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P-Series Printer Protocol
Introduction
This chapter describes the P-Series emulation host control codes.
“Emulation” refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a
particular printer control language. A printer control language is the coding
system used to convey, manipulate, and print data. It contains character
codes and command sequences that configure the emulation. In this manual,
the terms emulation, printer protocol, and printer control language are
synonymous.
“Emulation” refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a
particular printer control language. A printer control language is the coding
system used to convey, manipulate, and print data. It contains character
codes and command sequences that configure the emulation. In this manual,
the terms emulation, printer protocol, and printer control language are
synonymous.
In the P-Series emulation mode, your printer can print files coded for the P-
Series printer control language. To select the P-Series emulation mode as the
active printer emulation, select ASCII Emulation from the EMULATION menu
and P-Series from the Printer Protocol menu, as described in the
Series printer control language. To select the P-Series emulation mode as the
active printer emulation, select ASCII Emulation from the EMULATION menu
and P-Series from the Printer Protocol menu, as described in the
User's
Guide.
The P-Series emulation provides many configurable parameters. The default
parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1. You can modify the
emulation parameter values in two ways:
parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1. You can modify the
emulation parameter values in two ways:
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The P-Series host control codes. An extensive set of P-Series control
code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host
computer via the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to
describing the P-Series control code commands.
code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host
computer via the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to
describing the P-Series control code commands.
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The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the P-
Series emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus,
control panel keys and LCD, as described in the
Series emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus,
control panel keys and LCD, as described in the
User's Guide.
A parameter value set by a host control code generally overrides a value set
from the printer's control panel.
from the printer's control panel.
NOTE: Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control
codes can be saved to the printer's NVRAM memory so that they will
not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory
defaults. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is
described in the
not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory
defaults. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is
described in the
User's Guide. To save the configuration using host
control codes, refer to Appendix B, “PTR_SETUP Option”.