Xerox ColorQube 8700, ColorQube 8900, ColorQube 9301, WorkCentre 7220, WorkCentre 5845 User Manual

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October 22, 2013

PDL Reference Guide for

Xerox

ConnectKey® Products

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Document Version: 1.1 (October 2013).

PDL Reference Guide for Xerox

ConnectKey® Products

Accessing Extended Features .............................................................................. 4

Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 4

Using this Guide .................................................................................................................................... 4

Feature Listing ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Comment Commands ........................................................................................................................ 5

PJL SET Commands ............................................................................................................................. 5

PCL Commands ..................................................................................................................................... 5

PS Commands ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Reference Topics ....................................................................................................... 6

General Commands ............................................................................................................................. 6

Media Commands ................................................................................................................................ 7

PCL5 Command Tray Mapping Tool .............................................................................. 8

Formatting Commands .................................................................................................................. 11

Finishing Commands ....................................................................................................................... 11

Print Job Accounting Commands............................................................................................... 13

PJL/PCL Dependencies/Caveats.................................................................................................. 14

DSC/PS Dependencies/Caveats .................................................................................................. 15

Examples ................................................................................................................................................ 16

Basic PCL/PJL Template ..................................................................................................... 16

Sample PJL Headers ............................................................................................................. 17

Basic PostScript/DSC Template ...................................................................................... 18

Additional Information ........................................................................................ 19

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Accessing Extended Features

Overview

This document describes how to access the extended features of the Xerox® ConnectKey® Products for environments that do not have a custom driver.

Some of the commands & syntax used in this document requires familiarity with PostScript (PS) or Printer Command Language (PCL).

This document provides the Printer Description Language (PDL) commands and syntax for each feature. The following tables are also included:

Features supported by the ConnectKey Products

Commands to use in a PCL print job

Commands to use in a PS print job

The information contained in this document is not intended as a PS or PCL reference manual, but a guide for using the extended features in PS, PCL or ASCII print jobs.

Using this Guide

Refer to the Feature List for the feature you would like to implement. Select the page number to jump to that page.

Follow the syntax listed for the command required. Read the “Dependencies/Caveats” section for additional information.

Feature Listing

PCL and ASCII print jobs can use PJL commands or PCL commands to access the attributes of the printer. PostScript print jobs can use Document Structuring Commands (DSC) or PS commands. If there is more than one method listed to access a specific feature, determine the best method for your application and use that method. In this document, both PJL COMMENT and DSC are referred to as Comment commands.

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Comment Commands

To process all PJL COMMENT commands and DSC, enclose them with XRXBegin and XRXEnd commands.

Example for a PCL or ASCII print job:

@PJL COMMENT XRXbegin

@PJL COMMENT OID_ATT_START_SHEET OID_VAL_JOB_SHEET_NONE;

@PJL COMMENT XRXend

Example PS print job:

%%XRXbegin

%%OID_ATT_START_SHEET OID_VAL_JOB_SHEET_NONE;

%%XRXend

The first parameter of the command is an attribute followed by a value.

Comment commands must end with a semicolon except for the XRXbegin and XRXend commands.

A comment command not enclosed by XRXbegin and XRXend is not a Xerox specific command and is treated as a real comment with no functional attachment to its contents.

PJL SET Commands

PJL SET commands are available for some features. If you choose to use these commands, do not enclose them with the XRXBegin and XRXEnd commands. PJL SET commands do not require a semicolon at the end of the command line.

PCL Commands

PCL commands are available for some features. If you choose to use these commands do not enclose them with the XRXBegin and XRXEnd commands. Refer to a PCL reference manual for more specific information regarding PCL commands.

PS Commands

PS commands are available for some features. If you choose to use these commands, do not enclose them with the XRXBegin and XRXEnd commands. Refer to a PS reference manual for more specific information regarding PS commands.

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Reference Topics

XRXBegin

When interpreter receives XRXBegin it begins to parse PJL COMMENT commands checking for Xerox-specific commands until it receives the command to stop parsing.

PJL COMMENT Command DSC Comment Command

@PJL COMMENT XRXbegin %%XRXbegin

XRXEnd

When the interpreter receives this command it stops parsing PJL COMMENT commands.

PJL COMMENT Command DSC Comment Command

@PJL COMMENT XRXend %%XRXend

General Commands

Copies

Use the following commands to specify the number of copies or collated sets of a document.

Language Collated

PJL

PCL5

Language Uncollated

PJL

PCL5

PDL

Banner Sheet (Start Sheet) – Device Generated

This command turns on/off the banner sheet that prints at the beginning of every job. It only applies to the job that contains the command; it does not affect any other jobs. If the device is configured to disable banner sheets, this command is ignored.

<</NumCopies int /Collate true >> setpagedevice

@PJL SET QTY=int

No PCL5 command available, use PJL

<</NumCopies int /Collate false >> setpagedevice

@PJL SET COPIES =int

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