMS PS 410, User Manual

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1. Make sure the printer is on, the Ready indicator is on, and the
printer is online.
2. Make sure that your current port is configured to PostScript or
ESP. (PostScript operators do not work with HP PCL
language. ) I f you do not know your c urrent port
configurations, produce a test configuration page (see
“Printing Diagnotic Pages").
setsoftwareiomode Operator The setsoftwareiomode operator is
a volatile operator used to configure a port to a specific printer
language.
To change a port from either ESP mode or PostScript mode to an
HP printer language, create one of the following files with a text
editor and send it to the port. The file on the right is for HP PCL
and the file on the left is for HP-GL (available on an emulation
card).
serverdict begin Ø exitserver serverdict begin Ø exitserver
statusdict begin statusdict begin
4 setsoftwareiomode 5 setsoftwareiomode
^D ^D
NOTE: The above files must be typed in lower case letters only.
^D is entered by typing the CTRL key and the letter D at
the same time.
To change to ESP mode when in PostScript mode, substitute the
integer 200 for 5 in the HP PCL command above. To change to
PostScript mode only when in ESP mode substitute the integer Ø
for 5 in the HP PCL command above.
setdefaultemulation and setemulation Commands You may
wish to configure the language of each port without being in the
current interface. This is accomplished through the operators,
setdefaultemulation and setemulation. For example, you may
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