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XEROX DOCUPRINT NPS GUIDE TO USING PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES 1-9
• Use DocuPrint NPS facilities for offsetting at the print job level.
Do not rely on the use of the Job Separation command at the
end of every PCL job. Although this is the HP recommendation,
a consistent offsetting of print jobs cannot be guaranteed. For
example, actions such as resetting the HP LaserJet IIISi at the
printer change the output tray offset. The printer does not keep
track of the offset tray position under all conditions.
• The Job Separation command can be used within a print job to
offset sections of the print job. (This feature is sometimes
referred to as creating report offsets within a print job.) The
recommended job structure is to insert PCL commands before
the section that should be offset.
The sequence of PCL commands is a Printer Reset command,
other PCL setup commands, and the Job Separation command.
This PCL setup produces consistent results on the HP LaserJet
IIISi and the Xerox DocuPrint NPS.
• Do not place the Job Separation command at the end of a page
that starts a section with a new output tray offset. There are
significantly different results when printing the same print job on
the HP LaserJet IIISi and the Xerox DocuPrint NPS.
• Use a PCL copy count of 1 (one).
Inconsistent offsetting takes place when multiple copies are
specified. Sheets in the printer output are not stacked with the
desired offset.
PCL media selection
There are three ways to specify media for a given page. You can use
the PCL Page Size command (<Esc>&l#A), the PCL Paper Source
command, or you can use the DocuPrint NPS ExceptionPages
attribute.
PCL Paper Source command (tray assignment)
PCL uses the Paper Source command (<Esc>&l#H) to specify the
tray definition (# is a number from 0-6).
0=don’t change paper source
1=feed paper from printer specific tray
2=feed paper from manual input
3=feed envelope from manual input
4=feed paper from lower tray
5=feed paper from optional paper source
6=feed paper from optional envelope
Note: These are the documented values of HP printers. However,
the DocuPrint NPS changes paper by media definition and not by
tray definition.