Printer definition file for WSSINDEX All lines of this file are comments until a line beginning ----. After that, alternate lines are comments and parameters. See the WSSINDEX documentation for a description of the format allowed here. Commands in this file are for an HP Desk Jet 500. Based on donated manual pages. ???????????????? This printer lacks the box forming characters found in the LJ II, so disk cover boxes are made by overprinting | and - with offset positions. ???????????????? Commands for line spacing paper size page length perforation skip left/right margins top margin text length must appear in this order. Other than this, the commands are the same as for an LJ II. Commands used in this file: 27 69 = \e E = reset 27 38 108 49 69 = \e & l \1 E = 1 line top margin 27 38 108 56 52 70 = \e & l \8\4 F = 84 lines per page 27 38 107 50 83 = \e & k \2 S = 16.66 pitch 27 38 108 56 68 = \e & l \8 D = 8 lines per inch 12 = \f = form feed These command strings have been tested using DUMPPCL by Brian K. Uechi. ------------------------------------------------------------ Printer name HP Desk Jet 500 Optional string printed on all labels Property of Printer initialization command for 1,2,... column printing, 50 max \e E, \e & l \1 E, \e & l \8\4 F Printer initialization command for labels, 50 max (pitch, line spacing, etc.) \e & l k \2 S, \e & l \8 D Printer initialization command for disk covers, 50 max \e & k \2 S, \e & l \8 D Printer deinitialization command, 10 max (form feed for laser printer, etc.) \f Number of spaces in left margin for labels 5 Number of columns for labels 2 Width of labels (characters) 50 Number of characters between labels (if multiple columns) 3 Length of label in lines (including unusable lines) 12 Number of usable lines for label 9 Number of spaces in left margin for disk covers 9 Width of paper for disk covers (characters) 90 Length of page in lines for disk covers 40 Printer command to position for the next disk cover Character to use for sides of disk cover box (32 = blank prints faster) \e & a - \5 \0 V | \b \e & a + \8 \4 V | \e & a - \3 \4 V Character to use for top and bottom lines \e & a - \2 \8 H - \b \e & a + \5 \2 H - \e & a - \2 \4 H Character to use for top left corner \e & a + \2 \4 H - \b \e & a - \2 \4 H \e & a + \3 \4 V | \e & a - \3 \4 V Character to use for top right corner \e & a - \2 \8 H - \b \e & a + \2 \8 H \e & a + \3 \4 V | \e & a - \3 \4 V Character to use for bottom left corner \e & a - \5 \0 V | \b \e & a + \5 \0 V \e & a + \2 \4 H - \e & a - \2 \4 H Character to use for bottom right corner \e & a - \2 \8 H - \b \e & a + \2 \8 H \e & a - \5 \0 V | \e & a + \5 \0 V End of printer configuration file