User`s manual

Section 4: Advanced Functions
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Hex Transparency, coax mode
This section applies only when the Axis AFP is set up for coax connection.
The hex transparency function allows you to send hex-encoded binary data (e.g.
PostScript or HP PCL) directly to the printer without any conversion. It is con-
trolled by inserting the following special commands in the data stream:
#3210 Transparency Lead-in String – When this string is received, the current
PostScript job is terminated, and the page is ejected. All subsequent data is inter-
preted as hexadecimal byte values, which are sent to the printer as ASCII charac-
ters.
#3211 Transparency Trailer Sequence – This string terminates the transparency
function and re-initializes the PostScript conversion.
To use the Hex Transparency function, follow these steps:
1. Define the Transparency Lead-in and Trailer Strings as described earlier in
this section. The strings should be given as EBCDIC US English character
codes. If you have selected [%<] as Lead-in String, and [>%] as Trailer
String, the parameters should be programmed as follow:
#3210 = $6C $4C
#3211 = $6E $6C
2. Convert your data from binary to hexadecimal format.
3. Insert the Transparency Lead-in String at the beginning of the hexadecimal
data.
4. Insert the Transparency Trailer String at the end of the hexadecimal data.
5. Print the job.
Hex Transparency is available for all IBM printer emulations, but only in non-
IPDS modes. Hex Transparency data appearing in IPDS print jobs will be
printed as normal text (including the Lead-In and Trailer Strings).