Setup guide

Enhancements to the error page

A PostScript Error Page prints when a PostScript error occurs in a print

job, unless you have disabled this feature through the Set-Up menu or

with a PostScript program. Section 10.3 of the User’s Guide explains the

information printed on this page and describes troubleshooting procedures.

Three enhancements have been made to the PostScript Error Page that are not

described in the User’s Guide:

• Unprintable characters in the command causing the PostScript error and

in strings in the operand stack are printed in hexadecimal notation (for

example,

<1B>

• When a limitcheck error occurs because of a display list overﬂow, the

‘‘errorinfo’’ ﬁeld reads ‘‘page protection required.’’ This extra notation

indicates that your job may print successfully if you turn on ‘‘Page protect.’’

(Refer to Chapter 7 of the User’s Guide for more information on this type

of error.)

• The graphics state section clearly indicates the current resolution and page

protection settings.

Changing the wait timeout from the front panel

You can change the PostScript wait timeout through the Wait timeout feature

in the Set-Up menu. However, the change does not take effect until the next

time you power off and on your printer.

Programming information

The preface of the User’s Guide gives incomplete information on programming

documentation for Level 2 of the PostScript page description language. The

following documents provide general information on Level 2 of the PostScript

language:

• PostScript Language Reference Manual Supplement for Version 2013 by

Adobe Systems Incorporated, March 31, 1993; available through the Adobe

Systems Developer Support organization.

• PostScript Language Reference Manual, Second Edition by Adobe Systems

Incorporated, ISBN 0-201-18127-4; available in bookstores.

The following document provides product-speciﬁc PostScript information for

the DEClaser 5100 printer:

• DEClaser 5100 Printer Level 2 PostScript Programmer’s Supplement by

Digital Equipment Corporation, order number EK-DLPL2-PS.