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Software Configuration
Software Configuration
Software Configuration
3. PDL switching from PS to PCL5: performed by the PS interpreter and the printer system
Triggers
Printer system
PCL5 triggers | [ESC]E [FF] |
PS triggers | %!PS-Adobe-3.1 "%!" "dict begin" "bind def" "findfont" "showpage" "/statusdict" "0 startjob" [EOT] "}" + space character + "def" "userdict" (*) |
PDF triggers | %PDF- %!PS-Adobe-M.nPDF- (*M, n=numeric) |
* "userdict" is excluded by configuring Printer Bit Switch 5-3=1.
Up to 2KB from the start of the job can be searched for triggers.
"%%" can be added to the PS triggers by configuring printer bit switch 5-3=1
If a job is identified as PDF, it will be sent to the PS interpreter to be processed as a regular PS job.
PS interpreter