User`s guide

1. In PS Executive, you may select the function Current
Emulations to change configuration (see the utilities manual
for exact details).
2. If you are on an IBM PC or compatible, rather than
constructing a PostScript command file yourself, look in the
PS Executive Series Utilities directory, PSEXEC, in a
sub-directory called UTIL. Copy the language file of your
choice to the desired printer port. These files are
ESP.SET to change to ESP (emulation selection).
HPPCL.SET to change to HP PCL printer language only.
PS.SET to change to PostScript printer language only.
HPGL.SET to change to HP-GL printer language (available
on an emulation card) only.
EXIT_HP.SET to exit an HP emulation to PostScript only.
Selecting Printer Language: PostScript Commands
You may select the printer language by sending volatile or
persistent PostScript commands (called operators) to the printer.
Volatile commands last only for the current power cycle while
persistent commands last until you change them. The volatile
operators setsoftwareiomode and setemulation and the persistent
operator setdefaultemulation specify with a numerical value the
printer language and/or printer port you want.
setsoftwareiomode configures the printer port you are using (either
serial or parallel) to a specific printer language mode. In this volatile
command, you specify only one integer which identifies the printer
language mode.
setemulation configures a specific port, whether you are currently
using it or not, to a printer language. You specify in this volatile
Chapter 3
Selecting Printer Languages 3-5