7.4

Frequently Used Printer Control Characters
Character name: Character code: Typical use in printing context:
End-Of-Job \004 Indicates the end of a print job
Backspace \b Moves a character space backwards
Horizontal Tab \t Adds a horizontal tab
Line Feed \012 Moves to the next line
Form Feed \f Moves to the next page
Carriage Return \r Moves to the beginning of the current line
DOS End-Of-File \032 Indicates the end of a print job in a DOS environment
Escape \033 Adds an escape character
New Line (CRLF) \n Goes to a new line
Windows Output Printer Queue
Windows output printer queues send print jobs to local or network printer queues set up in the Windows session in which Plan-
etPress Suite Workflow Tools is running. The corresponding Windows printer driver is used in the printing process.
This type of printer queue does not support the transparency and duotone features, so you should not use it with PlanetPress
Design documents that use those features.
Windows output printer queue properties are as follows:
General tab
l Printer queue: Select the Windows printer queue to which you want to send print jobs.
l Job name: Enter the job’s file name. By default, the variable %f (Job File Name) is used. You may use a different var-
iable, but you may not use a data selection. This information may be used for the printer’s banner page.
l Job owner name: Enter the job owner name. You may use a PlanetPress Workflow variable.The field is empty by
default, which is equivalent to use the default print job owner name, i.e. the current logged in user name.
Advanced tab
l Print speed: Enter the speed, in pages per minute (PPM), of the printer associated with the printer queue. This value
is used to determine how to divide jobs when you use the Queue Balancing option for load balancing.
l Commands: The list of available commands appears in this box. Select either Pre-job commands or Post-job com-
mands in the Selected box, and double-click a command from this list to add it to the appropriate list.
l Selected: Select either Pre-job commands or Post-job commands to add new commands to the appropriate list and to
see those commands that have already selected. Double-click a command to remove it from the selected list.
l Add: Click to add a new command to the list displayed in the Commands box. You must then edit the new command’s
description and value. Note that new commands are shared by all printer queues.
l Delete: Click to remove a command from the Commands box.
l Command description: Use this box to edit the description of the command currently selected in the Commands
box.
l Command value: Use this box to edit the code of the command currently selected in the Commands box. Use the
right-click menu for a list of standard printer control characters.
LPR Output Printer Queue
LPR output printer queues send print jobs to LPD-compatible printers using the LPD/LPR protocol. Note that most of the set-
tings associated with LPR output are configured via the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools user options (see LPR Output User
Options).
Printer Queues and Documents