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Table Of Contents
- Capturing Data
- Overview
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Capture Sample Data for a Document You Install on a Printer
- Capture Sample Data for a Document You Install in PlanetPress Watch
- Capture Sample Data in Windows NT
- Capture Sample Data in Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP
- Capture Sample Data in Windows Host Using a Novell Print Server
- Capture Sample Data in UNIX (Solaris)
- Capture Sample Data using an AS/400 Systems
- Capture Sample Data From a Serial Port
- Creating Triggers
- Overview
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Implement a Trigger under Novell 3.x
- Implement a Trigger under Novell 4.x and 5.x with NDS or Bindery Printers
- Implement a Trigger under Windows NT 4.0 with TCP/IP
- Implement a Trigger under BSD Printing Systems (BSDi, FreeBSD, Linux)
- Implement a Trigger under UNIX System V (Solaris)
- Implement a Trigger and Configure an AIX 4.3 Printer
- Implement a Trigger under VMS
- Implement a Trigger with AS/400 Systems
- Prepare SAP Device Type for PlanetPress Design
- Implement a Trigger under HP 3000
- Special Printer Requirements
- ASCII Conversion Table
- CL Program for AS/400 Systems
- Index
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Creating Triggers
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Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed in RAM
The general syntax of a trigger for a document that resides in the printer’s RAM is:
[ printer-specific_commands ] %!PS-Adobe <CR>
name_of_document <CR><LF>
An example of the trigger for a document named FORMLETTER that resides in the printer’s RAM:
%!PS-Adobe <CR>
FORMLETTER <CR><LF>
Trigger Syntax for Documents Installed in Flash Memory
The general syntax of a trigger for a document that resides in the printer’s flash memory is:
[ printer-specific_commands ] %!PS-Adobe <CR>
(%flash%name_of_document) run name_of_document <CR><LF>
An example of the trigger for a document named PAYROLL that resides in the printer’s flash memory:
%!PS-Adobe <CR>
(%flash%PAYROLL) run PAYROLL <CR><LF>
Techniques for Inserting Triggers
How you create and insert a trigger is operating system dependent. There are many ways to insert a trigger
manually. Four common techniques are:
1. Manually concatenating two files
In this technique you add a trigger by concatenating two files where the first contains the trigger and
the second contains the input data. You send the concatenated file to the printer using the DOS Copy
command or the file transfer protocol (FTP).
2. Setting up the print server to automatically insert triggers
This technique works with a print server running either Novell or Windows NT. You create a print queue
or print device for each document installed in the printer, and associate the appropriate trigger for the
document with the queue you set up for it. All queues point to the same physical printer. When you
send a job to that queue, the server automatically inserts the trigger associated with that queue before
it forwards the printer job to the printer.
What are the common techniques for inserting a trigger?