At  6:29 PM 3/26/96 -0600, Jeff Woods wrote:
>Hello Leonard,
>
>On Tue, 26 Mar 1996 07:16:23 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>|     At a remote location, there is an HP 5si Printer.  We need them to set
>|     the default printer settings for landscape, compressed print.
>|     ...Is he / are we missing something?
>|
>Apparently what you are missing is the functionality you want in the LJ 5si.
>... [T]he default font and the number of lines per page do not appear
>to be configurable on this printer.
 
They're configurable but not from the front panel. You need to use Printer
Job Language (PJL) to set these parameters. Try sending the following:
 
<esc>%-12345X@PJL
@PJL DEFAULT FORMLINES=nnn
@PJL DEFAULT FONTNUMBER=nnn
@ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL
 
where each nnn is replaced with the number you want. Make sure that you
follow the line boundaries of the above example exactly; PJL, unlike PCL,
is line-oriented.
 
Alternatively, you can use the Windows or Mac software that came with the
printer to set these values -- assuming that you have a suitable computer
connected.
 
-- Bruce
 
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