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4. Move the cursor to the point in
the text that you want to end the
print feature. Enter &% , or the
alternate CPT start delimiter,
followed by the ending printer
command, and then &% or the
alternate CPT end delimiter
again.
For example:
The command ESC &d0D begins
underlining and ESC &d@ ends
underlining. First convert the start
command to the hexadecimal 1B 26
64 30 44 and the ending command
to 1B 26 64 40. If the delimiter is the
default &% (hex 50 6C), then enter
the commands as follows:
This is an
&%1B26643044&%underlined&%1
B266440&% word.
to print on the printer as:
This is an underlined word.
Only characters from 00 to FF are
recognized (alphabetic characters
must be in upper case). Errors in the
Command Pass-Thru sequence will
cause the TX/CX 4000 to ignore the
command, and printing will resume
at the point where the error
occurred.
Command Pass-Thru may make
lines shorter than you expect, since
the commands take up space on the
screen but do not print.
If part of the command sequence
is printed, an error has been made
entering the codes. Check the
document and make sure the correct
format and EBCDIC hexadecimal
characters are being used.
Avoid sending codes that would
move the print position during
Command Pass-Thru. Since the
TX/CX 4000 does not process these
commands, it cannot keep track of
the print-position changes. This may
affect the position of characters that
follow the command and the page
layout.
Some commands (such as
emphasized or bold printing) may
continue until another string is
encountered that returns printing
to normal, or for some host systems,
until the next page is sent to the
printer.
The TX/CX 4000 self-test prints
out a list of command numbers and
the command strings assigned to
them.
If the printer has the capability,
the TX/CX 4000 allows you to
further specify if Draft printing
should be Fast Draft or Normal Draft
(Front Panel: Draft Printing;
Host/PC download: Command 23).
Request for Draft printing can come
directly from the host or from the
TX/CX 4000 (host sends Default
print quality and TX/CX 4000’s
4214 Default Print Quality is set to
Draft). If the printer only offers one
draft printing mode, the setting of
the Draft Printing option is ignored.