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5250 REMOTE EMULATOR CARD
Table 6-4. Programmable Command Strings
Command String Function
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: