Black Box 5250 User Manual

Initialization string

Initialize printer

5 cpi

5 characters per inch

10 cpi

10 characters per inch

12 cpi

12 characters per inch

15 cpi

15 characters per inch

8 lpi

8 lines per inch

6 lpi

6 lines per inch

Begin draft string

Begin draft-quality printing

Begin NLQ string

Begin New Letter Quality (NLQ) printing

Vertical motion string

Used for vertical increments of the page

Increment (72, 60, 48)

The fraction of an inch used by the vertical 

motion string

Offset to variable data

Number of values before the variable data

Variable multiplier

Number multiplied to the variable to get the 

correct value

Page length string

Used to setup the page length

Offset to variable data

Number of values before the variable data

used 

for the page length string

Length of variable data

Number of values for the variable data

Base to add to variable

Amount added to the variable data to get the 

correct value

Graphics command string Sets the printer to accept graphics characters

For example, to set up an escape sequence for an HP

®

LaserJet

®

III, you

would follow these steps:

1. Find the “6 lpi” control codes in the LaserJet manual.

2. If the manual doesn’t report these codes in hexadecimal, translate

the decimal codes to hex using Appendix B.

3. The HP LaserJet “6 lpi” control codes are: