Setup guide

PCL information
Automatic printing of remaining data
Your application software may leave data in your printer’s buffer. You can
press
Form Feed
, after pausing the printer, to print this remaining data if you
are at your printer. However, the DEClaser 5100 printer automatically prints
any remaining data when the I/O timeout expires for the communication
port that was used. This feature assists the use of your printer in a shared
or multiple-host environment by not letting a partially complete job delay the
printing of any following jobs.
Selecting a default page size
The Page size feature in the PCL sub-menu is used to select the default page
size that your printer uses to format PCL print jobs. Normally, you select a
page size through your application software, but this feature is provided for
your convenience if your application software does not support selection of the
media sizes supported by the DEClaser 5100 printer. This feature applies to
all PCL print jobs, not just the internal tray as mentioned in Table A-9 of the
User’s Guide.
Correct description of the font source feature
Table A-9 in the User’s Guide contains an incorrect description of the Font
source feature in the PCL sub-menu. The following is the correct description
of the feature.
Font source Determines the source of the default font used by the PCL interpreter.
Built-in fonts are indicated by SOURC=internal. Fonts on optional
PCMCIA cartridges are indicated by SOURC=left or SOURC=right.
Permanent soft fonts that your application has downloaded to the printer
can be selected with SOURC=soft font.
Selecting a new font and symbol set from the front panel
If you use the Symbol set feature in the PCL sub-menu after selecting a font
number with the Font number feature, the order of PCL fonts changes and
the font number becomes invalid and is reset to 0. When you change both the
default font number and symbol set, change the symbol set first.
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