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- Printer definition file for WSSINDEX
-
- All lines of this file are comments until a line beginning ----. After that,
- alternate lines are comments and parameters. See the WSSINDEX documentation
- for a description of the format allowed here. Commands in this file are for
- an HP Desk Jet 500. Based on donated manual pages.
-
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- This printer lacks the box forming characters found in the LJ II, so disk
- cover boxes are made by overprinting | and - with offset positions.
- ????????????????
-
- Commands for
- line spacing
- paper size
- page length
- perforation skip
- left/right margins
- top margin
- text length
- must appear in this order. Other than this, the commands are the same as
- for an LJ II.
-
- Commands used in this file:
-
- 27 69 = \e E = reset
- 27 38 108 49 69 = \e & l \1 E = 1 line top margin
- 27 38 108 56 52 70 = \e & l \8\4 F = 84 lines per page
- 27 38 107 50 83 = \e & k \2 S = 16.66 pitch
- 27 38 108 56 68 = \e & l \8 D = 8 lines per inch
- 12 = \f = form feed
-
- These command strings have been tested using DUMPPCL by Brian K. Uechi.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- Printer name
- HP Desk Jet 500
- Optional string printed on all labels
- Property of <your name here>
- Printer initialization command for 1,2,... column printing, 50 max
- \e E, \e & l \1 E, \e & l \8\4 F
- Printer initialization command for labels, 50 max (pitch, line spacing, etc.)
- \e & l k \2 S, \e & l \8 D
- Printer initialization command for disk covers, 50 max
- \e & k \2 S, \e & l \8 D
- Printer deinitialization command, 10 max (form feed for laser printer, etc.)
- \f
- Number of spaces in left margin for labels
- 5
- Number of columns for labels
- 2
- Width of labels (characters)
- 50
- Number of characters between labels (if multiple columns)
- 3
- Length of label in lines (including unusable lines)
- 12
- Number of usable lines for label
- 9
- Number of spaces in left margin for disk covers
- 9
- Width of paper for disk covers (characters)
- 90
- Length of page in lines for disk covers
- 40
- Printer command to position for the next disk cover
-
- Character to use for sides of disk cover box (32 = blank prints faster)
- \e & a - \5 \0 V | \b \e & a + \8 \4 V | \e & a - \3 \4 V
- Character to use for top and bottom lines
- \e & a - \2 \8 H - \b \e & a + \5 \2 H - \e & a - \2 \4 H
- Character to use for top left corner
- \e & a + \2 \4 H - \b \e & a - \2 \4 H \e & a + \3 \4 V | \e & a - \3 \4 V
- Character to use for top right corner
- \e & a - \2 \8 H - \b \e & a + \2 \8 H \e & a + \3 \4 V | \e & a - \3 \4 V
- Character to use for bottom left corner
- \e & a - \5 \0 V | \b \e & a + \5 \0 V \e & a + \2 \4 H - \e & a - \2 \4 H
- Character to use for bottom right corner
- \e & a - \2 \8 H - \b \e & a + \2 \8 H \e & a - \5 \0 V | \e & a + \5 \0 V
- End of printer configuration file
-