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Xerox 4213 Laser Printer
Programmer Reference

May 1992
720P40020

Rank Xerox Limited.
Parkway
Marlow
Buckinghamshire S17 1YL
England
© 1992 by Rank Xerox Limited. All rights reserved.
Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of
copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory
or judicial law or hereinafter granted, including without limitation,
material generated from the software programs which are
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etc.
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publication are trademarks of Xerox Corporation and Rank Xerox
Limited. Other company trademarks are also acknowledged.
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publication are trademarks of Centronics Data Computer
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European EME regulations
The Xerox 4213 laser printer meets the requirements of EN55022
Class B.
WARNING:
Use of controls, adjustments, or performance of
procedures other than those specified herein may result in a
hazardous radiation exposure.
This product will produce ozone during normal operation. The
ozone produced is dependent on copy volume and is heavier
than air.
Providing the proper environmental parameters as
specified in Xerox installation procedures will ensure that
concentration levels meet safe limits.
The 4213 has an ozone filter built into the print cartridge.

Laser safety
The following note is to meet the local requirements of Finland
and Sweden.
LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE
KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT
VAROITUS:
LAITTEEN KÄYTTÄMINEN MUULLA KUIN TÄSSÄ KYTTÖOHJEESSA
MAINITULLA TAVALLA SAATTAA ALTISTAA KÄYTTÄJÄN
TURVALLISUUSLUOKAN 1. YLITTÄVÄLLE LASERSÄTEILYLLE.
VARNING:
OM APPARATEN ANVÄNDS PÅ ANNAT SÄTT ÄN I DENNA
BRUKSANSVISNING
SPECFICERADE,
KAN
ANVÄNDAREN
UTSÄTTAS FÖR O SYNLIG LASERSTRÄLNING, SOM ÖVERSKRIDER
GRÄNSEN FÖR LASERKLASS 1.

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Operational safety
Your Xerox equipment and supplies were designed and tested to
meet strict safety requirements.
These include safety agency
examination, approval, and compliance with established
environmental standards.
WARNING: Improper connection of the equipment grounding
conductor can result in electrical shock.
Attention to the following notes ensures the continued safe
operation of your equipment.
Never use a multi-plug adaptor to plug multiple power plugs into
the same outlet.
Never attempt any maintenance function that is not specifically
described in this guide.
Never operate the equipment if you notice unusual noises or
odors.
Disconnect the power cord from the power source
receptacle and call your Rank Xerox customer service engineer to
correct the problem.
If you need any additional safety information concerning the
equipment or Xerox supplied materials, call your RX sales
representative.

Notice
Specifications described in this publication are subject to change
without notice. Use of some features may be limited by your
hardware or software configuration.
Consult your sales
representative for details.

XEROX 4213 LASER PRINTER PROGRAMMER REFERENCE

Related publications
Title
Xerox 4213 Laser Printer User Guide
Xerox 4213 Laser Printer Programmer Reference
Xerox Coax/Twinax Option (XCTO) Programmer Reference
Xerox 4213 Laser Printer Quick Reference Guide
Helpful Facts About Paper
Xerox 4213 XES Quick Reference Card
PostScript Language Reference Manual, 1985, Adobe Systems
Incorporated, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Sixth
printing April, 1987
PostScript Language Programme Design, 1988, Adobe Systems
Incorporated,
Glenn C. Reid, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company, Inc., Sixth printing April, 1988
PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook, 1985, Adobe
Systems Incorporated, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.,
Fifth printing March, 1987

XEROX 4213 LASER PRINTER PROGRAMMER REFERENCE

Table of contents

European EME regulations

iii

Laser safety

iii
Operational safety

iii

Notice

Related publications

Introduction

xix
Purpose of this manual

What this manual contains

Variances

xxi

Conventions used in this manual

xxi

1. Interfaces

1 -1
Parallel interface

1-1
Parallel interface cable

1-1

Centronics interface

1-2

Select the Centronics parallel interface

1-2

Select metered data

1-2

Return to print mode

1-2

Centronics connector

1-3

Centronics signals and pin assignments

1-4

Centronics interface timing

1-6

Dataproducts 2260

1-7

Select the Dataproducts parallel interface

1-7

Dataproducts connector

1-8

Dataproducts signals and pin assignments

1-9

Dataproducts interface timing

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Serial interface

1-11
Select the serial interface

1-11

Set baud rate

1-12

Set parity

1-12

Set flow control

1-13

Return to printer operation

1-13

RS232 (serial) connector

1-13

Serial interface features supported

1-14

Serial signals and pin assignments

1-14

Null modem

1-15

2. XES command language mode

2-1

Configuring the 4213 for the XES command language mode
Automatic mode switching

2-1

The mode change command

2-2

The reset command

2-2

Definition of a printer command

2-3

Command syntax as expressed in this chapter

2-3

Three types of escape sequences

2-3

Job control commands

2-4

Simple commands

2-5

Commands with user-entered variables

2-5

The User-Defined Key, or substitute escape character

Line end

2-1

2-5

Showing commands in printed output

2-6

Converting the User Defined Key to a printable character

2-6

Printing the sequence =UDK= as text

2-7

Cancelling a User-Defined Key

2-7

Tips on selecting a UDK

2-8
2-8

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How the printer defines a page

2-9

Page orientation

2-9

Font orientation

2-9

Coordinates, units of measure, and paper feed direction

2-10

Determining the paper feed edge

2-11

Page capacity

2-12

Setting job boundaries
Examples

2-13
2-14

Print Job

2-15

Print Job (Mixed Orientation)

2-16

Reset

2-17

Formatting the printed output

2-18

Multiple Copies

2-19

Multiple Copies (Non-Collated)

2-20

Paper Tray

2-21

Bypass Slot Paper Size

2-22

Offset

2-24

2-sided (book)

2-25

2-sided Inverted (pad)

2-26

2-sided Stop

2-27

2-sided Side Select

2-27

Comment

2-28

Fonts on the 4213

2-29

How fonts are stored

2-30

How to download fonts from the host computer

2-31

Font Load

2-32

Font Add

2-33

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Font Delete

2-33

Font Unload

2-34

Using fonts in a document

2-34

Font ID Assignment

2-35

Font Select

2-37

Setting units of measure

2-37

Units—1/60

2-38

Units—1/300

2-38
About margins

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2-39

More about page and font orientations

2-39

More about page boundaries

2-39

Text placement restrictions on the 4213 printer

2-40

Margins

2-40

Setting independent margins

2-42

Margin Top

2-43

Margin Bottom

2-43

Margin Left

2-44

Margin Right

2-44

About tabs

2-44
More about job boundaries

2-45

More about page boundaries

2-45

Tabs Horizontal

2-45

Tabs Clear Horizontal

2-47

Tabs Vertical

2-48

Tabs Clear Vertical

2-52

Justifying and centreing between margins

2-52

About justification

2-52

About centreing

2-52

Justification Start/Stop

2-53

Centre

2-54

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About the page formatting features

2-55

Line Spacing

2-55

Line Spacing Absolute

2-56

Text Placement Absolute

2-57

Text Placement Relative

2-60

Line Draw X

2-62

Line Draw Y

2-64

About character formatting

2-68

Italics

2-68

Bold Start/Bold Stop

2-68

Underline Start/Underline Stop

2-69

Overstrike Start/Overstrike Stop

2-70

Subscript Start/Subscript Stop

2-70

Superscript Start/Superscript Stop

2-72

What is a constant page?

2-73

Creating constant pages

2-74

Data capacity for each

2-74

Merge Page Load

2-74

Merge Page Unload

2-75

Merging constant pages

2-76

Merge Start

2-76

Merge Stop

2-77

Graphics on the 4213

2-77

Raster graphics

2-78

Vector graphics

2-79

Macro graphics

2-79

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What is a graphic window?

2-79

Origin and page orientation

2-80

Placement on the page

2-80

Other characteristics

2-81

Scan direction for raster graphics

2-81

Graphic Window

2-81

More about graphic windows

2-84

Page capacity for graphic windows

2-84

More about magnification

2-85

Magnification and resolution

2-85

Magnification and window placement

2-86

Reversing images

2-87

Rotating images

2-87

Graphic commands and the current text position

2-88

Graphic commands and the current graphic position

2-89

Copying graphic windows

2-89

Graphic Window Repeat

2-90

Creating graphic images

2-92

Graphic Line

2-93

Graphic Arc

2-95

Graphic Box

2-98

Graphic Fill

2-99

Graphic Pie Chart

2-103
More about Graphic Pie Chart

2-105

The purpose of the data monitor

2-106

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Data Monitor

2-106

Character codes on the Xerox 4213

2-107

Supported coding schemes

2-108

Control codes

2-108

7-bit coding schemes

2-108

The Special Table

2-109

User defined translation tables

2-109

Translation table structure

2-109

More about the table data record

2-110

1. The start-of record

2-110

2. The record-type indicator

2-110

3. Byte count

2-111

4. Load address

2-111

5. Table entries

2-111

6. Record terminator

2-112

Character reassignment

2-112

Load Translation Table

2-113

Language

2-114

Sample job

2-115
Building the file

2-117

Invoking the base table

2-118

More about creating tables

3. LJ series 2D emulation

2-121
3-1

Font compatibility

3-1

Primary and secondary fonts

3-1

Font characteristics

3-2
Orientation

3-2

Symbol set

3-4

Font source

3-4

Spacing

3-4

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Pitch

3-4

Height

3-4

Style

3-4

Stroke weight

3-5

Typeface

3-5

Font selection

3-5
Font selection by characteristics

3-5

Font selection by ID

3-6

Resident fonts

3-6

Cartridge fonts

3-9

PCL4 command structure

3-9

Control codes

3-9

Escape sequences

3-10

Escape sequences with parameters

3-10

Escape sequences without parameters

3-10

Variable sequence character

3-10

Group character

3-10

Numeric variable

3-11

Parameter character

3-11

Final parameter character

3-11

Binary data

3-12

Combining escape sequences

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3-12

PCL4 command reference

3-13

Job control commands

3-14

Printer reset

3-14

Number of copies

3-14

1-sided/2-sided

3-15

Left Offset Registration

3-15

Top Offset Registration

3-16

2-sided Page Selection

3-16

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Page control commands

3-17

Paper Source

3-17

Page Size

3-18

Page Length

3-19

Orientation

3-21

Left Margin

3-21

Right Margin

3-22

Clear Horizontal Margins

3-23

Top Margin

3-23

Text Length

3-23

Perforation Region

3-24

Horizontal Motion Index

3-25

Vertical Motion Index

3-25

Line Spacing

3-26

Cursor positioning commands

3-26

Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns)

3-27

Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints)

3-27

Horizontal Cursor Position (Spots)

3-28

Vertical Cursor Position (Rows)

3-29

Vertical Cursor Position (Decipoints)

3-30

Vertical Cursor Position (Spots)

3-31

Half-line Feed

3-32

Line Termination

3-32

End-of-Line Wrap

3-33

Push/Pop Cursor Position

3-34

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Control codes for cursor positioning
Carriage Return (CR)

3-34

Space (SP)

3-34

Backspace (BS)

3-35

Horizontal Tab (HT)

3-35

Line Feed (LF)

3-35

Form Feed (FF)

3-35

Font commands

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3-34

3-35
Symbol Set

3-36

Spacing

3-38

Pitch

3-38

Height

3-39

Style

3-40

Stroke Weight

3-41

Typeface

3-42

Default Font

3-44

Transparent Data

3-45

Underline

3-45

Fixed underlining

3-45

Floating underlining

3-45

Disable Underline

3-46

Primary and secondary fonts

3-46

Font ID

3-46

Font Control

3-47

Font Selection by ID

3-48

Font Descriptor

3-48

Character Code

3-49

Character Descriptor and Data

3-50

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Graphics commands

3-51

Raster Graphics Resolution

3-51

Raster Graphics Presentation Mode

3-52

Start Graphics

3-52

Transfer Raster Data

3-53

End Graphics

3-54

Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints)

3-54

Horizontal Rectangle Size (Spots)

3-54

Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints)

3-55

Vertical Rectangle Size (Spots)

3-55

Area Fill ID

3-55

Fill Rectangular Area

3-58

Examples of filled rectangles

3-58

Macro commands

3-60
Macro ID

3-60

Macro Control

3-60

Example of a macro

3-61

4. PostScript emulation

4 -1

Userdict operators for page type

4-1

System parameters

4-3
Statusdict operators

4-3

System set up operators

4-4

Timeout operators

4-5

Output positioning operators

4-6

2-sided operators

4-7

Tray selection operators

4-8

Handling syntax errors

4-11

Handling printer errors

4-11

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Appendices

Index

xvi

Character code tables

A-1

Conversion tables for units of measure

B-1

Sixel encoding

C-1

The purpose of sixel encoding

C-1

How sixel encoding works

C-1

Sample programme in C for sixel encoding

C-4

Run-length packing

C-7

Sample programme in BASIC for run-length packing

C-9

Reference tables

D-1

XES compatibility

E-1

Default format parameters

F-1

XES summary sheet

G-1

Summary Sheet

G-1

Error messages

G-1
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Introduction

This manual is for anyone who wants to access and control the
printer with commands instead of, or in conjunction with,
application software.
When you load and configure your software application package
you are asked to identify the type of printer that you will be
using. This is generally known as selecting a printer driver. A
printer driver translates the programming language into the
specific language that the printer understands. The 4213 printer
has the ability to operate in three different emulation modes:
•

XES Mode

•

HP LaserJet Mode

•

PostScript Language Mode (optional)

Once this is done all commands sent to the printer are for that
specific type of printer.
It is important to know how your
software application package is configured so that you know
what control language you should use to programme.
It is recommended that you contact your software vendor before
attempting to to use any of the control languages. They will
usually be glad to assist you and can save you a great deal of
time and frustration. In some cases they will modify the printer
driver for you or provide you with a new printer driver that
already contains the modifications you desire. If they are unable
to assist you, then you should be able to use this Manual to
control the printer.
However, to perform most of the tasks
covered here, some knowledge of programming is desirable.

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USING THIS MANUAL

Purpose of this manual
This reference manual provides information on such tasks for
which you might use these printer commands including:
•

Changing default settings

•

Loading or changing character tables

•

Accessing a feature on the printer that is not supported by an
application software package

•

Loading new fonts or accessing fonts not supported by an
application software package

•

Writing or modifying printer drivers in application software
packages.

Once the software package has been configured for a specific
printer it is then necessary to select a printer emulation for the
4213 printer.
For directions on installing, enabling, and
configuring a printer emulation, refer to the Xerox 4213 Laser
Printer User Guide.

What this manual contains
Chapter 1: Interfaces
Chapter 2: XES Command Language Mode
Chapter 3: HP LaserJet Mode
Chapter 4: PostScript Language Mode
Appendix A: Reassigning character tables covers how to
download character assignments from the host to the printer and
how to change from one character set to another.
Appendix B: Conversion tables for units of measure shows how
units of measure for margins and tabs translate into character
pitch and lines per inch.
Appendix C:
Sixel encoding shows how to format bitmap
graphics so that the printer can process them.

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Appendix D: Reference tables includes listings of control codes,
character code assignments.
Appendix E: XES compatibility lists which commands on the
Xerox 4235 printer are not supported on the 4213 printer.
Appendix F: Default format parameters contains margin and tab
default values in the XES emulation.
Appendix G: XES summary sheet
Also included is an Index.

Variances
The following differences exist between the 4213 and 4046 laser
printers:
-

Pages may break differently on the two printers.

To match rotation on the 4213, the 4045 must have an
XGRAPH cartridge installed.

Set the page buffer to “FULL” to correctly print complex
pages.

In XES mode, the underline character prints at the baseline
on the 4045; on the 4213, this prints under the character
descender.

Conventions used in this manual
The following conventions are observed in this manual:
E

The escape character (ASCII
represented with this symbol.

The line end (carriage return and line feed) is
represented with this symbol.

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1BH)

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Warning:

Warnings are associated with the safety of people.

Caution:

Cautions are associated with equipment safety.

Note:

A comment or explanation set off from from the
text as a separate paragraph.

This is the representation for megabyte.

This is the representation for kilobyte.

The character “K“ in conjunction with a numerical
value, such as 256K, always represents a thousand.

In the index, the use of the lowercase “i” denotes an illustration,
the lowercase “f” means a figure and the lowercase “t ”refers to
a table.

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Interfaces

This chapter describes the interfaces supported by the 4213 Laser
Printer, the Centronics and Dataproducts parallel, and the serial
asynchronous.

Parallel interface
The 4213 Laser Printer supports two parallel interfaces:
Centronics and Dataproducts. Each is described on the following
pages.

The parallel interface cable
You must supply the interface cable to connect the 4213 to your
host. The cable must meet the following specification in order
to comply with FCC and VDE regulations.
Table 1-1.

Note

interface cable specifications

Type:

Twisted pairs, overall foil or braid
shield

No. of conductors:

15 pairs

Wire size:

22 AWG stranded

Cable length:

Maximum length: Centronics or
Dataproducts—10 feet (3.05metres)

Shield connection:

To the connector conductive case
at the 4213; to the frame ground
at the data source

When connecting or disconnecting the parallel interface cable,
make sure the printer is off line.

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INTERFACES

Centronics interface
Select the Centronics parallel interface
Centronics
Interface.

parallel

interface

selected

through

the

User

1. Press the Online H button.
2. Press the Menu A button.
3. Press the Last Page C button until HOST INTERFACE appears
4. Press theTest B button.
5. Press the Last Page C button until PARALLEL CENT appears.
6. Press the Select D button to select Centronics parallel.
Select metered data
With PARALLEL CENTR appearing on the User Interface:
1. Press the Test B button. METERED DATA appears on the User
Interface.
2. Press the Test B button.
3. Press the Last Page C button to scroll through the two
choices of DISABLED OR ENABLED. Disabled is the factory
default.
4. Press the Select D button when your choice appears on the
User Interface.
Return to print mode
Press the Online H button to return the 4213 to Print Mode.

1-2

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INTERFACES

Centronics connector
The Centronics interface uses an Amphenol 36-pin connector,
#57-40360 or equivalent.
This connector mates with an
Amphenol #57-30360 or equivalent connector and is illustrated
in figure 1-1. Centronics compatible Epson type interfaces for
personal computers can also be used on the 4213. A standard
female Centronics cable connection is supplied.
The signals
associated with each pin are described in Table 1-2. on the
following page.
Figure 1-1 shows the Centronics interface
connector.
Figure 1-1.

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Centronics interface connector

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INTERFACES

Centronics signals and pin assignments
Table 1-2 describes Centronics 100 signals and pin assignments.
Table 1-2.

Direction

Signal

Description

To printer

STROBE L

STROBE pulse low to read data. A strobe
low signal raises BUSY line to high.

To printer

DATA BIT 11

To printer

DATA BIT 21

To printer

DATA BIT 31

To printer

DATA BIT 41

To printer

DATA BIT 51

To printer

DATA BIT 61

To printer

DATA BIT 71

To printer

DATA BIT 81

From printer

ACKNLG L

ACKNLG pulse low indicates data was
received and printer is ready to receive
more data.

From printer

BUSY H

BUSY “high“ indicates the printer cannot
receive data, (buffer is full). BUSY high
occurs when an error condition exists.

From printer

PE H

Ground

From printer

SLCT H

A high signal indicates the printer is in
the select state.
A low signal occurs when the printer is
deselected or if an error condition exists.

1-4

Centronics signals and pin assignments

Ground (standard Centronics)

Printer to stunt
box

2 MHz Field stunt box clock. The stunt
box is not provided by Xerox.

0 volts

Logic ground

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Table 1-2.

Direction

Centronics
(continued)

Signal

signals

and

assignments

Description
Chassis ground

From printer

+5V (standard Centronics)

1929

0 volts

TWP returns All at Logic ground.

0 volts

INIT ground

To printer

INIT L

The 4213 ignores this signal.

From printer

ERROR L

This signal is low when the printer is in
an error state.

33
34

Open (standard Centronics)
Not used

35
36

Ground (standard Centronics)
Not used
1 These signals are the 1st and 8th bits of parallel data and are
active high for a logical 1.

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INTERFACES

Centronics interface timing
Figure 1-2 diagrams signal timing for the Centronics interface.
Figure 1-2.

1-6

Centronics interface timing

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INTERFACES

Table 1-3 describes Centronics interface voltage and current
requirements
Table 1-3.

Centronics
interface
requirements

voltage

and

Voltage levels

0 (zero) and +5 VDC (nominal), TTl (SN
74LS00 series

Logic levels

Positive logic is assumed. A logic one
(high) signal is defined as a voltage in the
range of +2.4V to +5V, not to exceed a
peak of +5.5V.

current

A logic zero (low) signal is defined as a
voltage in the range of 0.0V to 0.4V, not to
exceed a peak negative voltage of -0.5V.
However for received signals a voltage of up
to +0.8V is recognised as a logic zero.
Current
requirements

The printer interface sources up to -15 ma at
+2.4V for a high output signal and sinks up
to 14 ma for a low output.
74LS374 ICs are used for data receivers with
1K ohm pull-up resistors, and 74LS244 ICs
are used as drivers for Acknowledge, Busy,
Select, etc.

Data rates

The 4213 supports burst data rates of up to
50 Kbytes per second for at least 512 bytes.

Dataproducts 2260
Select the Dataproducts parallel interface
The Dataproducts parallel interface is selected through the User
Interface.
1. Press the Online H button.
2. Press the Menu A button.
3. Press the Last Page C button until HOST INTERFACE appears.

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4. Press the Test B button.
5. Press the Last Page C button until PARALLEL DPROD appears.
6. Press the Select D button to select Dataproducts parallel.

Dataproducts connector
The use of a pigtail conversion cable provides compatibility with
the Dataproducts 2260 line printer controllers. The Dataproducts
interface uses a 50-pin Winchester connector # MRA S D5J,
which mates with a Winchester MRAC 50 P JKTCH connector,
using 100 1020P pins. The pin names are provided in this figure
only for the sake of information. They do not appear on the real
connector.
The maximum cable length when using the
Dataproducts interface is 10 feet (3.05 metres). Figure 1-3 shows
the Dataproducts connector.
The 4213 does not
Dataproducts 2260.
Figure 1-3.

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support

Negative

Logic

mode

for

Dataproducts interface connector

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Dataproducts signals and pin assignments
Table 1-4 describes the signals and pin assignments for the
Dataproducts 2260 interface.
Table 1-4.

Dataproducts signals and pin assignments

Signal

Source

Data 1

Host (LSB)

return

Data 2

return

Data 3

return

Data 4

return

Data 5

return

Data 6

return

Data 7

return

Data 8

return

Character
Strobe

return

Demand Line

return

Ready

return

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Host
Host
Host
Host
Host
Host
Host

Printer
Printer

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Table 1-4.

Dataproducts
(continued)

Signal

Source

ON LINE

Printer

return

Interface
Connect Verify

Printer

Interface
Connect Verify

Printer

W, H Spare
&P, M

signals

and

assignments

Printer

Dataproducts interface timing
Figure 1-4 describes the Dataproducts interface timing when
measured at the printer connector.
Figure 1-4.

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Table 1-5.

Dataproducts voltage and current requirements

Voltage levels

0 (zero) and +5 VDC (nominal), TTl (SN
74LS00 series

Logic levels

Positive logic is assumed. A logic one (or
high) signal is defined as a voltage in the
range of +2.4V to +5V, not to exceed a
peak of +5.5V.
A logic zero (or low) signal is defined as a
voltage in the range of 0.0V to 0.4V, not to
exceed a peak negative voltage of -0.5V.
However for received signals a voltage of up
to +0.8V is recognised as a logic zero.

Current
requirements

The printer interface sources up to -15 ma at
+2.4V for a high output signal and sinks up
to 14 ma for a low output.
74LS374 ICs are used for data receivers with
a 220 ohm pull-up resistors, and a 330 ohm
pull-down resistor. 74LS244 ICs are used as
drivers and for Ready, On-line and Demand.

Data rates

The 4213 supports burst data rates of up to
50 Kbytes per second for at least 560 bytes,
or until a line-end or form-feed is detected.

Serial interface
The serial interface, as well as the serial interface features
supported by the 4213, are selected through the User Interface.
The serial interface connector is compatible with RS232-C DTE
standards.
Select the serial interface
1. Press the Online H button.
2. Press the Menu A button.
3. Press the Last Page C button until HOST INTERFACE
appears.

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4. Press the Test B button.
5. Press the Last Page button C until SERIAL appears.
4. Press the Select D button to select SERIAL.
Set baud rate
Once SERIAL is selected, baud rate, parity and flow control can
be set.
With SERIAL appearing on the User Interface:
1. Press the Test B button.
2. Press the Last Page C button until BAUD RATE appears.
3. Press the Test B button.
4. Press the Last Page C button to scroll through the baud rate
options: 1,200, 2,400, 4,800, 9,600, 19,200. 9,600 is the
factory default.
5. Press the Select D button once your chosen baud rate
appears.
Set parity
With the baud rate appearing on the User Interface, follow these
steps:
1. Press the Menu A button.
2. Press the Last Page C button until PARITY appears.
3. Press the Test B button.
4. Press the Last Page C button to scroll through the parity
options: 7 BIT ODD, 7 BIT EVEN, 7 BIT MARK, 7 BIT SPACE,
8 BIT ODD, 8 BIT EVEN, 8 BIT NONE. 8 BIT NONE is the
factory default.
5. Press the Select D button to select parity.
Note:

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Set flow control
With parity options appearing on the User Interface, follow these
steps:
1. Press the Menu A button.
2. Press the Last Page C button until FLOW CONTROL appears.
3. Press the Test B button.
4. Press the Last Page C button to scroll through the two flow
control choices: XON/OFF, DTR.
4. Press the Select D button to enter your choice.
Note:

When connected to a modem, XON/OFF is required.

Return to printer operation
Press the Online H button to return the 4213 to Print Mode.

RS232 (serial) connector
The 4213 supports asynchronous modems and host employing
the RS232C interface. The modems supported are Bell 103 and
212 compatible asynchronous modes communicating at rates of
1,200, 2,400, 4,800, 9,600, or 19,200 bps, half or full 2-sided.
The printer is connected to a modem via a cable with a Cannon
or Cinch DB-25P connector attached.
Figure 1-5 shows the RS232C connector.
Figure 1-5.

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Maximum length for the serial interface cable is 15
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Serial interface features supported
The 4213 supports the following serial interface features:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Bit rate within a character may be up to 19.2K baud
Baud rates of 1,200, 2,400, 4,800, 9,600, 19,200
Character format: bit serial
Character asynchronous
Start bit (space)
7 or 8 data bits (1=mark, 0=space)
Optional parity bit
Stop bit (mark)
Data bits represent a character.
Least significant data bit leads
Number of bits and polarity of parity are selectable via the
User Interface.
Parity error is enabled only when even or odd parity is
selected.

Serial signals and pin assignments
Table 1-6 describes the signals and pin assignments used with
the asynchronous serial interface.

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Table 1-6.

Asynchronous serial signals and pin assignments

Signal

Telephone Co.
designation

CCITT
designation

Protective Ground

101

Transmitted Data

103

Received Data

104

Request to Send

105

Clear to Send

106

Data Set Ready

107

Signal Ground (common
return)

102

Carrier Detect

109

Printer Ready

None

Data Terminal Ready

108

Null modem
A null modem is a device which eliminates both a modem and a
telephone line. Figure 1-6 illustrates typical null modem wiring.
When the 4213 is used with an asynchronous serial interface
connected to a DTE host (such as a PC-compatible), a modem,
modem eliminator, or a null modem is required. Figure 1-6
shows null modem wiring.

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Figure 1-6.

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Null modem wiring

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XES command language mode

This chapter is for anyone using the Xerox Escape Sequence (XES)
emulation on the Xerox 4213 laser printer.

Configuring the 4213 for the XES command language mode
Please refer to the Xerox 4213 Laser Printer User Guide for
instructions on how to configure the 4213 printer to operate in
XES mode.

Automatic mode switching
It is possible to have software loaded in the 4213 which enables
you to switch from one emulation to another without
reconfiguring the printer. This requires the use of the mode
change command and the reset command.
Be careful to copy the commands exactly as they appear,
including uppercase letters, punctuation, and spaces.
The
symbol L represents a carriage return (ASCII 13 or 0DH), line
feed (ASCII 10 or 0AH), or both, depending on your computer
system.
In the IBM PC Disk Operating System (DOS), carriage return and
line feed are automatically entered when you press the Return
key at the end of each line.

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The mode change command
The mode change command resets your 4213, enabling it to
accept printing commands in the desired emulation mode.
Note: Unpredictable results such as loss of data may occur if the
mode change command is not entered with valid parameters.
Send the following commands to your printer, preferably in the
form of a test file:
PostScript

Emulation

=MCK=EMULATE/POSTSCRIPT/END L
This information tells your printer to begin printing in the
PostScript emulation mode.

HP PCL Emulation

=MCK=EMULATE/PCL/END L
This information tells your printer to begin printing in the HP PCL
emulation mode.

XES Emulation

=MCK=EMULATE/XDCS/END L
This information tells your printer to begin printing in the XES
emulation mode. You can replace “XDCS” with either “XES” or
“2700” in the mode change command to enter the XES
emulation mode.
Note:
A space is required immediately after the =MCK=
sequence. A line ending following the END keyword completes
the command.
The reset command
The reset command resets the 4213 laser printer, restoring it to
the default settings that were in effect at the last power off cycle.
Send the following command to your printer, preferably in the
form of a text file:

Reset

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Definition of a printer command
The commands covered in this chapter are classified as escape
sequences.
The escape sequence is a type of printer command that gets its
name from its initial character, the escape character. (This is not
the same as the escape key on your keyboard.) Escape is a nonprintable control code with the hexadecimal ASCII value 1B.
In XES mode, the 4213 recognises the escape character as a
signal to indicate that the letters and numbers making up the rest
of the sequence are not text to be printed, but instructions to be
executed.

Command syntax as expressed in this chapter
The parts of the printer commands, or escape sequences, will be
shown as follows:
E

The escape
character.

character

represented

+D,

The literal,
Punctuation
delimiters.

User-entered
abbreviation.

comment

Other user-entered information, such as file names
or Summary Sheet comments, are also represented
in italics.

Line end (carriage return and line feed).

instruction part of the
marks in commands
variables

are

this

command.
serve as

represented

Note: The command must be entered in upper or lower case
exactly as it is shown. Do not enter spaces between characters
unless specified.

Three types of escape sequences
There are three basic types of escape sequences:
1.
2.
3.

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Simple commands
Commands with user-entered variables.

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Job control commands
All jobs should begin and end with one or more job control
commands.
A job control command serves one of two functions. It either
sets job boundaries (telling the printer where your job starts and
ends and what type of data it contains) or it formats the printed
output in some way. When the printer receives a command to
start a job, it finishes the current job, ejects any remaining pages
from that job, and starts over.
In addition to the escape character, a job control command
always includes:
•
•
•

A plus symbol + that follows the escape character
An instruction (an upper case letter)
A line end.

A job control command sometimes includes:
•
•

An optional comma inserted when you want a Summary
Sheet.
An optional comment that is printed on the Summary Sheet.

Occasionally, it also includes a user-entered variable.
Example

The command for starting a document:
E+P,commentL
+P

The plus symbol, followed by the instruction
for starting a print job (uppercase P).

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to
report errors upon execution of the next job
command.

comment

An optional text message of up to 130
alphanumeric characters that will appear on the
Summary Sheet.

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The line end required to complete the
command.

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Simple commands
Simple commands are made up of the escape character and one
or two other lower case characters. They do not require any line
end command for completion.
Example

The command for centreing a line of text:
Eq
q

The instruction for centreing (lowercase q).

Commands with user-entered variables
Commands with user-entered variables set parameters such as
the line spacing or margin width. They may include punctuation
marks that serve as delimiters and alphanumeric characters such
as comments or file names. Some require a line end.
Example

The command for setting margins:
EmH,T,B,L,RL
m

The instruction for margins.

H,T,B,L,R

Variables - In this case, the values of the
margin settings (Height, Top, Bottom, Left,
Right) in pixels or fractions of an inch. The
values are separated by commas.

The line end required to complete the
command.

The User-Defined Key, or substitute escape character
The User-Defined Key (UDK) should be used when:
•

The host’s escape character cannot be transmitted properly
to the printer.

•

You want a printout of a document that shows the printer
commands as well as the document data.

At the start of a job, enter:
=UDK=character
=UDK=

Is the command to substitute an escape character

character

Indicates the character you have chosen for the
UDK.

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Thereafter, until the end of the job (or until you specify
otherwise), the printer recognises the selected character as your
escape character.
Example

To select the asterisk (*) as your escape character,
enter:
=UDK=*

Thereafter,
For:

Enter:
E+B,L

*+B,L

Showing commands in printed output
For most jobs, if the User-Defined Key and other printer
commands show up on the printed output, then the UserDefined Key has not been assigned properly. You can, however,
assign it “improperly” if you want your output to show the
commands. This is done by changing the assignment to a
character other than the one used throughout the rest of the
document.
Example

You have created a document using the asterisk (*) as the UserDefined Key, but want to change it to an at sign (@) before
sending it to the printer. To change =UDK=* at the beginning
of the document, enter:
=UDK=@

Converting the User-Defined Key to a printable character
While a character is serving as the User-Defined Key, it cannot be
printed. If you want to use the User-Defined Key as a printable
character at some point in a document, you can do so by
selecting a new User-Defined Key.
As far as the printer is concerned, any time it receives the
sequence =UDK=, the character immediately following the
second equal sign is the new User-Defined Key.

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Example

The percent symbol (%) is your current User-Defined Key and
you want to print the sentence: “The test is 85% accurate.” Enter:
=UDK=*The test is 85% accurate.=UDK=%
At the end of the sentence, the User-Defined Key is changed
back to the percent symbol (%).

Printing the sequence =UDK= as text
To print =UDK= within the text of your document, enter the
characters in such a way that the printer does not perceive them
as a command. The simplest way is as follows: Whenever you
reach the point at which =UDK= is to be printed, interrupt the
character sequence with a Font ID Assignment command that
reselects whatever font you are now using.
Example

You are using the font which, in your Font ID Assignment, has
the ID number 1 and your current User-Defined Key is the
asterisk (*). To print the first phrase in the paragraph above,
enter:
To print =UDK*1= within the text of your document,
With the sequence thus interrupted, the printer does
recognise the characters as a command and prints them as text.

not

Cancelling a User-Defined Key
A User-Defined Key is cancelled after the Reset command. It is
also cancelled whenever you reset the 4213 or switch
emulations.
If you are using a substitute escape character or User-Defined
Key, remember that it must be defined before it is used, then
defined again after a Reset. The Reset command cancels a UDK.
Example

To process a document, clear all settings, then start over, enter
the following:
=UDK=#
#+PL

(Fonts assigned)
(Margin settings)
(All other job contents)
#+XL
=UDK=#
#+PL

(Contents of next job)

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Tips on selecting a UDK
When selecting a UDK, remember:
•

=UDK= must be entered exactly as shown, in uppercase.

•

You can select any printable character except:
—
—
—
—

Uppercase U, D, or K
The comma (,)
The equal sign (=)
The multinational umlaut accent character (..) combined
with either U, D, or K.

•

Do not use the space character or any other non-printing
character such as the backspace, delete, or control keys.

•

Since this character must be unique in the file, select one
that you will not use often, such as the asterisk (*) or cent
sign character (¢). Using an alphanumeric character is not
recommended.

•

If you need to print the UDK once you have begun a job,
you must convert it back to a printable character by selecting
a new UDK.

Line end
As stated earlier, some commands require a line end. If a line
end is not necessary, it should not be entered, since it adds a
physical line to your page and returns the current printing
position to the left margin. However, omitting a required line
end will cause an error in the job.
Line end configuration may differ from one host system to
another. It may be either a carriage return (0DH) or a line feed
(0AH). Ensure that the line end for the 4213 matches that of
your host.

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How the printer defines a page
Page orientation
There are two types of page orientations:
•
•

Portrait
Landscape.

A portrait page is taller than it is wide; a landscape page is wider
than it is tall. Page orientation is determined by the orientation of
the first font to appear on the page.

Font orientation
As shown below, there are two types of font orientations:
•
•

Portrait
Landscape.

Portrait orientation is initiated when you select a
portrait font.
Landscape orientation is initiated when you select a
landscape font.
You can print landscape and portrait text on the same page by
using the command Print Job (Mixed Font Orientation).
Note: If mixed font orientations are used on the same printed
page, the first font used determines the page orientation for the
entire page.

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Figure 2-1.

Font and page orientation

Coordinates, units of measure, and paper feed direction
The page on the 4213 is like a grid, with an origin, an x-axis, and
a y-axis. Data can be placed virtually anywhere on the grid of the
page. The basic unit of printable data is the pixel or dot, which is
also the basic unit of measure used in all commands that set
measurements.
The 4213 has a resolution of 300 dot-per-inch. Refer to appendix
B, “Conversion tables for units of measure“ for conversions to
inches and millimetres. Figure 2-2 shows the origins, x-axis, yaxis, and dimensions for pages created on short-edge feed
(letter, legal, A4) paper.

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Figure 2-2.

Specifications for short-edge feed paper

Determining the paper feed edge
The paper feed edge is the edge that is fed first into the printer.
The paper trailing edge is the edge fed last into the printer.
Figure 2-3 shows the trailing edge and the feed edge.
Figure 2-3. Paper feed edge and trailing edge
Trailing edge

Feed edge

PRINTER

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Page capacity
The page on the 4213 is 100% addressable when paper is fed
from trays 1, 2, or the high-capacity feeder. There is a 6 mm
wide lead edge deletion when feeding from the bypass tray.
(The bypass tray accommodates special papers such as card
stock, envelopes, and transparencies.)
Page imaging capabilities are determined by available memory.
Table 2-1. Page capacity specifications

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Type of data

Capacity

Characters (bytes) per page

Limited by size of font.

Graphic windows per page

Determined by memory
capacity.

Repeat graphic windows

Determined by memory
capacity.

Maximum size of graphic
window, in bytes

Equal to approximately the
size of available memory.

Constant pages per variable
page

Fonts per page

512

Characters per merge job

Determined by memory
capacity.

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Setting job boundaries
There are two commands for starting a document:
•

Print Job (E+P L), which is used to start a document that will
have one font orientation (either portrait or landscape) per
page.

•

Print Job (Mixed Orientation) (E+Q L), which is used to start
a document that will have both landscape and portrait font
orientations on the same page.

The command for ending a document is the Reset command.
The Reset command ends all types of jobs, returns the printer to
its default settings, and tells the printer that any data following it
is part of a new job.
For documents created with the printer commands, you need the
Print Job and Reset commands in order to:
•

Separate print jobs. Print Job commands tell the printer that
a new job has begun. If no Reset command (E+XL) is used,
the printer processes your document as part of the job that
preceded it, with the same parameters throughout.

•

Request an XES Summary sheet (by having a comma follow
the Print Job command).

•

Notify the printer that a new job is being sent that has new
parameters, such as fonts and margins, that are different from
the defaults.

•

Indicate whether or not
orientation ends the page.

changing

different

font

If you are processing more than one document and want to keep
the same parameters for each, use Print Job at the beginning of
each document, but do not use Reset at the end. This keeps all
the parameters set with the other commands.
To start a new document with new parameters, enter Reset to
clear all settings, then start over with Print Job or Print Job
(Mixed Orientation) as the following table illustrates.

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Command

Where to place it

What it does

E+P L

At beginning of job

Separates your job from last
job printed.

E+Q L

At beginning of job

Separates your job from last
job printed. (Mixed
orientation.)

E+P L

At end of job

Separates your job from next
job printed without resetting
job parameters.

E+X L

At end of job

Separates your job from next
job printed and resets job
parameters to the printer
default settings.

Examples
•

For a typical document, you might enter:
E+QL
(Fonts assigned)
(Margin settings)
(All other job contents)
E+XL

Then send it to the printer.

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For a series of three documents, all of which are to have the
same settings, you might enter

•

E+PL
(Fonts assigned)
(Margin settings)
(All other contents of job 1)
E+PL
(All other contents of job 2)
E+PL
(All other contents of job 3)
E+XL
Then send them to the printer.

Print Job
Purpose

Sets the starting boundary of a document that will have either a
portrait or a landscape orientation.

Syntax

E+P,commentL
+P
,

Where to place it
Example

Instruction to start
orientation per page.

document

with

one

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment on a Summary Sheet.

Line end.

At the start of the document data.
To start a document having a single font orientation, with a
Summary Sheet having the comment “This page is of single font
orientation”, enter
E+P,This page is of single font orientationL

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Font selections are entered after Print Job (more information
about this in the next chapter, “Using fonts”). In the example
below, notice the “P” in each font name, which indicates that all
fonts are of portrait orientation.
E+P,This page is of single font orientationL
E+1Helvetica14i2-PL

(Font name is Helvetica14i2-P)

E+2Helvetica10i2-PL

(Font name is Helvetica10i2-P)

E+3Helvetica8Bi2-PL

(Font name is Helvetica8i2B-P)

Margins and all other job contents
E+XL
Including a font of landscape orientation here would cause the
printer to start a new page whenever it encountered a change
from landscape to portrait font, or vice versa, within the
document. At the end of the job, your Summary Sheet would
print an error message.

Print Job (Mixed Orientation)
Purpose

Sets the starting boundary of a print job with both portrait and
landscape orientations on the same page.

Syntax

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E+Q,commentL
+Q

Instruction to start a document having mixed
orientations.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment on a Summary Sheet

Line end.

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Where to place it
Example

At the start of the document data.
To begin a job having mixed font orientations, with a Summary
Sheet having the comment “This page has two font orientations”,
enter:
E+Q,This page has two font orientationsL

Font selections are entered after Print Job (more about this in the
next chapter, “Using fonts”). In the example below, notice the
“P” for portrait and the “L” for landscape in the font names,
indicating that both orientations are used.
E+Q,This page has two font orientationsL
E+1Helvetica12i2-PL

(Font name is Helvetica12i2-P)

E+2Helvetica10i2-PL

(Font name is Helvetica10i2-P)

E+3Helvetica8Bi2-PL

(Font name is Helvetica8Bi2-P)

E+3Titan14B-LL

(Font name is Titan14B-L)

Margins and all other job contents
E+XL

Reset
Purpose

Sets the boundary marking the end of the job and returns
parameters to the default settings.

Syntax

Where to place it
Example

E+X,commentL
+X

Instruction to end the job.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment on a Summary Sheet.

Line end.

After all job data.
To end a job, request a Summary Sheet, and include the
comment “This job is now complete”, enter:
E+X,This job is now completeL

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Once the printer receives the Reset command, all parameters set
by the other commands are cancelled, including font indexes and
the UDK.
Using a Print Job rather than a Reset command to end one
document and start the next instructs the printer to continue
using all parameters entered during previous jobs.

Formatting the printed output
The commands discussed in this section determine the
formatting of the job’s printed output—how many copies will be
printed, which paper tray you will print from, whether the
document is 1-sided or 2-sided, and so on. These commands
are:
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Print Multiple Copies
Print Multiple Copies (Non-Collated)
Paper Tray
Bypass Slot Paper Size
Offset
2-sided Start
2-sided Invert Start
2-sided Stop
2-sided Side Select.

You do not need the commands unless you want settings that
are different from the defaults.
Also covered in this section is:
— Comment, which allows you to make notes in your job
without their appearing in the printed output or otherwise
affecting the job.

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Multiple Copies
Purpose

Determines the number of uncollated copies when more than
one copy is desired.

Syntax

Where to place it
Example

E+Cn,commentL
+C

Instruction to print multiple copies.

Indicates the number of copies to be printed, up
to 999 copies.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet

comment

Optional comment on a Summary Sheet.

Line end.

Anywhere on the first page of the document.
To print 50 copies of a document, request a Summary Sheet, and
print the comment “Distribute this to all committees”, enter:
E+C50,Distribute this to all committeesL

At the end of the job, enter Reset (E+X) command, unless you
want the same number of copies for the next job.
If n = 0, the command is ignored and defaults to printing one
copy.
The maximum number of copies that can be requested at the
printer control panel is 99.

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Multiple Copies (Non-Collated)
Purpose

Determines the number of uncollated copies printed when more
than one is desired.

Syntax

Where to place it
Example

E+En,commentL
+E

Instruction to print multiple copies.

Indicates the number of copies to be printed, up
to 999 copies.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet, if enabled
through the printer control panel.

comment

Optional comment on Summary Sheet.

Line end.

Anywhere on the first page of the document.
To print 50 copies of a document, request a Summary Sheet, and
print the comment “Distribute this to all committees,” enter:
E+E50,Distribute this to all committeesL
Pages will not be collated; the output will be 50 copies of page
one, then 50 copies of page two, etc.

At the end of the job, enter a Reset (E+X) command, unless you
want the same number of copies for the next job.
If n = 0, the command is ignored and defaults to printing one
copy.
The maximum number of copies that can be requested at the
printer control panel is 99.

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Paper Tray
Purpose

Selects a paper source other than the default.

Syntax

Where to place it

Example

Ecn
c

Instruction for tray selection.

Indicates tray selection in table 2-2:

Before any printable data on the page. If Paper Tray is entered
within the printable contents of the page, it will take effect on
the next page.
To print from Tray 1, enter:
Ec1

Entering Paper Tray overrides any selections made through the
Emulation Menu for Paper Source and Auto Tray. With Paper
Tray, when the selected paper tray is empty the printer stops and
waits for the specified paper tray to be filled again.
Table 2-2. Physical and logical paper tray selections

Physical paper tray

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Logical paper tray
command: Ecn

HCF (optional highcapacity feeder), 1, 2

n=0

n=1

n=2

HCF

n=3

n=4

1, 2

n=5

HCF, 2

n=6

HCF, 1

n=7

Bypass

n=9

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The command remains in effect until either a Reset command or
another Paper Tray command is received. Thus, it is possible to
change paper trays within a document as many times as you
wish.
If more than one Paper Tray command is entered on a page, the
printer recognises only the last one.
Notes:

If Tray sequence mode is enabled, the same size paper trays, the
same paper size, and the same paper type should be installed in
the selected trays.
The factory default tray selection is trays 1 and 2.

Bypass Slot Paper Size
Purpose

Indicates the paper size being fed through the bypass slot.

Syntax

Where to place it

Example

Ezybn
zyb

Instruction for paper size being manually fed.

Indicates paper size selection

At the start of the page, before any text prints, and after the
Paper Tray selection command (Ec9). If this command is entered
after any printable data, it takes effect on the next page.
To print from the bypass tray on letter-size paper, enter:
Ec9Ezyb0

Notes:

This command accommodates paper sizes that will not print on
the 4213. The user may get incorrect printed output that is
formatted for the page size, but is not printed on that page size.
The maximum paper width and length that can be used on the
4213 are 257 mm x 364 mm. The minimum length is 190 mm.
Specifying an n value smaller than the minimum length, such as
n=6 (A6, 105 x 148 mm), or n=C [Postcard, (89 mm x 140 mm)
(3.5” x 5.5”)] will cause the printer to jam.

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The 4213 printer defaults only to letter size and A4 margins with
this command. Undesirable results may occur when the default
margins do not match the actual paper size. Use margin
commands to ensure correct formatting.
Adjustable sizes set for the bypass at the printer control panel are
overriden by this command.
Table 2-3 shows the paper size and default margins of the n
parameter.
Table 2-3. Bypass tray paper size selections

Physical paper size

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Margin default

Letter (216 x 279 mm)

n=0

Letter

Legal (216 x 279 mm)

n=1

Letter

Ledger (279 x 432 mm)

n=2

Letter

A3 (297 x 420 mm)

n=3

A4 (210 x 297 mm)

n=4

A5 (148 x 210 mm)

n=5

A6 (105 x 148 mm)

n=6

C5 envelope (162 x 229 mm)

n=7

DL envelope (110 x 220 mm)

n=8

ISO B5 (176 X 250 mm)

n=9

Executive/Monarch
(184 x 267 mm)

n=A

Letter

Statement (140 x 216 mm)

n=B

Letter

Postcard (88.9 x 142 mm)

n=C

Letter

Eurolegal (8.5 x 13”)

n=D

Letter

Monarch envelope
(98 x 191 mm)

n=E

Letter

#10 envelope (4.125 x 9.5”)

n=F

Letter

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This command takes effect whenever the bypass slot is chosen,
either through the Emulation Menu, or the paper source
selection command (Ec9).
The command remains in effect until either a Reset command or
another paper tray or bypass slot paper size command is
received. The default value is restored after a reset.
If more than one bypass slot paper size command is entered on
a page, the printer recognises only the last one.
Note: 2-sided printing is not possible with this command.

Offset
Purpose
Syntax
Where to place it

Offsets sheets in the stacker at specified places in the job.

Eo
Before any printable data on the page. If Offset is entered within
the printable contents of the page, it takes effect on the next
page.
The default condition for offsetting is set through the printer
control panel. Pages can be offset:
— At job boundaries with E+P
— Upon explicit command (Eo).
Refer to the Xerox 4213 Laser Printer User Guide for information
on setting the default.
The printer’s offset feature works like a toggle; that is, each time
either a job control command or an Offset command is entered,
the condition of offsetting is toggled to its opposite state, which
is either enabled or disabled. Thus, it is possible to change the
state of offsetting within a job as many times as desired.
If you were printing a 2-sided job and included an Offset
command at the top of pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (2/3, 4/5, and
6/7), no offsetting would appear because of the “toggling” of the
command. If an Offset command were at the top of pages 3, 5,
and 7, then pages 3/4 and 7/8 would offset, and all subsequent
pages in other jobs would also offset.

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To offset a mixed orientation job, use an E +P followed by an
E+Q at the beginning of the job.
Note: This command is ignored if the Output Offset feature is
disabled at the printer control panel.

2-sided (book)
Purpose

Enables 2-sided printing “head-to-head“ (see 2-sided Inverted for
“head-to-toe“). It also includes the option of shifting the margin
of the second page.
Head-to-head 2-sided printing means that the page is printed in
the same position on both the front and back pages. This manual
is printed in regular head-to-head 2-sided page format.

Syntax

EzydnL
zyd

Instruction to start 2-sided printing.

The number of pixels by which the margin of the
second page is shifted. If no value is entered for n,
the second page is printed without shifting.
The left margin is shifted regardless of the page
orientation.

L
Where to place it

Line end.

Before printable data on the first page to be printed 2-sided. If
2-sided is entered after the printable data, it takes effect on the
next page, rather than on the current one.
If you choose to shift margins, ensure that the margins have
been set within page boundaries so that none of the text runs
off the page.
Both 2-sided and 2-sided Inverted are cancelled by 2-sided Stop.
2-sided printing can be enabled either through the printer
control panel or with the printer commands.
The printer
commands override any defaults set through the printer control
panel.
Note: 2-sided printing is not supported in the manual bypass.

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2-sided Inverted (pad)
Purpose

Enables 2-sided printing “head-to-toe“ (see 2-sided (book) for
“head-to-head“).
It also includes the option of shifting the
margins of the second page.
Head-to-toe 2-sided printing means that the top of the front
page is printed in the same position as the bottom of the back
page.

Syntax

EzyfnL
zyf

Instruction to start 2-sided printing.

The number of pixels by which the margin of the second
page is shifted. If no value is entered for n, the second
page is printed without shifting.
The top margin
orientation.

L
Where to place it

shifted

regardless

the

page

Line end.

Before any printable data on the first page for which 2-sided
printing is to start. If 2-sided Inverted is entered on the page
after printable data, it takes effect on the next page, rather than
on the current one.
If you choose to shift margins, ensure that the margins have
been set within page boundaries so that none of the text runs
off the page.
Both 2-sided and 2-sided Inverted are cancelled by 2-sided Stop.
2-sided printing can be enabled either through the printer
control panel or with the printer commands.
The printer
commands override defaults set through the printer control
panel.

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2-sided Stop
Purpose

Stops 2-sided printing and returns to 1-sided printing.

Syntax

Where to place it
More

EzyeL
zye

Instruction to stop 2-sided printing.

Line end.

Any place on the last page to be printed in 2-sided format.
Switching to and from 2-sided printing within a document can
slow the printer’s performance. If one page is to be printed 1sided within a large 2-sided job, it may be more efficient to send
a blank page for the second side of the 1-sided page.
The printer commands override defaults set through the printer
control panel. Thus, a 2-sided Stop command can be used to
override a default set for 2-sided printing.

2-sided Side Select
Purpose

On a 2-sided page, selects the side of the page on which the
next image will be placed. In effect, it causes a form feed, thus
enabling you to skip a page at any given point within a 2-sided
document.

Syntax

Ezyin
zyi

Instruction to insert a form feed for a blank page.

Indicates on which side of the page the printer is to
continue printing:

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Select next side.
Printing continues on the
next side of the page (front or back)

Select next front side. Printing continues on
the next front side of the page

Select next back side. Printing continues on
the next back side of the page

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Where to place it
Example

Any place within the contents of the preceding page.
Entering:
Ezyi0
within the current side of a page causes printing to continue on
the next page (or next side of the page). No blank page is
inserted.
Entering:
Ezyi1
within the current side of a page causes printing to continue on
the next front side of a page. Therefore, if the current side is the
front side; a form feed (blank page) is entered for the back side
and printing continues on the front side of the next page. If the
current side is the back side, no blank page is entered.
Entering:
Ezyi2
within the current side of a page causes printing to continue on
the next back side of a page. Therefore, if the current side is the
back side, a form feed (blank page) is entered for the front side;
printing continues on the back side of the next page. If the
current side is the front side, no blank page is inserted.

In 1-sided mode, this command is ignored.

Comment
Purpose

Enables comments to be inserted into a coded document. They
do not appear in the printed output or on the Summary Sheet.

Syntax

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Ezyacomment textL
zya

Instruction to enter comments.

comment text

The comment itself. Use any alphanumeric or
special characters, as desired.

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Where to place it
Example

Any place in the job.
The following shows part of a coded document as it appears on
screen, with comments inserted into the coding:
E+XL
Ezya Clear settings with the Reset commandL
E+Q,L
Ezya Start a new documentL
E+1Helvetica8Bi2-PL
E+2Helvetica14Bi2-PL
E1Ezya Select fonts before setting marginsL

Fonts on the 4213
A font is a collection of letters, numbers and special characters all
having the same typeface, weight, size, and posture.
Fonts utilised on the 4213 in XES mode are digital fonts — that
is, each character or symbol in the font is a digitised bit map.
Figure 2-4 shows a font character in bit map form. In electronic
form, the printed pixels of the bitmap are represented by ones,
the unprinted pixels, by zeros.
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Besides letters, numbers, and special characters, fonts can also
include logos, signatures, or other images that are scanned, then
digitised into font characters. These font characters are then
assembled on a page to make a graphic image. Unlike other
types of graphics, they do not require a graphic window.
Graphic windows are discussed later in this manual.

How fonts are stored
Fonts for the 4213 are available in three forms:
Resident
2. On cartridge
3. On disk or tape (to download)
1.

The XES emulation has a set of four resident fonts:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Titan10iso-P (U.S. portrait default)
Titan12iso-P (International portrait default)
XCP14iso-L (International landscape default)
XCP12.5iso-L (U.S. landscape default)

In XES mode, the 4213 is preset to print in XCP14iso-L. The other
fonts can be selected through the Emulation Menu on the printer
control panel or with application software (refer to the Xerox
4213 Laser Printer User Guide).
Cartridge fonts are indexed and used the same as downloaded
fonts. The fonts in the font assignment must be spelled exactly
as listed on the font status sheet including lower case letters.
Fonts on diskette or tape can be downloaded to the printer with
the Font Load and Font Add commands.
Fonts can be deleted selectively with the Font Delete command.
You can also delete all fonts from the memory (except for the
system fonts) with the Font Unload command.
Note: Font assignment numbers on downloaded fonts may or
may not be consecutive. The numbers are only meant to be
identifiers and a gap does not imply anything is missing.

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How to download fonts from the host computer
The example below demonstrates how to download fonts from a
host computer running on MS-DOS in parallel. You create and
transmit three files:
•

File 1 defines the UDK (if the escape character cannot be
used) and initiates the command Font Load (or Font Add) to
the printer.

•

File 2 copies the UDK and Font Load or Font Add command
to the printer, and copies the fonts to the printer.

•

File 3 defines the UDK again and resets the printer with the
Reset command.

1. Assume that you are running MS-DOS and have loaded the
font diskette into drive A of your host computer. You are
now ready to create File 1. You are using the Commercial At
symbol (@) as a UDK.
At the C:> prompt on your computer screen, enter:
copy con:start.doc
(Press Return.)
=UDK=@@+F,Font Load
(Press Return.)
z
(Press

Return.)

The file has been created to set the printer for font loading.
2. You are now ready to create File 2, which sends the
commands and fonts to the printer.
At the C:> prompt enter:
copy con:download.bat
(Press Return.)
copy start.doc prn:
(Press Return.)
copy a:*.FNT prn:
(Press Return.)
copy stop.doc prn:
(Press Return.)
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The batch file has been created to load fonts to the printer.
3. Now create File 3, which resets the printer.
At the C:> prompt enter:
copy con:stop.doc
(Press Return.)
=UDK=@@+X,Font Load Complete
(Press Return.)
z
(Press

Return.)

4. All the necessary files have been created.
At the C:> enter:
download
(Press

Return.)

Downloading is complete.

Font Load
Purpose

Loads fonts from storage media at the host computer to the
printer.

Syntax

E+F,commentL
+F

Instruction to load font data.
Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment
L
Notes:

Optional comment to be printed on the Summary
Sheet.

Line end.

When Font Load is used, all the other downloaded fonts on the
printer are deleted.
Any constant page downloaded to the printer will be deleted
when fonts are loaded or added.

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Font Add
Purpose

Adds fonts to previously downloaded fonts. The additional fonts
come to the printer from storage media at the host computer.

Syntax

E+A,commentL
+A

Instruction to load font data.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment to be printed on the Summary
Sheet.

Line end.

Note: Any constant page downloaded to the printer will be
deleted when fonts are added or loaded.

Font Delete
Purpose

Deletes selected font files from the printer.

Syntax

E+B,commentL
fontnameL
+B

Instruction to delete stored font file.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

Note:
When you want to delete more than one font file,
separate each font file name with a comma.
comment

Optional comment on the Summary Sheet.

A line end separates the command from the font
names.

fontname

Name of font or fonts to be deleted

Line end.

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Example

To delete two fonts, “Classic8iso-L “and “Classic6iso-L,“ and to
request a Summary Sheet with the command “These two fonts
are now deleted” enter:
E+B,These two fonts are now deletedL
Classic8iso-L,Classic6iso-LL

File names must be entered exactly as they are named, including
upper and lower case letters, and punctuation.

Font Unload
Purpose

Deletes all downloaded font files from the printer.

Syntax

Example

E+U,commentL
+U

Instruction to delete stored font files.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment on the Summary Sheet.

Line end.

To delete all fonts and to request a Summary Sheet with the
comment “All fonts are now deleted” enter:
E+U,All fonts are now deletedL

Using fonts in a document
If you are using only the default font in your document, you do
not need the commands discussed here. However, if you want to
access other fonts on the printer, instruct the printer with the
Font ID Assignment command. This command sets up your font
selections in an index and assigns an identification number to
each. You then select from this font index at any place in the
document with the Font Change command.

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The most common place to enter Font ID Assignment is
immediately after Print Job and any job formatting commands
(such as Paper Tray). However, you can set up an index anywhere
in the document. The advantage of this is that, while you can
index up to 10 fonts (using 10 different font ID numbers) with a
single Font ID Assignment, more than 10 may be used by
repeatedly creating new indexes throughout the document.
The number of fonts that can be used on a page is limited only
by the memory capacity of the printer.
Up to 512 fonts (including cartridge fonts) can be present at the
same time, provided the downloaded fonts do not exceed the
available memory of the printer. Because there are four resident
fonts, 508 is the maximum number of fonts the user can
download.
Note: The 4213 may require up to 10% more internal storage for
existing XES fonts from previous XES printers.

Font ID Assignment
Purpose

Sets up a numbered index of up to 10 fonts stored on the
printer. These fonts can then be selected by their ID numbers in
the document.

S yntax

Where to place it

E+nfontnameL
+n

The instruction to assign an ID number, with
being the number from 0 to 9.

fontname

The name of the font to correspond to this
number.

Line end.

After the Print Job command and the Paper Tray command, or
any point in the document where you want to select fonts.

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Example

To create an index of five fonts, enter:
E+0Classic8iso-LL
E+1Classic8Biso-LL
E+2Classic6iso-LL
E+3Classic12iso-LL
E+4Classic10iso-LL
Once the files have been assigned identification numbers, they
are selected by number with the Font Change command. For
example, to select Classic8Biso-L within a document, enter
E1

The font name must be entered exactly as it is listed on the font
directory, including the correct uppercase and lowercase letters.
Although only 10 fonts can be entered into an index with Font
ID Assignment, you can use more fonts by reassigning font ID
numbers within the document.
For example, if you were using the font index created above in a
report, in one part of the report you can use font 3 as it is
assigned above by entering:
E+3Classiciso12-LL
In another part of the report, you can replace this font with
another by entering
E+3Classic14iso-LL
Unless fonts are reassigned with a new Font ID Assignment, the
font assignments extend across job boundaries until a Reset
command is received.
It is also possible to give more than one ID number to a font; in
such a case, you can use either number with the Font Change
command to select that font.
If you try to assign an index number to a font that is not
available, the printer ignores all references to that ID number and
prints an error message on the Summary Sheet. Since the font ID
number is ignored, the text continues to print in the current font.

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Font Select
Purpose

Selects a font from those listed in the index created with Font ID
Assignment.

Syntax

En
n

Where to place it

The ID number for the font, from 0 to 9.

Anywhere in the document at which you want to use this font.

Example

From the following index:
E+0Classic8iso-LL
E+1Classic8Biso-LL
E+2Classic6iso-LL
E+3Classic12iso-LL
E+4Classic10iso-LL
to select Classic8Biso-L within a document, enter:
E1

If you specify a number that is not assigned first with a Font ID
Assignment, the printer continues printing with the current font.
An error message appears on the Summary Sheet.
To select the default landscape font (without having assigned a
font ID), use E0.
To select the default portrait Titan font (without having assigned
a font ID), use E1.
You may want to select either the default portrait or landscape
font to identify the page orientation. The first font called out
determines the orientation of the page.

Setting units of measure
Margins and tabs are set either in units of five pixels (1/60 inches)
or in units of one pixel (1/300 inches). You select the unit of
measure by entering Units—1/60th or Units—1/300th. The Units
commands are entered before those for margins or tabs settings.
They need not be entered immediately before, however. You do
not need to enter a Units command more than once in a job.

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When the printer is powered on, units of measure are set at
1/60th inches automatically. The Reset command, which clears all
settings, also returns the units to 1/60 inches. Thus, at the start of
a job, if you want to use 1/60 inch for your unit of measure, you
need not use the Units command.
If your job requires calculations for absolute or relative placement
of text, or for nongraphic lines, all of which are measured in units
of one pixel or 1/300 inch, you may want to select Units—1/300
for margins and tabs as well.
Appendix B, “Conversion tables for units of measure,“ lists 1/60
and 1/300 inch equivalents for inches, millimetres, 10-pitch
characters, and 12-pitch characters.

Units—1/60
Purpose

Syntax
Where to place it

Sets five pixels (1/60 inch or .42 millimetres) as the unit of
measure for margins and tabs.

Ezg
Before the margins or tabs command to which it applies.

Units—1/300
Purpose

Syntax
Where to place it

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Sets one pixel (1/300 inch or .08 millimetres) as the unit of
measure for margins and tabs.

Ezf
Before the margins or tabs command to which it applies.

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About margins
The most common place in the job to enter the margin settings
is after the Font ID Assignment or Font Change commands. This
is because the font determines the orientation of the page. Refer
to “How the printer defines a page,“ for additional information
on page and font orientations.
You can set:
•

All four margins for a page with the Margins command

•

One margin individually with the Margin Top, Margin Bottom,
Margin Left, or Margin Right commands.

All margins commands are cleared either by another Margins
command or by a Reset command.
More about page and font orientations
On a page of single font orientation, if a change of setting for
page height and/or top margin is entered within the printable
contents of the page, the new setting goes into effect at the
start of the next page.
On a page of mixed font orientation, when a change of setting
for page height and/or top margin follows a change of
orientation, the new setting goes into effect immediately.
Margin settings do not adjust automatically with a change of
orientation. If a page is of mixed font orientation, the margins
should be reset with each change. If margins from the previous
orientation are used, the printer may interpret them as being
outside the page boundaries; it then reverts to the default
margins.
More about page boundaries
Normally, the printer does not print beyond the right margin nor
make line-end decisions. Lines that are too long to fit within the
margins will be cut off.
Selecting a larger font after composing a page in a smaller font
could cause your text to be cut off at the right margin.

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If you enter a change of setting within the printable contents of a
page and the new setting for the bottom margin is below the
current text position, the bottom margin goes into effect for the
next page.
Setting illogical margins, (such as a top margin below a bottom
one), or setting margins out of page boundaries causes the
printer to revert to the default margins.
If the printer receives several Margins commands while
formatting a page, the last command it receives will be used on
the next page.
Text placement restrictions on the 4213 printer
The following restrictions apply to page boundaries on the 4213
printer:
•

Any text printing beyond the bottom edge of the paper is
printed on the next page.

•

Any character printing beyond the right edge of the paper is
not printed.

Margins
Purpose

Sets all four margins for a page.

Syntax

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EmH,T,B,L,RL
m

Instruction to set margins.

H,T,B,L,R

Margin values in units of either five pixels (1/60th
inch or .42 mm) or one pixel (1/300th inch or .08
mm), with commas to separate values.

Height of the page. The distance between the top
edge and the bottom edge of the page.

Top margin. The distance from the top edge of the
page to the baseline of the characters in the first
line of text.

Bottom margin. The distance from the bottom
edge of the page to the baseline of the last line of
text.

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Left margin. The distance from the left edge of the
page to the left side of the first character where
each line is to be printed.

Right margin. The distance from the left edge of
the page to where the right side of the last
character in each line is to be printed.

L
Where to place it

Example

Line end.

After the Units command, before any printable data of the page
for which it is to take effect. If the command is placed within
printable data, it takes effect on the next page.
To set margins for an 216 by 279 mm portrait page: page height,
279 mm; top margin, 1 inch; bottom margin, 1 inch; left margin,
1.5 inches; right margin, 7.5 inches from the left edge.
With units of measure in five pixels (1/60 inches), enter:

Em660,60,60,90,450L
With units of measure in 1/300 inch (or pixels), enter:

Em3300,300,300,450,2250L
Refer to figures 2-5 and 2-6.
Figure 2-5.

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Figure 2-6.

Measuring a landscape page

Setting independent margins
The Margin Top, Margin Bottom, Margin Left, and Margin Right
commands allow you to set or change one or more margins on a
page without affecting other margins selected using the default
margins or the regular margin commands.
If margins have been defined with the Margins command and
then an independent Margins command is entered, the printer
continues to use the measurements in the Margins command for
all other settings. If no other margins have been set, the printer
uses the defaults for the other settings.
The same rules that apply to the Margins command also apply to
the commands for independent margins.

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Margin Top
Purpose

Sets the top margin without affecting the other margins.

Syntax

EznTL
zn

Instruction to set top margin.

The distance (in units of 1/60 or 1/300 inch) from
the top edge of the page to the baseline of the
characters in the first line of text to be printed.

L
Where to place it

Line end.

After the Units command, before any printable data on the page
for which it is to take effect. If the command is placed within
printable data, it takes effect on the next page.

Margin Bottom
Purpose

Sets the bottom margin without affecting the other margins.

Syntax

EzqBL
zq

Instruction to set bottom margin.

The distance (in units of 1/60 or 1/300 inch) from
the bottom edge of the page to the baseline of
the characters in the last line of text to be printed.

L
Where to place it

Line end.

After the Units command, before any printable data on the page
for which it is to take effect. If the command is placed within
printable data, it takes effect on the next page.

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Margin Left
Purpose

Sets the left margin without affecting other margin settings.

Syntax

EzkLL
zk

Instruction to set left margin.

The distance (in units of 1/60 or 1/300 inch) from
the left edge of the page to where the left side of
the first character in each line is to be printed.

L
Where to place it

Line end.

After the Units command, before any printable data on the page
for which it is to take effect.

Margin Right
Purpose

Sets the right margin without affecting the other margins.

Syntax

EzmRL
zm

Instruction to set right margin.

The distance (in units of 1/60 or 1/300 inch) from
the left edge of the paper to where the right side
of the last character of text in the line is to be
printed.

L
Where to place it

Line end.

After the Units command,before any printable data
for which it is to take effect.

on the page

About tabs
The tabs commands include:
•
•
•
•

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Tabs Horizontal
Tabs Clear Horizontal
Tabs Vertical
Tabs Clear Vertical.

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More about job boundaries
The tabs you enter with commands remain in effect until the
printer receives either a Tab Clear or a Reset command.
A Tabs Clear Horizontal command clears all horizontal tabs,
including defaults, until the end of the job or until a new Tabs
Horizontal is entered.
A Tabs Clear Vertical command clears all vertical tabs, including
defaults, until the end of the job or until a new Tabs Vertical.
If no tabs have been set for a job and a tab is indicated within its
contents, the printer automatically uses the following default
tabs:
Horizontal: Every sixth character from the left margin
Vertical: Every inch.
Note: If no tabs have been set for a job using a portrait font,
the 4213 automatically uses the default portrait tabs. If no tabs
have been set for a job using a landscape font, the 4213
automatically uses the default landscape tabs.

More about page boundaries
You may set a line of tabs in any numerical order on the page;
the printer sorts them in ascending order.
Ensure that your tab settings do not exceed the page
boundaries. A tab setting beyond page boundaries may cause a
page feed.
If you set a horizontal tab beyond the right margin, the printer
will process it as a space; no text will print beyond the margin. If
you set a vertical tab beyond a bottom margin, the printer will
process it as a page feed; no text will print beyond the margin.

Tabs Horizontal
Purpose

Defines tabs across the page, measuring from the left edge of
the page. Whenever you press the tab key on the host computer
once the tabs are set, the printer skips from the current text
position to the next horizontal tab position.

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Syntax

Etn1,n2,...,n160L
t

Instruction to set horizontal tabs.

n1,n2,..,n160

Tab settings across the page starting from the left
edge. Up to 160 tabs can be set in one command.
Commas separate values. See table 2-4 for default
horizontal tab values for portrait and landscape
pages.

L
Where to place it

Line end.

At the start of the job or anywhere a horizontal tab is desired.

Example

Figures 2-7 and 2-8 show a line of tabs across an 216 by 279 mm
portrait page. Figure 2-7 shows the settings in units of five pixels
(1/60 inches). Figure 2-8 shows the same settings in units of one
pixel (1/300 inches).

Up to 160 horizontal tabs may be set per job. If you try to set
more, the printer will consider all tabs to the right of the last tab
setting as spaces. This will affect the appearance of the page.
Table 2-4. Default values for horizontal tabs

U.S.
portrait

U.S.
landscape

International
portrait

International
landscape

1st tab

1.1 inch
28 mm
330 dots

1.04 inch
26.4 mm
313 dots

Intervals

0.44 inch
11.2 mm
132dots

0.44 inches
11.2 mm
132 dots

0.48 inches
12.2 mm
144 dots

Position

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Figure 2-7.

1/60 inch units.

Et90,150,160,210,255,270,330,345,390,420L
Figure 2-8.

1/300 inch units.

Et450,750,800,1050,1275,1350,1650,1725,1950,2100L

Tabs Clear Horizontal
Purpose

Clears all horizontal tab settings in a job, including the default
settings.

S yntax

Ed
d

Where to place it
More

Instruction to clear all horizontal tab settings.

Anywhere before the place in the job at which the current tab
settings are to be cleared.
If horizontal tabs are cleared and no new ones are set, the
printer considers a horizontal tab character as a space.

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Tabs Vertical
Purpose

Defines tabs down the page, measuring from the top edge of the
page. Once vertical tabs are set, whenever you press the vertical
tab key on the host computer, the printer skips from the current
text position to the next vertical tab position.

Syntax

Evn1,n2,.....,n125 L
v

Instruction to set vertical tabs

n1,n2,..,n125

Tab settings starting from the top edge. Up to 125
tabs can be set in one command. Commas
separate values. The positions of the first tab and
tab intervals for U.S. and international paper, both
landscape and portrait, appears in table 2-5.
The printer maintains up to 125 vertical tabs in
memory per job. See table 2-6 for maximum tab
values for portrait and landscape pages in letter
and legal size.

L
Where to place it

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Line end.

At the start of the job, or anywhere a vertical tab is desired.

Example

Figures 2-9 and 2-10 show a line of tabs down an 216 x 279 mm
landscape page. Figure 2-9 shows the settings in units of five
pixels (1/60 inches). Figure 2-10 shows the same settings in units
of one pixel (1/300 inches).

Up to 125 vertical tabs may be set per job. If you attempt to tab
past the bottom margin, the printer will skip to the top margin of
the following page.

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Table 2-5. Initial vertical tab positions and tab intervals

U.S.
portrait

U.S.
landscape

International
portrait

International
landscape

1st tab

1.1 inch
28 mm
330 dots

1.0 inch
25.4 mm
300 dots

0.95 inches
23.1 mm
287 dots

Intervals

1.0 inch
17.8 mm
210 dots

0.7 inches
17.8 mm
210 dots

1.0 inches
25.4 mm
300 dots

0.7 inches
17.8 mm
210 dots

Position

Table 2-6. Maximum values for vertical tabs

Units

Letter
portrait

Letter
landscape

Legal
portrait*

Legal
landscape*

1/60

660

510

780

510

1/300

3300

2550

3900

2550

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Figure 2-9.

Vertical tabs in 1/60 inch units.

EV90,120,150,160,210,255,270,330,345,390,420,450L

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Figure 2-10.

Vertical tabs in 1/300 inch units.

E V 450, 600, 750, 800, 1050, 1275, 1350, 1650, 1725,1959, 2100, 2250L

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Tabs Clear Vertical
Purpose

Clears all vertical tab settings in a job.

Syntax

Ee
e

Where to place it
More

Instruction to clear all vertical tab settings.

Anywhere before the place in the job at which the current tab
settings are to be cleared.
If vertical tabs are cleared and no new ones are set, the printer
considers any vertical tab character encountered in the document
as a page end.

Justifying and centreing between margins
About justification
To justify text between margins, use the Justification command.
This command is cleared with the Justification Stop Command.

About centreing
To centre text between margins, use the Centre command.
A Centre command overrides a Justification Start command.
Once you insert a Centre command, a line will not justify, even
with a Justification Start command.
Any spaces or tabs placed on a line that has a Centre command
will be included in the text to be centred.
Do not try to centre a line by moving it to the centre of the host
screen then following with the Centre command. The spaces
from the left margin will be included as if they were characters
and your text will not be centred.

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Justification Start/Stop
Purpose

Justifies text between right and left margins.

Syntax

Ej
Instruction to start justification.

Syntax

Ek
k

Where to place it

Example

Instruction to stop justification.

Anywhere justification is desired, with the start command placed
immediately before the first character in the line to be affected,
the stop command placed immediately after the last character in
the line to be affected.
To produce:
The printer justifies text by varying space
between all the words on the line. However, the
printer does not make line ending or hyphenation
decisions. You must enter the appropriate line
ends for each line.
Enter:
EjThe printer justifies text by varying spaceL
between all the words on the line. However,the L
printer does not make line ending or hyphenationL
decisions. You must enter the appropriate lineL
Ek ends for each line.L

The minimum distance between words cannot be less than half
the space character, nor can it be more than three times the
space character. If these guidelines are not followed, the printer
will not justify the line.
When justifying a single line of text, enter a line end before the
Justification Stop command. For example:
EjThis is a single line of text to be justified.LEk
You can justify an entire document by giving the Justification
Start command at the beginning of the text. However, to
improve the appearance of the text, you may want to enter the
Justification Stop command before the last line of each
paragraph, then, at the beginning of the next paragraph, enter
another Justification Start.

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Centre
Purpose

Centres a line of text between the left and right margins.

Syntax

Eq
Instruction to centre a line of text.

Where to place it
Example

Anywhere within the line to be centred.
To produce:
To centre text
between the left and
right margins,
use this command.
Enter:

EqTo centre textL
Eqbetween the left andL
Eqright margins,L
Equse this command.L
More

Since the line end itself acts as a signal to stop centreing, you
can insert the Centre command anywhere within the line, as long
as it is inserted before the line end.
If a Centre command is entered in a line that has been placed
with the Text Placement Absolute command, the line will still be
placed vertically between the current margins. The vertical
positioning of the Text Placement Absolute is still valid, but the
horizontal positioning is overridden by the Centre command.
Refer to “About the page formatting features,” for information on
Text Placement Absolute.
When the printer receives a Centre command for a line that
extends beyond both left and right margins, it extends the
excess equally beyond both margins; an error message appears
on your Summary Sheet.

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About the page formatting features
This section covers commands that enable you to:
•

Select line spacing other than regular, single line spacing with
either the Line Spacing command (for spacing that is font
based) or the Line Spacing Absolute command (for spacing
set pixel by pixel)

•

Place text (or any digitised font characters such as logos or
signatures) at virtually any point on the grid of the page with
either the Text Placement Absolute command (for placing
text relative to the page origin) or the Text Placement
Relative command (for placing text relative to the current text
position).

•

Draw horizontal and vertical lines along the page axes with
Line Draw X and Line Draw Y commands in 15 degrees of
shading.

Most of these commands use the grid of the page (the origin, xaxis, and y-axis), which is discussed in “How the printer defines a
page.”

Line Spacing
Purpose

Adjusts the amount of spacing between lines of text. Line
Spacing is font based; that is, it gives you five choices for
spacing, all of which are based on the size of the largest current
font on the line.

Syntax

Ein
i

Instruction for line spacing.

The amount of spacing, based on the largest current
font:
0 Single spacing
1 One and a half-line spacing
2 Double spacing
3 Triple spacing
4 Half line spacing

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Where to place it
Example

Immediately before the beginning of the line for which the new
spacing is intended (preferably, at the end of the previous line).
To produce:
Text printed in this font with normal, single
spacing looks like this.
Entering a Line Spacing command with
a parameter of 2 will cause text to double
space like this.
Enter a Line Spacing command with a parameter of
0 to return text to normal,single spacing.
Enter:
Text printed in this font with normal,singleL
spacing looks like this.Ei2L
Entering a Line Spacing command withL
a parameter of 2 will cause text to doubleL
space like this.Ei0 L
Enter a Line Spacing command with a parameterL
of 0 to return text to normal,single spacing.L

Overstriking of characters may occur when half line spacing is
selected; it may also occur if a line is placed using a Vertical Tabs,
Text Placement Relative, or Text Placement Absolute command.

Purpose

Adjusts the amount of spacing between lines of text. Unlike Line
Spacing, which is font based, Line Spacing Absolute adjusts
spacing pixel by pixel.

Line Spacing Absolute

Syntax

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EipnL
ip

Instruction for interline spacing.

The new line spacing expressed in pixels (1/300th inch or
.08 mm).

Line end.

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Where to place it
Example

Immediately before the beginning of the line for which the new
spacing is intended (preferably, at the end of the previous line).
Enter:

These lines of text have normal, single lineL
spacing until you enter a Line Spacing AbsoluteL
command with a parameter of 75.Eip75L
At this point,the baselines of the text areL
placed 75 pixels (one quarter inch) apartL
like this.Ei0L
To return to the previous line spacing, enterL
Line Spacing or Line Spacing Absolute withL
the original spacing value,L
or if at the end of the job, issue E+X to reset to defaults.L
To produce:
These lines of text have normal, single line
spacing until you enter a Line Spacing Absolute
command with a parameter of 75.
At this point,the baselines of the text
are placed 75 pixels (one quarter inch) apart
like this.
To return to the previous line spacing, enter
Line Spacing or Line Spacing Absolute with
the original spacing value,
or if at the end of the job, issue to reset to defaults.
More

The printer always prints at least one line per page, no matter
how high the parameter entered for spacing.

Purpose

Places text in any specified location on the page, starting from
the page origin. It can also be used to place logos, signatures, or
any other data that has been digitised into font characters.

Text Placement Absolute

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Syntax

Where to place it
Example

EaX,YL
a

Instruction for absolute placement.

The distance in pixels from the origin of the page,
along the x-axis, to the starting point of the text
line.

The distance in pixels from the origin of the page,
along the y-axis, to the starting point of the text
line.

A comma separates these variables.

Line end.

Immediately before the text to be placed.
To place a line of text, the starting point of which will be 1200
pixels (100 mm/4 inches) from the origin of the page along the xaxis, and 1650 pixels (140 mm) from the origin of the page along
the y-axis, enter:
Ea1200,1650L (Text)L
Figures 2-11 and 2-12 show how the command works on shortedge feed paper, in landscape and portrait orientations. Compare
the origins and the x- and y-axis of each page orientation.

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As shown in figures 2-11 and 2-12, Text Placement Absolute
places portrait fonts differently than landscape fonts. When you
are placing text with portrait fonts, the command defines the
starting point for the baseline of the first character. When you
are placing text with landscape fonts, the command defines the
top left corner of the character cell of the first character.

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Figure 2-11.

Absolute placement of a portrait font on a short
edge feed portrait page.

Ea1500,3000L
He who laughs

X 3000

He who laughs

Origin
X 1500

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Figure 2-12.

Absolute placement of a landscape
font on a short edge feed landscape
page.

Ea1800,600L
The game is not over until it’s over.

Origin

X1800

Y 600

The game is not over until it’s over.

Text Placement Relative
Purpose

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Places text in any specified location on the page, starting from
the current text position. It can also be used to place logos,
signatures, or any other data that has been digitised into font
characters.

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Syntax

ErDnc
r

The instruction for relative placement

A character indicating the direction from the current
text position in which the text is to be placed:
u

Down

Left

Right

The distance in pixels (or 1/300th inch) from the
current text position to the new text position.

Any non-numeric character can be used to complete
this command.

Note: This is one of a few commands using a printable character
rather than a line end for completion. Do not use a line end.
Where to place it

Example

Immediately after the current text (that is, the text being used as
a point of reference) and immediately before the text to be
affected.
For both landscape and portrait pages, it is possible to print text
off the left edge of the page. For example, entering Erl3000b will
not cause an error. However, any text after the command and
before a line end will print off the page.
To place text 75 pixels to the left of the current position, enter
(Current text)Erl75e(New text)
As shown in figure 2-13, the final word of a sentence is placed
1500 pixels down from the current text position.

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Figure 2-13.

Relative placement 1500 pixels down

To produce:

Enter:
He who laughsErd1500elast.

Line Draw X
Purpose

Draws a line along the x-axis of the page.
On short edge feed paper, this line runs horizontally across a
portrait page, vertically down a landscape page

Syntax

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ExX,Y,L,T,SL
x

The instruction for a line to be drawn along the xaxis.

The x-coordinate of the starting point of the line;
the distance in pixels from the page origin, along
the x-axis, to the starting point.

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Where to place it
Example
More

The y-coordinate of the starting point of the line;
the distance in pixels from the page origin, along
the y-axis to the starting point.

The length of the line; the distance in pixels from
the starting point to the end point.

The thickness of the line, in pixels.

The degree of ink shading on a scale of 0 to 15. If
no shading is desired, the S value can be omitted.
See figure 2-16 for the 15 degrees of shading.

Commas separate the variables.

Line end.

At any point in the job where the line is desired.
See the sample that follows.
The Line Draw commands create nongraphic lines; that is, lines
that do not need graphic windows. Nongraphic lines can only be
drawn on either the x- or y-axis, horizontally or vertically; they
cannot be drawn diagonally. Refer to “What is a graphic window”
for information on graphics windows.
The following figure shows a horizontal line drawn on the x-axis
of a short edge feed portrait page, the starting point of which
begins at four inches across the page and 6 inches up. It is two
inches long and 80 pixels thick. It is printed in black; no shade of
grey is selected.

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Figure 2-14.

Line Draw X command

To produce:

Enter:

Ex1200,1800,600,80L

Line Draw Y
Purpose

Draws a line along the y-axis of the page.
On short edge feed paper, this line runs vertically up a portrait
page, horizontally across a landscape page..

Syntax

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EyX,Y,L,T,SL
y

The instruction for a line to be drawn along the yaxis.

The x-coordinate of the starting point of the line;
the distance in pixels from the page origin, along
the x-axis, to the starting point.

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Where to place it
Example
More

The y-coordinate of the starting point of the line;
the distance in pixels from the page origin, along
the y-axis, to the starting point.

The length of the line; the distance in pixels from
the starting point to the end point.

The thickness of the line, in pixels.

The degree of ink shading on a scale of 0 to 15. If
no shading is desired, the S value can be omitted.
See figure 2-16 for the 15 degrees of shading.

Commas separate these variables.

Line end.

At any point in the job where the line is desired.
See the sample that follows:
The Line Draw commands create nongraphic lines; that is, lines
that do not need graphic windows. Nongraphic lines can only be
drawn on either the x- or y-axis, horizontally or vertically. Refer to
“What is a graphic window,“ for information on graphics
windows.
The following figure shows a vertical line drawn on the y-axis of a
short edge feed portrait page, the starting point of which begins
at three inches across the page and 6 inches up. It is four inches
long and 20 pixels thick. It is printed in black; no shade of grey is
selected.

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Figure 2-15.

Line Draw Y command

To produce:

Enter:

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Figure 2-16.

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Fifteen degrees of shading for the
Line Draw commands

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About character formatting
The character formatting commands provide some character
control without a change of fonts. You can do the following:
•

Bold (although a bold font may be preferable)

•

Underline

•

Overstrike with any printable character

•

Create subscripts or superscripts.

Note: These commands increase page complexity and can slow
the performance of the printer.

Italics
There is no command for italicising characters. You must select
an italic font with the Font ID Assignment and Font Change
commands, see “Fonts on the 4213 printer“).

Bold Start/Bold Stop
Purpose

Creates boldface text without the use of a bold font.

Syntax

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Ep
b

Instruction to start bold.

Instruction to stop bold.

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Where to place it

Example

Anywhere bolding is desired, enter the Bold Start command
immediately before the first character to be bolded and the Bold
Stop command immediately after the last character to be bolded.
To produce:
It is possible to bold text without using a bold font; simply
insert the appropriate commands.
Enter:
It is possible to bold text Ebwithout using a bold font;
Epsimply insert the appropriate commands.

In most cases, using a bold font gives better results, especially
for large sections of text.

Underline Start/Underline Stop
Purpose

Underlines text.

Syntax

Where to place it
Example

Ew
u

Instruction to start underlining.

Instruction to stop underlining.

Anywhere underlining is desired.
To produce:
It is possible to underline text by using the following
commands: Underline Start and Underline Stop.
Enter:
It is possible to underline textEuby using the following
commandsEw: Underline start and Underline stop.

Both the thickness of the underline and its distance from the
character it underlines are determined by the size of the current
font in the line. So if you underline in a large font and then
change to a small font for the text in the next line, you may want
to enter the Font Change command for the smaller font before
entering the line end. This will prevent the underline for the
larger font from crowding the smaller characters on the next line.
The underline character prints under the character descender.

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Overstrike Start/Overstrike Stop
Purpose

Overstrikes text with any selected printable character.

Syntax

Ezox

Syntax

Where to place it

Example

Ezp
zo

Instruction to start overstriking.

Whatever character you choose to act as the overstrike
character.

Instruction to stop overstriking.

Anywhere in the text where overstriking is desired, with the
Overstrike Start command immediately before the first character
to be overstruck, and the Overstrike Stop command immediately
after the last character to be overstruck.
To produce:
The hyphen - is used as the overstrike character.
You can use the overstrike commands to strike out certain
portions of text with any character you choose.
Enter:
You can use the overstrike commands to strike out
Ezo-certain portions ofEzp text with any
character you choose.

Note: Spaces are not overstruck in justified text.

Subscript Start/Subscript Stop
Purpose
Syntax

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Subscripts characters.

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Syntax

Where to place it

Example

Es
l

Instruction to start subscripting.

Instruction to stop subscripting.

Anywhere subscripting is desired, with the start command
immediately before the first character to be subscripted, the stop
command immediately after the last character to be subscripted.
To produce:
C2H5OH
Enter:
CEl2EsHEl5EsOH

The subscript commands cannot be used to:
•

Subscript a subscript

•

Index down a page

•

End a superscript.

The distance of a subscript character from a regular character
depends on the current font size. Thus, if you want to use a
smaller or larger font for the subscript, give the Font Change
command immediately after Subscript Start and return to the
original font before Subscript Stop.
In the example below, the regular letters are entered using font
number 5, and the subscripts are entered using the smaller font
number 6.
To produce:

C2H5OH
Enter:
E5CElE62E5EsHElE65E5EsOH
To underline a subscript at its own level, give the Underline Start
command after the Subscript Start command.

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Superscript Start/Superscript Stop
Purpose

Superscripts characters.

Syntax

Where to place it

Example

Es
h

Instruction to start superscripting.

Instruction to stop superscripting.

Anywhere superscripting is desired, with the Superscript Start
command immediately before the first character to be affected,
and the Stop command immediately after the last character to be
affected.
To produce:
To thine own self be true.a
Enter:
To thine own self be true.EhaEs

The superscript commands cannot be used to:
•

Superscript a superscript

•

Index up a page

•

End a subscript

The distance from a superscript character to a regular character
depends on the current font size. If you want to use a smaller or
larger font for the superscript, give the Font Change command
immediately after Superscript Start and return to the original font
before Superscript Stop.
In the example below, the regular letters are entered using font
number 3, and the superscript is entered using font number 4.
To produce:

To thine own self be true.a
Enter:
E3To thine own self be true.EhE4aE3Es.
To underline a superscript at its own level, give the Underline
Start command after the Superscript Start command.

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What is a constant page?
A constant page is a document created especially for merging
with other documents. A document to be merged with a
constant page is referred to as a variable page (figure 2-17). You
can only merge one constant page with a variable page. The
constant page and variable page do not need to be of the same
orientation.
A constant page in the 4213 may include:
•

Text

•

Nongraphic lines (Line Draw commands)

•

Logos, signatures, or any other data digitised into font
characters

•

Graphic windows.

•

A constant page is created with the Merge Page Load
command and remains in the printer until you do one of the
following tasks:
— Unload it with the Merge Page Unload command.
— Load another constant page.
— Load fonts.
— Switch emulations.
— Power the printer off.

Figure 2-17.

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Creating constant pages
Note that you start creating the document with Merge Page
Load, not with Print Job, which is used to start most other
documents.
A constant page is ended with either:
•

a form feed ()

•

a Print Job command (E+P)

•

a Print Job (Mixed Orientation) command (E+Q), or
a Reset command (E+X).

•

Note: The Reset command (E+X) cancels the font, margin, and
tab assignments, which have to be reassigned in the constant
page to be merged.

Data capacity for each
“How the printer defines a page,” lists page capacity for all types
of data, including constant pages. Data capacity is the same for
both, that is, it is limited only by the amount of space available in
the printer’s memory.

Merge Page Load
Purpose

Creates a constant page and keeps it in the printer’s memory
temporarily.

Syntax

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E+M,commentL
+M

Instruction to start a constant page.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment on Summary Sheet.

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Where to place it
Example
More
Notes:

At the beginning of the constant page data.
E+M,This begins a constant pageL
End the constant page with a Reset command (E+X).
Using Font Load or Font Add commands within the Merge Page
Load command deletes the newly defined constant page.
The Graphic Window Repeat command is not supported when
this command is in effect.

Merge Page Unload
Purpose

Erases the constant page from the printer’s memory.

Syntax

Example
More

E+V, commentL
+V

Instruction to erase a constant page.

Optional request for a Summary Sheet to report
errors upon execution of the next job command.

comment

Optional comment on Summary Sheet.

Line end.

E+V,This constant page is now erasedL
This command technically sets an end of job boundary. However,
unlike a Reset command, it does not return settings to the
defaults, except for the Multiple Copies command.
If, within job boundaries, Merge Page Unload is entered after
Multiple Copies, Multiple Copies is cancelled and the default
takes effect.

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For example, entering commands in the following order will
cancel the request for three copies:
E+PL

(Print Job)

E+C3L (Multiple Copies)
E+VL

(Merge Page Unload)

(Printable contents of job)
E+XL

(Reset)

To prevent this, switch the order of Merge Page Unload and
Multiple Copies:
E+PL
E+VL
E+C3L
(Printable contents of job)
E+XL
A constant page is also erased when fonts are downloaded,
when a selected font is deleted, when a new constant page is
loaded, or when the printer is powered off.

Merging constant pages
For as long as a constant page is kept in memory, it can be
selected for merging. The commands for merging are:
•
•

Merge Start
Merge Stop

Merge Page Start and Merge Page Stop are entered on the
variable page.

Merge Start
Purpose

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Syntax

Eze
ze

Where to place it
More

Instruction for constant page merging.

Anywhere on the variable page after Print Job.
The printer continues merging the page with subsequent pages
until it receives a Merge Stop or a Reset command.
If no merge page is in memory when the command is received,
the printer ignores the command.

Merge Stop
Purpose

Stops the merging of the constant page with the variable page.

Syntax

Ezd
zd

Where to place it

Instruction to stop merging.

Within the contents of the last page you want merged. The page
in which Merge Stop is entered will be merged, but the
subsequent page will not.

Graphics on the 4213
Graphics supported on the 4213 include:
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Vector graphics
Macro graphics.

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These three types of graphics must be created within the
boundaries of a graphic window. (Graphic images that have been
digitised into font characters, such as logos or signatures, do not
require a graphic window.)
Note:
There may be a minor difference in appearance of
complex graphics on the 4045 laser printer and the 4213 laser
printer.

Raster graphics
Raster graphics are images made up of binary bit maps (0s and
1s) loaded from the host into the graphic window. When the
printer receives the bitmap into the window, it prints a pixel on
the page for each binary 1 and leaves the pixel blank for each
binary 0 (see figure 2-18).
For the printer to receive the bitmap data and interpret it
correctly, the data must be sixel-encoded. Refer to the
procedure for sixel encoding in appendix C.
Raster graphic data is the default. Unless you select vector or
macro graphics with the graphics commands, the printer
automatically initialises the window for raster data. If you create a
graphics file for raster data, you can add commands for vector
graphics at the end of the file.
Figure 2-18.

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Complex raster graphic

Setting the page buffer to “FULL” (full page imaging) in the XES
emulation submenu means that the 4213’s memory dedicated to
this imaging is no longer available for user downloaded fonts or
graphics or any other temporary use. This means that a full page
graphic that prints completely in “PARTIAL” imaging may not
print if the page buffer is set to “1 FULL” or “2 FULL.”
Example: A 2.5 MB system with 2 FULL page imaging can store
only a small number of fonts (about 8 fonts of 25KB each) or
graphics. That same 2.5 MB system with “PARTIAL” imaging
could store 2 full page graphics or over 80 25KB fonts. The
same full page graphic prints completely in partial imaging but
not in 2 full page imaging.

Vector graphics
Vector graphics are images made of point-to-point lines created
by command. The three commands for vector graphics are:
•
•
•

Graphic Line
Graphic Arc
Graphic Fill.

Macro graphics
Macro graphics are images made with high level commands,
which perform several functions at once. The 4213 has two
macro graphics:
•
•

Pie Chart
Graphic Box.

What is a graphic window?
A graphic window is an area, defined on the page, that the
printer recognises as graphic data. It can be temporarily stored in
the printer. The commands for defining and storing graphic
windows are:
•
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Graphic Window Repeat.

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If a graphic window has been stored in the printer’s memory, it
remains until you power off the printer, switch emulations, or
perform a reset.
Note:
If the printer receives graphic data that is incomplete,
e.g. the data has fewer bytes than the window size, the next
Form Feed command may be ignored, causing unpredictable
results.

Origin and page orientation
The graphic window’s origin is always the corner of the window
closest to the upper left hand corner of the page. It is
independent of page origin, feed direction, or paper size. (See
figure 2-19).
Since window boundaries cannot be seen on your host computer
screen, you may want to sketch an outline of the window on
paper, then enter the commands based on the measurements in
your sketch.
Figure 2-19.

Graphic windows for portrait and landscape
printing

Placement on the page
You can define a window so that part of it is located either
above the top of the page or below the bottom of the page. If
you place an entire window off the page, nothing is printed and
an error message appears on the XES Summary Sheet.
You can place windows and copied windows on top of each
other on the page. However, this type of page complexity may
slow the processing speed of the printer.

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Other characteristics
With the Graphic Window command, you determine:
•

Whether or not the window will be magnified to appear
larger on the printed output than its actual size; and, if so, by
how much. You can select magnification for a window when
you want a graphic to cover a larger area on the page but do
not want to use the memory required for a large window.
Magnifying a window, however, reduces its resolution.

•

What type of graphics data—raster, vector, or macro—the
window will contain.

•

Whether the graphics will be reversed. When graphic images
are reversed, a black image on a white background becomes
a white image on a black background and vice versa.

•

The location and size of the window, given in two pairs of xand y-coordinates, as shown in figure 2-19. The first
coordinates, X and Y, set the location of the window’s origin
on the page. The second coordinates, Sx and Sy, set the size
of the window. The unit of measure is the pixel.

Scan direction for raster graphics
The x-axis and y-axis of a graphic window are not related to
those of the physical page. The scan direction for a graphic
window always runs along its x-axis (from X to Sx). Raster data fills
the window in this direction. This differs from the scan direction
of the page, which runs along the page’s y-axis. Figures 2-19 and
2-20 show how the scan direction of the page differs from that
of the graphic window.
In a job using raster data, the Graphic Window command is
followed immediately by the sixel encoded bitmap, which is sent
to the printer from the host.
When defining a window for raster graphics, ensure that the
number of pixels you enter for its size along the x-axis is a
multiple of eight. You do not need to made a similar calculation
for the window’s y-direction; the printer does this automatically.

Graphic Window
Purpose

Defines an area on the page for graphics.

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Syntax

EgwM(or Mx/My),I,R;X,Y,Sx,SyL
gw
M or
Mx/My

The instruction for graphic
separate the variables.

window.

Commas

The degree of magnification. Mx represents
magnification in the horizontal or x-direction; My
represents magnification in the vertical or ydirection.
If only one value for M is entered,
magnification is the same for both directions.

then

0 or 1

No magnification

Window size on the printed page appears
twice its actual size.

Window size on the printed page appears
four times its actual size.

For example, 2/4 indicates that the window size is
to appear doubled in the horizontal direction and
quadrupled in the vertical direction.
I

;

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The type of graphics data the window will contain.
Also indicates whether the image will be printed as
is, or if it will be reversed.
0

Raster data

Reversed raster data

Vector or macro data

Reversed vector or macro data

The factor for rotation in the current orientation.
0

No rotation

32oC (90oF) counterclockwise

180o counterclockwise

270o counterclockwise

The semicolon is required. If it is omitted, the
command is ignored.

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More

X,Y

The origin of the graphic window. X is the distance
along the page’s x-axis from the page’s origin to
the graphic window’s origin. Y is the distance
along the page’s y-axis from the page origin to the
graphic window origin.

Sx,Sy

The size of the graphic window, in the horizontal
and vertical directions, respectively. Sx is the
number of pixels making up the size in the
horizontal direction, measured from the graphic
window origin. Sy is the number of pixels making
up the size in the vertical direction, measured from
the graphic window origin.

Line end.

At any place within the document where graphics are desired.
Fields before the semicolon in the command are optional; fields
after it are required. Thus, you could leave the M , I and R fields
blank; the printer will still create a window based on the values
entered for X,Y,Sx,Sy. If you enter a value for R, but none for M
and I, then commas must be inserted in place of M and I. The
command for such a window looks like this if 180o rotation is
chosen:
Egw,,2;900,3000,600,450L

Example

To create a graphic window:
•

With no magnification

•

Filled with vector commands

•

Whose origin is located 900 pixels on the x-axis, 3000 pixels
on the y-axis from the origin of the page

•

Measuring from its own origin, 600 pixels along its x-axis,
450 pixels on its y-axis,

Enter:
Egw1,2;900,3000,600,450L

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Figure 2-20.

A graphic window on a page

Note:
A 4046 laser printer requires an XGRAPH cartridge to
match the rotated image on the 4213 laser printer.

More about graphic windows
Page capacity for graphic windows
The size of a graphic window depends on the amount of
memory installed in the printer.
The largest graphic window can be up to one half the available
memory. Only one window at a time can be stored.
Large amounts of graphics and fonts together on the same page
can slow the printer’s performance. For information on total page
capacity, see, “How the printer defines a page.“
You can use memory more effectively by creating smaller
windows, then magnifying them to appear larger on the page
(with lower resolution).

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More about magnification
Graphic images can be magnified in two ways:
•

Proportionally

•

Anamorphically.

An image magnified proportionally looks the same as its original,
except that it is larger and has lower resolution. The image has
been magnified by the same amount in both the x- and ydirections.
An image magnified anamorphically is larger in one direction—
either x or y.
Magnification and resolution
Magnifying an image decreases its resolution by an equal
amount. In other words, an image that has been doubled will
have half the normal resolution. Images in an unmagnified
window contain 300 pixels per inch. When the window contents
are doubled, the images have 150 pixels per inch and the dots
are doubled in size. Figure 2-21 illustrates the difference in
resolution.
Figure 2-21.

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Magnification and window placement
When a graphic window is magnified, it is expanded downward
and to the right from the graphic window origin. To keep the
magnified window from expanding off the page, place the
window origin so that it is near the upper left hand corner of the
page.
You can also determine placement of the magnified window by
multiplying the magnification number (2 or 4) by the window’s
size in the x- and y-directions, then measuring from the origin
downward for the y-dimension and to the left for the xdimension.
For example, in the landscape page in figure 2-22, your origin is
1300, 1200 for a window that is 450 pixels in the x-direction and
1100 pixels in the y-direction. If this window is magnified by 2,
the final size of the printed graphic is 900 pixels by 2200 pixels.
At its current position, the graphic will print off the bottom edge
of the page.
The solution is to move the window origin up. Moving the
window 950 pixels up places the bottom edge of the window
along the bottom edge of the paper. Adding a margin of 50
pixels results in a new origin of 300,1200. (See figure 2-22.)
Figure 2-22.

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Reversing images
Figure 2-23 illustrates how the printer reverses a graphic image
when instructed within the Graphic Window command.
Figure 2-23.

Normal printing and reversed printing.

Rotating images
Figure 2-24 illustrates how the printer rotates a graphic window
and its contents if so instructed within the Graphic Window
command. Notice how rotation affects graphic window
positioning and how images look when rotated 90 degrees, 180
degrees and 270 degrees. Rotation is counterclockwise. The
window origin remains the same.

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Figure 2-24.

Graphic window rotation

Graphic commands and the current text position
If you do not specify coordinates for a graphic window origin
within the graphic window command, the printer will use the
current text position, that is, wherever the next character of text
would be, as a default point for the graphic window origin.
(Otherwise, text positioning and graphic window positioning are
independent from one another.)
If you place a graphic window at the current text position on a
page and add a paragraph to text above the graphic window, the
window moves down automatically. The current text position is
not affected by the creation of a graphic window. If you start
entering text after creating a graphic window, the characters will
begin printing after the last position in which text was entered on
the page. Figure 2-25 gives an example of the graphic window
relative to the current text position.

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Figure 2-25. Current text position
Text before graphic window. Text after.

Note:
You may want to use the Text Placement Absolute and
Text Placement Relative commands (see “About page formatting
features“) for placing text on a page with a large number of
graphics.

Graphic commands and the current graphic position
The current graphic position may be defined as the set of x- and
y-coordinates for the last graphic image created on the page.
These coordinates in either the Graphic Line or the Graphic Box
command will update the current graphic position.

Copying graphic windows
Once you have defined a graphic window, it can be copied
elsewhere on the page. Graphic windows are copied with the
Graphic Window Repeat command.
A copied graphic window has exactly the same characteristics as
the original. If it is a stored window, its contents may be
magnified, reversed, or added to, but cannot be rotated.
After a graphic window has been defined and copied on the
same page before being printed, any new data entered into the
original window also appears in the duplicate window when the
document is printed.
The coordinates you set in the Graphic Window Repeat
command define the origin of the first copy, then the origins of
any other copies of that window. You may set coordinates for
multiple copies of a window with a single Graphic Window
Repeat command. Each set of x- and y-coordinates in the
command defines an origin for a copied window.

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Note:
On the
4213 laser printer, the number of copied
windows is limited by memory unless you are operating in full bit
map mode.

Graphic Window Repeat
Purpose

Copies a graphic window and places it on the page.

Syntax

EgrM(or Mx/My),I;X1,Y1,Xn,YnL
gr

Instruction to copy a graphic window.

M or
Mx/My

The degree of magnification for the duplicate
window. Mx is horizontal magnification; My, vertical
magnification.
0 or 1
2
4

No magnification
Duplicate window size doubled
Duplicate window size quadrupled

The type of graphics data contained in the
window. Also, whether the contents will be
reversed.
Graphics data in a duplicate window can be
changed from regular to reversed or vice versa. In
other words, raster data can be changed to
reversed raster data.
0
1
2
3

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Raster data
Reversed raster data
Vector or macro data
Reversed vector or macro data

;

The semicolon is required. If it is missing, the
command is ignored. Commas separate the other
variables.

X,Y

The origin of the duplicate window. X is the
distance along the x-axis of the page to the
duplicate window origin. Y is the distance along
the y-axis of the page to the duplicate window
origin.

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Where to place it
Example

Xn,Yn

Origins of other duplicate windows if more than
one is to be made on the page. Xn is the distance
along the x-axis of the page to the duplicate
window origin. Yn is the distance along the y-axis
of the page to the duplicate window origin.

Line end.

Wherever you want a duplicate of a window.
In figure 2-26, the window that was defined in the example for
the Graphic Window command (refer to figure 2-20) is copied to
another location on the same page. This is the command that
defined the original window:
Egw1,2;900,3000,600,450L
To copy this window with the following changes:
•

Change the vector data to reversed vector data

•

Duplicate it on the same page at the coordinates 900, 1500.

Enter:
Egr0,3;900,1500L
Note:
The Graphic Window Repeat command is not supported
within a Merge Page Load (E+M) job.

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Figure 2-26.

A graphic window copied at another location on
the page

Creating graphic images
The commands for creating graphic images are:
•
•
•
•
•

Graphic Line
Graphic Arc
Graphic Box
Graphic Fill
Graphic Pie Chart.

All must be created within a graphic window, which means a
Graphic Window command must precede them in the job.
All measurements for the commands are in pixels, unless
otherwise indicated.

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For the X and Y variables in the commands, any number from
minus 16,000 to 16,000 may be specified. Negative and positive
numbers outside window boundaries are acceptable, but only
the segment of the image within the window will print.
When a number for X is missing in a command, the printer uses
the x-coordinate from the current graphic position. When a
number for Y is missing, the printer uses the y-coordinate from
the current graphic position.
Each command includes a variable for the line thickness of the
image drawn. The maximum line thickness for a graphic image is
15 pixels; even if you enter a larger number, the line prints 15
pixels thick and no error is reported. If no variable for thickness
is entered in the command, the printer uses three pixels as a
default.
If a line thickness of zero is entered, no image prints; however,
the current graphic position changes to the last set of x- and ycoordinates entered.

Graphic Line
Purpose

Draws lines between any two points within the graphic window.

Syntax

EglT;X1,Y1,X2,Y2,Xn,YnL
gl

The instruction to draw a graphic line.

The thickness of the line. The maximum value is
16. No error message is generated if a greater
value is entered.

;

The semicolon is required. If it is omitted, the
command is ignored. Commas separate the other
variables.

X1,Y1

The coordinates of the first point in the line. X is
the horizontal distance, from the left edge of the
graphic window. Y is the vertical distance, from the
top edge of the graphic window.

X2,Y2

The coordinates of the second point in the line.

Xn,Yn

The coordinates of the next point in the line.

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You can have as many sets of coordinates for a line as desired.
If the value for X1 is omitted, the printer uses the x-coordinate
from the current graphic position. If this line is the first graphic
image drawn in the window, the x-coordinate of the window
origin is substituted for the x-value.
If the value for Y1 is omitted, the printer substitutes the ycoordinate from the current graphic position. If this line is the
first graphic drawn in the window, the y-coordinate of the
window origin is used as the y-value.
If the value for X2 is omitted, the printer repeats the first xcoordinate, X1. For all succeeding coordinates, the x-coordinate
of the preceding point is used as a default if a new value is
missing.
If the value for Y2 is omitted, the printer repeats the first ycoordinate, Y1. For all succeeding coordinates, the y-coordinate
of the preceding point is used as a default if a new value is
missing.

Example

To create the line in figure 2-27 which is five pixels thick and
draws four lines between five pair of coordinates, enter:
Egl5;150,1050,300,600,600,975,900,525,1200,1050L

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Figure 2-27.

A graphic line drawn inside a graphic window

Graphic Arc
Purpose

Draws arcs and circles within the graphic window (figure 2-28).

Syntax

EgaT;X,Y,r,S1,E1,Sn,EnL
ga

The instruction for a graphic arc.

Line thickness of the figure. This number can not
exceed one half the radius.

;

The semicolon is required. If omitted, the
command is ignored. Commas separate the other
variables.

X,Y

The coordinates for the centre of the arc. X is the
horizontal distance from the left edge of the
graphic window to the centre point. Y is the
vertical distance from the top edge of the graphic
window to the centre point.

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The radius of the arc.

The starting point of the arc, expressed in degrees
on
a
circle.
The
printer
draws
in
a
counterclockwise direction.

The ending point of the arc, expressed in degrees.

Sn,En

Additional pairs of starting and ending angle
degrees, as many as desired. If either point is
missing from the pair, the other is ignored and an
error message appears on the Summary Sheet. The
starting degree cannot be the same as the ending
degree. Degrees must be positive, whole numbers.

Line end.

Figure 2-28.

Arcs

If the degree of either the starting angle Sn or the ending angle
En is missing, the printer ignores the command. If neither a
starting nor an ending degree is indicated, the printer draws a
complete circle.

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Example

To create the four arcs in figure 2-29 with the following
specifications:
•

Drawn with a line 13 pixels thick

•

Having the same centre point, at coordinates 375, 375 in the
graphic window

•

With a radius of 225 pixels

•

Drawn as follows:
—
—
—
—

Arc 1 from 45 degrees to 135 degrees
Arc 2 from 155 degrees to 205 degrees
Arc 3 from 225 degrees to 315 degrees
Arc 4 from 335 degrees to 25 degrees.

Enter:
Ega13;375, 375, 225, 45,135, 155,205, 225,315, 335,25L
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Graphic Box
Purpose

Draws a rectangle by defining two sets of right angles. Two
coordinates define the diagonal corners. The printer then fills in
the vertical and horizontal lines for the top, bottom, and sides.

Syntax

EgbT;X1,Y1,X2,Y2L
gb

Instruction to create a graphic box.

Line thickness of the figure. The maximum value
is 16 pixels. No error message is generated if a
greater value is entered.
The width is distributed equally on the inside and
outside of the box. The 4213 adjusts the width if
it cannot be distributed equally.

;

The semicolon is required. If it is omitted, the
command is ignored. Commas separate the other
variables.

X1,Y1

The coordinates of the first of two points that
make up diagonally opposite corners. X1 is the
horizontal distance from the left edge of the
graphic window. Y1 is the vertical distance from
the top edge of the graphic window.

X2,Y2

The coordinates of the second of two points.

Line end.

If a value for X1 is omitted, the printer will use the x-coordinate
from the current graphic position. If this box is the first graphic
drawn in the window, the x-coordinate of the window origin is
substituted as the x-value of the corner.
If a value for Y1 is omitted, the printer will use the y-coordinate
from the current graphic position. If this box is the first graphic
drawn in the window, the y-coordinate of the window origin is
substituted as the y-value of the corner.

Example

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To create the box in figure 2-30:
•

Drawn with a line seven pixels thick

•

The coordinates of one corner set at 75,225 in the graphic
window

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The diagonal opposite coordinates set at 525,675 within the
graphic window

Enter:
Egb7;75,225, 525,625L
Figure 2-30. A graphic box within a window

Graphic Fill
Purpose

Fills a closed graphic figure with a pattern. The pattern can be
one of the predefined patterns in figure 2-31, or can be created
by the user.

Syntax

EgfP;X,Y,Xn,YnL
gf

The instruction for a fill pattern.

Indicates the pattern selection.
0
2-17

User defined pattern
One of the predefined patterns in figure 231

;

The semicolon is required before the next set of
variables. If the semicolon is missing, the
command is ignored. Commas separate the other
variables.

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X,Y

Indicates the starting point or seed point of the fill
patterns. X is the horizontal distance in pixels from
the window’s origin to the seed point. Y is the
vertical distance in pixels from the window origin
to the seed point.

Xn,Yn

Indicates the next seed point for this fill pattern. If
you are using a predefined pattern, you may
specify as many seed points in one command as
desired. With a user-defined pattern, only one
seed point can be specified per command.

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Figure 2-31.

Example

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Predefined fill patterns

Figure 2-32 is created in the following manner:
•

A graphic window is defined with the Graphic Window
command. It is 300 by 300 pixels.

•

A rectangle with Graphic Box. At 297 pixels square, it nearly
fills the window.

•

A line with Graphic Line. It consists of five segments between
six pair of coordinates.

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The last command, Graphic Fill, selects pattern 7 and defines
one seed point in the closed figure made by the line and two
sides of the rectangle. Shown in the figure is the seed point
location, at coordinates 170,250.

Egw1,2;,,300,300L
Egb5;3,3,297,297L
Egl;3,3,100,250,150,200,200,200,250,150,297,297L
Egf7;170,250L
Figure 2-32.

Fill pattern bounded by a graphic figure

If 0 for a user-defined pattern is entered for P, the fill pattern
data is entered after the line end of the Graphic Fill command.
User-defined data must be sixel encoded. Refer to appendix C
for information on sixel encoding.
You cannot fill an area with more than one pattern.
A fill must start in a closed figure, that is, one surrounded by
printed lines. However, the edge of the window can also serve as
a boundary for a fill.
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Nongraphic line commands (Line Draw X and Line Draw Y)
cannot contain fill patterns even when defined within the
boundaries of a graphic window. Notice in figure 2-33 that the
pattern is contained only at the boundaries of the closed graphic
images.
Example

Figure 2-33 is created in the following manner:
•

A graphic window is defined with the Graphic Window
command.

•

Line Draw X and Line Draw Y commands create the inner
rectangle. This is a nongraphic image.

•

A circle is drawn with the Graphic Arc command.

•

A line is drawn through the circle with Graphic Line
command. Note that it is defined so that it breaks as it
passes through the circle.

•

The outside rectangle is drawn with Graphic Box.

•

The Graphic Fill command selects pattern 17 and defines one
seed point between the inside of the graphic box and the
outside of the graphic circle.

Egw,2;500,3000,700,700L
Ex553,2947,594,3L
Ex553,2350,594,3L
Ey553,2350,597,3L
Ey1147,2350,597,3L
Ega5;350,350,100,0,360L
Egl5;350,3,350,250L
Egl15;350,450,350,697L
Egb5;3,3,697,697L
Egf17;150,150L

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Figure 2-33.

A fill pattern between the boundaries of two
graphic images, a circle and a rectangle

Graphic Pie Chart
Purpose

Creates a complete pie chart, including fill patterns. You can also
offset single “slices“ from the rest of the pie chart.

Syntax

EgpT;X,Y,r,%1/F1/O1,%n/Fn/OnL
gp

The instruction for a pie chart.

Line thickness of the figure. Line thickness should
not be greater than 1/2 the radius, otherwise
unexpected results may occur.

;

The semicolon is required. If it is omitted, the
command is ignored. Commas separate the other
variables.

X,Y

The centre point of the pie chart. X is the
horizontal distance from the window origin to the
centre point. Y is the vertical distance from the
window origin to the centre point.

The radius of the pie chart.

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The percent of the pie to be taken up by the first
pie slice. The total of all percentages must add up
to 100.

A slash separates this percentage from the fill
pattern number and offset value. Both the fill
pattern and offset value are optional.

The number of the fill pattern selection (refer to
Graphic Fill).

The offset value, if the slice is to be offset from
the centre; the distance from the centre point of
the pie to the narrowest point in the pie slice.

%n/Fn/On

Parameters for all remaining pie slices: percentage,
fill pattern, and offset value, respectively.

Line end.

As with the graphic arc, the pie is drawn in a counterclockwise
direction.
Remember that the slices are defined in percentages, not angles.
Percentages must total 100%.
If the sum of the pie slice is less than 100%, the pie is not
closed. If the sum of the pie is greater than 100%, all slices
above 100%, whether whole or partial, are ignored, and the pie
is not closed. An error message appears on the Summary Sheet.

Note
Example

It is not recommended to use zero as a percentage.
To create the pie chart in figure 2-34:
•

Drawn with a line five pixels thick

•

At coordinates 450,450 in the graphic window

•

With a radius of 285 pixels

•

Consisting of five slices:
— Slice 1 is 20% and is filled with pattern 10; it is offset by
10 pixels.
— Slice 2 is 30% and is filled with pattern 13; it is offset by
10 pixels.
— Slice 3 is 10% and is filled with pattern 2; it is offset by
50 pixels.

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— Slice 4 is 15 % and is filled with pattern 12; it is offset by
10 pixels.
— Slice 5 is 25% and is filled with pattern 17; it is offset by
10 pixels.
Enter:
Egp5;450,450,285,20/10,30/13/10,10/2/50,15/12/ 10,25/17/10L
Figure 2-34.

Creating a pie chart

More about Graphic Pie Chart
When creating a pie slice, the printer subtracts the line thickness
of the figure from its radius, then uses the remainder as the
location of the seed point.
For example, in Figure 2-34, the line thickness of the figure is five
pixels. Five pixels is subtracted from the radius. This is the seed
point for the fill pattern.

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The purpose of the data monitor
The data monitor is a data analysing tool used by the system
manager or Xerox representative. It prints the hexadecimal values
of incoming character codes and is invoked either by the Data
Monitor command or through the Diagnostics menu.
The data monitor may be used to:
Check for correct printer command syntax
Check the integrity of the data files
Check the integrity of font and graphics data.

•
•
•

Note: A data monitor will not print on size A5 paper.

Data Monitor
Purpose

Syntax

Prints the hexadecimal codes representing all characters received
by the printer. Allows the user to analyse data being sent from
the host.

E+D
+D

Where to place it
More

Instruction to print job contents in hexadecimal values.

Immediately before the document data that is to be printed in
hexadecimal.
Once the Data Monitor command is entered, it continues to
print in hexadecimal code until a Reset command is entered.
Figure 2-35.

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Figure 2-36.

Close up of data monitor printout

Note the following about the data monitor printout:
•

The characters printed on the right half of the printout are
either ISO or EBCDIC characters. The data monitor always
uses the translation table for EBCDIC data, regardless of the
language selected. If ASCII encoding is selected, ISO
characters are printed.

•

The Page number refers to the pages of the printout, not of
the transmitted job.

(Those in figures 2-35 and 2-36 are ISO).
See the Xerox 4213 User Guide, Diagnostics chapter for more
information on using the data monitor.

Character codes on the Xerox 4213
For the printer to print the characters in a font, each character is
assigned a hexadecimal code. The code assigned to a character
may vary, according to the data encoding system (ASCII,
EBCDIC, or ISO), the language selection, and the characters
available in the font selected.
When the host sends the printer a hexadecimal code for a
character, the printer knows which character to print because of
the assigned table linking the code to each character.

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This section discusses the data encoding systems, or coding
schemes, supported on the 4213 printer, how to load a table of
characters using the Character Reassignment command, and how
to switch from one table to another using the Language
command.
The actual language code mappings are found in Appendix A.
Other tables needed for character assignments are in appendix
D, “Reference tables.”

Supported coding schemes
Tables D-2, D-3, and D-4 in appendix D list the coding schemes
supported by the 4213 printer: ASCII, ISO, and EBCDIC. The ISO
coding scheme has been derived by the International
Organisation for Standardisation and is intended for use in
international markets. Note that the ASCII code set is essentially
a subset of the ISO set.

Control codes
Table D-1 lists control codes (with hex value less than 20 in ASCII
or ISO; less than 40 in EBCDIC) that are meaningful to the 4213
printer, their most common uses in those environments, and the
ways in which the printer responds to them.

7-bit coding schemes
Non-EBCDIC hosts may transmit 7-bit codes to the 4213 printer;
however, 7-bit coding schemes are normally unable to invoke
font characters whose assigned code has a value greater than
7FH (the primary code set). Most fonts have some characters
within the range 80H to FFH (the secondary code set).
Multinational character mapping uses characters in the range 80H
to FFH to construct a language specific, 7-bit mapping table that
includes all standard national language characters.

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The Special Table
The Special Table is a translation table that has been designed
especially for users operating in an IBM 3274 coaxial connection
environment. It can be selected using the Language command
(selecting language G).
Note: The Special Table does not recognise control codes (i.e.,
hexadecimal values less than EBCDIC 40H) or the space character
(EBCDIC 40H). These codes must be reassigned to a valid value
in the table before they can be used.
Do not select the Special Table for systems using the ASCII
encoding.
The Special Table provides 91 codes for symbols, plus the
following predefined codes:
EBCDIC 4AH yields ASCII OCH (FF)
EBCDIC 5FH yields ASCII 15H (NL); may be used in place of
(CR) and (LF) or line end.
EBCDIC 6AH yields ASCII 1BH (ESC)
EBCDIC 79H yields ASCII 20H (space)

User defined translation tables
A user defined code assignment table can be created and
downloaded to the printer, where it remains available as an
alternate language selection (language H in the Language
command).

Translation table structure
A downloaded translation table, which is created with the
Character Reassignment command, has three parts:
•

The table load initiator, which is the E+T,L part of the
command. It signals to the printer that the data following it is
a character table data.

•

The table data record or records. This part of the command
contains the actual code assignment data. The data may be
sent as one long record, or as a series of records.

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•

The table load terminator, which is the XL part of the
command. It signals to the printer that all data records have
been sent.

More about the table data record
The data record tells the printer how a new table is to translate
incoming data. The format of the table data is very specific and
must be followed carefully. The data may be grouped either in
one long record or in a series of records.
Each record consists of six elements:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

The start-of-record indicator
The record-type indicator
Byte count
Load address
Table entries
Record terminator.

Note: In the descriptions that follow, hexadecimal values are
expressed as two alphanumeric characters followed by H. For
example, if a field contains a hexadecimal value with a length of
two bytes, the field will consist of the two characters used to
represent that value as typed at the keyboard. Where
alphanumeric characters are indicated, they are enclosed in
double quotes, for example “OB”.
1. The start-of-record indicator
This is always the letter “S.”
2. The record-type indicator
This is a “2,” “3,” or “4.” Each number has a significance:

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2 alters the U.S. English table for use with any non-ISO font
when language H has been specified. (Language H is
specified automatically upon completion of the Table
download.)

•

3 and 4 alter only the ISO table. The ISO table serves as a
base for both ASCII and EBCDIC multinational mappings.

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3. Byte count
This is one half the number of bytes (characters) in the remainder
of the record, including the load address and the two “F”s at the
end. Each character in the record represents a four bit
hexadecimal value and is always two bytes long.
4. Load address
This is the first hex location to be altered, multiplied by two, and
is always four characters long.
For example, if the first location to be altered is 40H, the value
to be entered as the load address is “0080”. Two leading 0s have
been added to produce four characters.
Entry 1 of the table data applies to this location. The printer
assumes that all subsequent entries apply to successive hex
values. For example, if the load address is 5BH, entry 1 will be
applied to hex location 5BH, entry 2 will be applied to hex
location 5CH, entry 3 will be applied to hex location 5DH, and
so on.
Table D-8 lists hexadecimal values multiplied by two.
5. Table entries
The table data consists of a series of four character entries, one
for each location from the load address to the last location to be
altered. Intervening locations which do not need to be altered
must be included. This is done simply by reassigning their normal
hex value; for example, by assigning 7BH to hex location 7BH.
The four characters include the following information:
•

The first two characters are the new hex value being assigned
to the current location.
For example, suppose that the Japanese yen sign (A5H) is to
be printed from an ISO font. Suppose also that the backslash
(5CH) is not needed. A downloaded table can be used to
assign the hex value A5H to location 5CH. If 5CH were the
first table location, A5H would be the first two bytes of entry
1 in the table data.

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The second two characters of each entry are the hex location
of a floating accent character to be printed along with the
character specified by the first two bytes. Only the value
from column C should be included. The printer automatically
selects an accent from column 8 or C, depending on the
height of the character with which it is associated. If no
floating accent is needed, two 0s should be included here.

•

For another example, suppose there is no math font in the
printer, and the symbol “<” is to be printed. A table could be
created that prints the less than sign (<, 3CH) along with the
floating underscore character (_, CCH). Suppose you are willing
to sacrifice the ampersand (&, 26H). The four byte entry for
location 26 would be 3CCCH. Now, if you invoke the
downloaded table and send 26H, the printer will print <.
6. Record terminator
The last two characters of every record are the characters “FF”.
These two bytes must be included in the byte count at the
beginning of the record.

Character Reassignment
Purpose

Transmits new character assignments from the host to storage on
the printer. This table can then be accessed with the Language
command.

Syntax

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E+T,commentLdata record L
+T

Instruction to start loading character table data.

Optional request for a job Summary Sheet.

comment

Optional comment on a job Summary Sheet.

Line end.

data record

A sample record is provided in the example below.
The data record is discussed in detail in the
preceding section, “More about the table data
record.”

Line end.

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Where to place it
Example

At the start of the job.
To move the % symbol from its current hex location of 25H to a
new location at 7EH, enter:
E+T,L
ES40500FC2500FFXL
The data record in this example is summarised below.

A data record always begins with the letter “S”.

4 is used here. The use of other numbers excludes
certain fonts.

Use 05 as the byte count to move one character at
a time.

00FC2500

The data following the byte count consists of the
the hex values of the character or characters being
assigned.

Always put FF at the end of each record. To move
more characters, make additional records.

X and L together terminate table loading and
should be included after the FF in the last record.

The Reset command returns the printer to the default language.

Load Translation Table
Purpose

Loads a special translation table for Laserpage software. This
command performs the same function as the E+T command, but
does not cause a page eject.

Syntax

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Language
Purpose

Switches the printer from the current character table to another
character table.

Syntax

Ezlc
zl

Instruction to change character table.

The table selected:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

Where to place it
Example

U.S. English
U.K. English
French
Dutch
Spanish
Italian
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
German
Swedish
Belgian
French Canadian
Portuguese
Latin American
The Default Language
The Special Table (3274) (Custom Cartridge)
User-defined or downloaded table

At any place in a job at which a new table is desired.
To switch from the current character table to the table for the
Danish language, enter:
Ezl6

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Sample job
Suppose that a site does most of its business with firms in the
United States, so that the U.S. English code mapping, illustrated
in table 2-7, is suitable for most applications, but that it is also
necessary to print the following:
Pound sterling
Yen sign
International
currency symbol
Suppose also that the printing of the following characters can be
sacrificed.
Backslash

\ , 5CH

Spacing circumflex

ˆ , 5EH

Spacing grave

`, 60H

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A custom translation table might be built as follows.
Table 2-7.

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Building the file
First determine the load address of the entry to be included in
the table. The lowest value to be changed is 5CH. Therefore, as
shown in the double hex values listed in table D-8, the load
address for this table is B8. Since the load address must always
be four characters in length, the value to be included as the load
address is “00B8”.
Next, build the entries to be included in the table:
•

The first entry, at location 5C, is to contain the pound sign in
the altered table. The pound sterling sign is found in the ISO
table at location A3. Since it is not to be associated with an
accent character, the first entry is “A300”.

•

The second entry falls at location 5D. Since this location is
not to be changed, the entry here is “5D00”.

•

The third entry falls at 5E. This location is to be changed to
the yen sign, which is found in the ISO table at location A5.
It is not to be associated with an accent, so the third entry is
“A500”.

•

The fourth entry, at 5F, is not to be changed: “5F00”.

•

The fifth entry, at 60, is to be changed to the international
currency symbol, from location A8 in the ISO table. The fifth
entry is “A800”.

Thus far, including the load address and the five entries, the table
record consists of the following characters:
00B8A3005D00A5005F00A800
Adding two “F”s to the end of the record yields:
00B8A3005D00A5005F00A800FF
It is now possible to determine the byte count to be included in
the record: one load address (four characters), plus five 4character entries, plus two “F”s yields:
4 + (5 X 4) + 2 = 26
The byte count is one half the actual number of characters in the
record and must be expressed as a hexadecimal value (26 ÷ 2
= 13). Table D-7 provides a decimal to hex equivalence table
that shows that decimal 13 equals decimal 0D. Now the record
contains the following characters:
0D00B8A3005D00A5005F00A800FF

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The last determination to be made is the record type. Since ISO
characters are to be used in this table, either “3” or “4” is
appropriate. The entire file then becomes:
E+TL
S40D00B8A3005D00A5005F00A800FFL

The components of this table record are shown in figure 2-37.
Figure 2-37.

Completed table download record

Invoking the base table
Before sending the table data file to the printer, ensure to invoke
the mapping table that is to serve as the base table.
When the printer receives the Character Reassignment command,
it creates a new table by laying the new data over the mapping
table that is currently in effect. Locations not specified in the
table data remain the same in the new table as in the original
table over which it was laid. (See figure 2-38.) In this example,
the new data in the example discussed above is laid over the
U.S. English table. The new table is illustrated in table 2-8.

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Figure 2-38.

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Table 2-8.

2-120

Customised mapping table (U.S. English code)

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More about creating tables
The following are important points to remember about creating
tables:
•

New tables are created by overlaying other tables; always
invoke the base table before transmitting new table data to
the printer.

•

The table data may consist of one or more records.

•

The record-type indicator must be selected carefully to avoid
changing the wrong tables in the system.

•

The load address is always doubled.

•

The following locations are assigned to control codes, to
frequently used alphanumeric characters, and to characters
used in printer command language. It is recommended that
these locations not be changed:
— Any control code location (less than 20H in ISO or ASCII,
or less than 40H in EBCDIC)
— ISO 30H to 39H (numerals 0 to 9), EBCDIC F0H to F9H
— ISO 41H to 5AH (letters A to Z), EBCDIC C1H to C9H,
D1H to D9H, and E2H to E9H
— To 89H, 91H to 99H, and A2H to A9H
— ISO 20H, EBCDIC 40H—space character
— ISO 2BH, EBCDIC 4EH—plus sign (+)
— ISO 2CH, EBCDIC 6BH—comma (,)
— ISO 3D, EBCDIC 7EH—equals sign (=)
— ISO 24H, EBCDIC 5BH—dollar sign ($).

•

Each record must be terminated with two “F”s.

The new table remains in the system and can be selected with
the Language command. The new table becomes language H.

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LJ series 2D emulation

The LJ2D emulation can accept fonts from a variety of sources.
Some fonts are built into the 4213 printer. Others may be
accessed from a cartridge or downloaded from a file.
This
chapter describes fonts and the font handling capabilities of the
LJ2D emulation and covers the following topics:
•
•
•
•
•

Font compatibility
Primary and secondary fonts
Font characteristics
Font selection
Resident fonts.

Font compatibility
The LJ2D emulation accepts Soft Fonts designed for the HP
LaserJet, HP LaserJet +, and HP LaserJet II printers. These fonts
may be supplied by Rank Xerox or third-party vendors.
The 4213 LJ2D emulation is also capable of using fonts stored in
Xerox 4213 font cartridges. These cartridges may hold up to one
megabyte of fonts but are not physically compatible with LaserJet
font cartridges.
Rank Xerox supplies a range of 4213 font
cartridges which provide the same features as the HP LaserJet
font cartridges.
Although fonts used in the LJ2D emulation are comparable to the
HP LaserJet fonts, there may be some variance in appearance
between characters from different sources.

Primary and secondary fonts
The LJ2D emulation allows the user to select two fonts, a primary
and a secondary font, and switch between them.

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Most font commands have two versions, one for the primary font
and another for the secondary font. Once selected, it is possible
to switch between them using the single-byte control codes Shift
In (SI) (hexadecimal 0F, decimal 15) and Shift Out (SO)
(hexadecimal 0E, decimal 14).
The primary font is the default font.

Font characteristics
A font is a set of printable characters that have common features:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Orientation
Symbol set
Font source
Spacing.
Pitch
Height
Style
Stroke weight
Typeface.

Orientation
The orientation of a font defines whether the font characters are
printed parallel to the short edge of the paper (portrait
orientation) or the long edge (landscape orientation).
Note:
The Printer Status Sheet identifies the fonts by their
orientation. Choosing a portrait font automatically causes the
printer to print in portrait orientation; landscape fonts function
likewise.
Text orientations cannot be mixed in the LJ series 2D emulation.
Therefore once the orientation is selected, only fonts of that
orientation may be printed on a single page. The top, left, and
right margins apply to different edges of the paper depending on
whether portrait or landscape orientation is selected.
Selecting the orientation of a font also affects the coordinate
system used to describe a particular point on the page, as shown
in figures 3-1 and 3-2.

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Figure 3-1.

Portrait orientation page layout (y,x)

Figure 3-2.

Landscape orientation page layout (x,y)

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Symbol set
The symbol set defines the characters available in a font and the
numeric values with which they are associated. Symbol sets are
designed for different languages and applications where special
characters are required.
Each font matches a specific symbol set. Therefore, for a font to
be available in more than one symbol set, there must be a
separate version of the font in the printer for each symbol set.

Font source
The Printer Status Sheet identifies a font as coming from the
following sources:
•
•
•
•

Resident, including the internal Laser Jet II ‘F’ cartridge
The left cartridge slot
The right cartridge slot
Downloaded as a Hewlett-Packard Soft Font.

Spacing
Spacing indicates whether a font is proportionally spaced
fixed pitch. Characters in a proportionally-spaced font
varying widths (e.g., the letter “i” takes up less space on
than the letter “m.”). Fixed-pitch characters, on the other
occupy all the same amount of space.

or of
have
a line
hand,

Pitch
Pitch specifies the number of characters per inch (cpi) printed by
a fixed-pitch font. The pitch characteristic has no bearing on
proportionally-spaced fonts.

Height
The height of a font is measured in points (1/72nd of an inch)
from the lowest descender to the top of the highest character
(excluding accents).

Style
Style refers to whether characters are upright or italic.

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Stroke weight
The stroke weight determines the degree of darkness of the font.
This can vary from ultra thin to ultra black, with seven grades of
shading, medium being the normal stroke weight. Most
applications use two stroke weights: medium and bold.

Typeface
A typeface can be defined as the specific design of a set of font
characters. Characters of a given typeface share a similar style.

Font selection
You may select fonts either by their characteristics or by using a
font ID number. All font selection commands have two forms,
one for the primary font and one for the secondary font.
Font select commands are listed later under ”PCL4 command
reference.”

Font selection by characteristics
The user selects fonts according to their characteristics. The
printer follows a “best fit” system to search for the font which
most closely matches the one requested. The characteristics for
font selection are listed in order of priority:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Symbol set
Spacing
Pitch
Height
Style
Stroke weight
Typeface
Soft font with the lowest ID number
Left cartridge
Right cartridge
Internal font orientation.

If you select landscape orientation and only one landscape font is
available, that font will be used regardless of the other
characteristics.

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If more than one font matches the request after the printer
compares all characteristics, it chooses the font based on its
source: Downloaded fonts are chosen first, with lower font ID
numbers superseding the higher ones. If no downloaded font
matches, the printer examines the cartridge fonts and, finally, the
internal fonts.

Font selection by ID
When downloading fonts from a host computer, you must assign
an ID number with the Font ID command (E *c#D). A font can
be referenced later with the command Font Selection by ID (E
(#X).
The Font Selection by ID command is not suitable for use in
multi-user environments where other users may delete
downloaded fonts. In this case, users are encouraged to select
all fonts by font characteristics.
Font assignment numbers on downloaded fonts may or may not
be consecutive. The numbers are only meant to be identifiers
and a gap does not imply anything is missing.

Resident fonts
The LJ2D emulation supports a number of typefaces and symbol
sets. Table 3-1 shows the 7 built-in fonts which resemble the
resident fonts in a LJ2D printer.
The internal fonts are Courier, Courier Bold, and Line Printer in
portrait mode.

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Table 3-1.

Resident LJII fonts

Typeface

Weight

Style

Point

Pitch

Symbols

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

Roman 8

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

ECMA-94

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

PC-8

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

PC-8 (D/N)

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

PC-850

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

Legal

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

Roman 8

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

ECMA-94

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

PC-8

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

PC-8 (D/N)

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

PC-850

Courier

Medium (0)

Upright

Legal

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

Roman 8

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

ECMA-94

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

PC-8

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

PC-8 (D/N)

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

PC-850

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

Legal

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

Roman 8

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

ECMA-9

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

PC-8

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

PC-8 (D/N)

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Table 3-1.

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Typeface

Weight

Style

Point

Pitch

Symbols

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

PC-850

Courier

Medium (0)

Italic

Legal

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

Roman 8

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

ECMA-9

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

PC-8

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

PC-8 (D/N)

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

PC-850

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

Legal

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

Roman 8

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

ECMA-9

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

PC-8

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

PC-8 (D/N)

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

PC-850

Courier

Bold (3)

Upright

Legal

LinePrinter

Medium (0)

Upright

8.5

16.66

Roman 8

LinePrinter

Medium (0)

Upright

8.5

16.66

ECMA-9

LinePrinter

Medium (0)

Upright

8.5

16.66

PC-8

LinePrinter

Medium (0)

Upright

8.5

16.66

PC-8 (D/N)

LinePrinter

Medium (0)

Upright

8.5

16.66

PC-850

LinePrinter

Medium (0)

Upright

8.5

16.66

Legal

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Cartridge fonts
Please refer to the Xerox 4213 Laser Printer User Guide for the
cartridges that can be used by the LJ 2D emulation. Cartridges
are listed by part number.
Font cartridges must be installed while the 4213 is powered off.
Font cartridges installed while the printer is on are not
recognised, and may lock up the printer.

PCL4 command structure
The LJ series 2D emulation uses a set of commands similar to the
Printer Command Language (PCL) used to control the HP
LaserJet printers (HP LaserJet, HP LaserJet+, and HP LaserJet
500+, HP Laserjet II and IID).
There are two types of commands:
•
•

Control codes
Escape sequences.

Control codes
Control codes are single-byte commands which perform simple
functions such as backspace, carriage return, line feed, and form
feed.
In most cases control codes are taken from the unprintable part
of the ASCII character set which covers the decimal values from
0 to 31 (hexadecimal 00 to 1F). If a character set includes
printable characters with values below decimal 31, the
Transparent Data command (E &p#X) may be used to access the
characters.
Control codes usually elicit an immediate response from the
printer and do not perform any deferred or preparatory
functions. The only exception is the escape character
(hexadecimal 1B, decimal 27), which is prefixed to a command to
tell the printer that the data which follows is a command to be
executed and not text to be printed.

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Escape sequences
Escape sequences are multi-character commands preceded by
the escape character. Escape sequences may or may not have
parameters.
Escape sequences with parameters
Escape sequences with parameters either access a specific feature
of the printer, such as a font, or transmit variable data such as
margin settings.
These escape sequences are subdivided as
follows:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Escape character
Variable sequence character
Group character
Numeric variable
Parameter character
Final parameter character
Binary data.

Escape sequences without parameters
The escape sequences without parameters perform an action
such as resetting the printer. These commands are typically two
characters long:
escape followed by a character between
hexadecimal 30 and 7E (decimal 48 and 126).
Variable sequence character
The variable sequence character indicates that the escape
sequence contains a parameters with variable data. The variable
sequence character must be in the range of hexadecimal 21—2F
(decimal 33—47).
Group character
The group character determines the type of operation to be
performed by the printer. The group character falls in the range
of hexadecimal 60—7E (decimal 96—126).

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Numeric variable
The numeric variable is a decimal number represented as an
ASCII string. Some commands allow the string to be preceded
by a plus (+) or minus (-) sign, and others allow the number to
include a fractional part after a decimal point represented by the
full stop (.) character. If the numeric variable is not provided, it
is assumed to be zero.
Parameter character
The parameter character indicates the parameter to which the
previous numeric variable applies. The parameter character is
only used when several escape sequences are combined. The
parameter character may be within the range of hexadecimal
60—7E (decimal 96—126), and is a lowercase version of the final
parameter.
Final parameter character
The final parameter character, which also references the previous
numeric variable, is used to end an escape sequence. The final
parameter character is always uppercase.
Table 3-2 summarises the use of parameter and final parameter
characters.

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Table 3-2.

Upper
case

Using parameter and final parameter characters

Lower
case

Sequence

A final parameter in a combination of
escape sequences.

A single escape sequence.
A non-final parameter linking a series of
escape sequences.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Binary data

The binary data is optional eight-bit data which is downloaded
immediately after an escape sequence. The length of the binary
data in bytes is normally specified by the preceding numeric
variable.
Figure 3-3.

Single

Escape

Sequence

Combining escape sequences
Escape sequences may be written in separate strings (figure 3-3)
or linked together for simplicity (figure 3-4). Commands with
variables may be combined if the variable sequence character and
the group character are the same for each command. The
following rules apply:
•

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The escape character, the variable sequence character, and
the group character are omitted from all but the first escape
sequence when sequences are combined.

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•

All alphabetic characters in the combined sequence must be
lowercase except for the last final parameter character which
is uppercase. The characters which would be final parameter
characters in uncombined escape characters are converted to
lowercase and referred to as parameter characters.

•

The commands are interpreted from left to right, so the
leftmost command (starting with escape) is executed first and
the rightmost command (ending with the final parameter
character and optionally binary data) is executed last.

Figure 3-4.

Combined Escape Sequence

PCL4 command reference
This section describes the commands (escape sequences) that
control the 4213 Laser Printer when it emulates the HewlettPackard LaserJet IID printers. The commands, which make up the
“Printer Control Language 4 (PCL4),” are divided into the
following categories:
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•
•
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Job control commands
Page control commands
Cursor positioning commands
Font control commands
Graphics commands
Macros.

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Job control commands
The job control commands affect an entire print job.

Printer Reset
Purpose

Syntax

The Printer Reset command restores the printer to its default
settings. This command deletes any temporary fonts and macros
from memory and prints any data remaining in the printer buffer.
It is recommended to use the Printer Reset command at the
beginning of each job.

E E
Hex
Dec

1B 45
27 69

Number of Copies
Purpose

Syntax

The Number of Copies command causes the 4213 to print a
specified number of copies for each page of data received until
either the number of copies is changed or a Printer Reset
command is issued. This command can be issued anywhere
within a page and acts on the current page and all subsequent
pages.

E &l#X
where # is the number of copies to print between 1 and 99.

Example

To select 10 copies of a single page of document, enter:

E &l10X
Hex
Dec

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1B 26 6C 31 30 58
27 38 108 49 48 88

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1-sided/2-sided
Purpose

The 4213 can print on one side (1-sided) or both sides (2-sided)
of a page.

Syntax

E &l#S
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C # 53
27 38 108 # 83

where # = 0 is 1-sided
# = 1 is 2-sided, long-edge binding
# = 2 is 2-sided, short-edge binding.
2-sided printing is not supported in the LJ Series 2D emulation
when the manual bypass feature is used.

Left Offset Registration
Purpose

This command specifies the position of the logical page across
the width (short side) of the physical page.

Syntax

E &l#U
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C # 55
27 38 108 # 85

is a positive or negative number expressed in
where #
decipoints (1/720th inch) and valid up to four decimal places. A
positive value moves the logical page to the right along the
width of the physical page except on the back side of sheets
printed in long-edge-binding 2-sided mode, where the logical
page moves to the left. A negative value moves the logical page
to the left, except on the back side of sheets printed in longedge-binding 2-sided mode, where it moves to the right.
Notes

•

Page orientation has no effect on this command.

•

The value # represents an absolute move in relation to the
default position of the logical page and not the current
position.

•

Positioning the logical page outside the printable area may
cause loss of data.

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Top Offset Registration
Purpose

This command designates the position of the logical page across
the length (long side) of the physical page.

Syntax

E &l#Z
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C # 5A
27 38 108 # 90

is a positive or negative number expressed in
where #
decipoints (1/720th inch) and valid up to four decimal places. A
positive value moves the logical page down along the length of
the physical page except on the back side of sheets printed in
horizontal-binding 2-sided mode, where the logical page moves
up. A negative value moves the logical page up, except on the
back side of sheets printed in horizontal-binding 2-sided mode,
where it moves down.
Notes

•

Page orientation has no effect on this command.

•

The value # represents an absolute move in relation to the
default position of the logical page and not the current
position.

•

Positioning the logical page outside the printable area may
cause loss of data.

2-sided Page Side Selection
Purpose

Syntax

This command causes the printer to skip a page while printing in
2-sided. If a front or back page is being formatted while the
command is sent to the printer, the printer stops formatting,
ejects the current page, and prints on the side specified by the
value #.

E &a#G
where # = 0 selects the next side
# = 1 selects the front side
# = 2 selects the back side.

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Example

To start printing the first chapter of a document on the front side
of a page, enter the following command:

E &a1G
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 31 47
27 38 97 49 71

Page control commands
The page control commands define the shape and size of the
page.

Paper Source
Purpose

The Paper Source command specifies one of four locations for
paper or prints the current page.

Syntax

E &l#H
where # is one of the values in table 3-3.
Table 3-3.

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Paper source values

Paper Source

Prints the current page

Tray 1 (upper paper tray)

Manual feed slot

Manual envelope feed

Tray 2 (lower paper tray)

Optional envelope feeder

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Example

To feed from the lower tray (2) enter:

E &l4H
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C 34 48
27 38 108 52 72

Page Size
Purpose

The Page Size command determines the physical size of paper,
which sets the limits of the logical page. The top, left, and right
margins are set to the defaults for the size of paper chosen, as is
the text length. Automatic macro overlays are turned off, and
any unprinted data is printed.
If the paper size requested is not available in the paper tray(s), a
message requesting the correct paper tray is displayed on the
printer control panel.

Syntax

E &l#A
where # is one of the paper or envelope sizes in table 3-4.
Note: Envelopes must be fed manually through the feeder.

Example

To print on legal-size paper enter:

E &l3A
Hex
Dec

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1B 26 6C 33 41
27 38 108 51 65

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Table 3-4.

Paper size values

Paper Size

Executive (184 x 267mm) (7.25 x 10.5 inches)

Letter (216 x 279 mm) (8.5 x 11 inches)

Legal (216 x 356 mm) (8.5 x 14 inches)

A4 (210 mm x 297 mm)

Monarch 7 (98 x 191 mm) (3 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Commercial 10 - Business

International DL envelope (110 mm x 220 mm)

International C5 envelope (162 mm x 229 mm)

(105 x 241 mm)
(4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches)

Page Length
Purpose

The Page Length command determines the length of the text
area in lines of text, which in turn defines the physical size of
paper required. The top, left, and right margins are set to the
defaults for the size of paper required. Automatic macro overlays
are turned off, and any unprinted data is printed.
If paper in the size requested is not available in the paper tray(s),
a message requesting the correct paper tray is displayed on the
printer control panel.
If paper requested is available in one of the paper trays on a twotray machine and the paper source is set to automatic, the
correct tray is used automatically.

Syntax

E &l#P
where # is the number of lines on the page based on the
current line spacing. See tables 3-5 and 3-6 for the page length
values applying to some standard paper sizes at six and eight
lines per inch.

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Note: The physical size of paper required to accommodate a
given number of lines on a page will vary depending on the line
spacing.
Table 3-5.

Portrait paper length values

Page size

At 6 lines
per inch

At 8 lines
per inch

Letter

Legal

112

Executive

Table 3-6.

Landscape paper length values

Page size

At 6 lines
per inch

At 8 lines
per inch

Letter

Legal*

----

Executive

* First use 84, as in the example, then change orientations with
the command E &l10.
Example

To set the page length for legal paper at six lines per inch enter:

E &l84P
Hex
Dec

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1B 26 6C 38 34 50
27 38 108 56 52 80

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Orientation
Purpose

The Orientation command defines the position of the logical
page and the direction in which the 4213 will print in relation to
the physical page.

Syntax

E &l#O
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C #
27 38 108 #

where # = 0 is portrait
# = 1 is landscape.
The default orientation is portrait (0).

Left Margin
Purpose

The Left Margin command sets the distance between the left
edge of the text and the left edge of the printable area
regardless of paper orientation.
The left margin is set as a column number. The width of a
column is determined by the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)
command, which sets the horizontal spacing of characters in
fixed-pitch fonts. The HMI is used as a unit of measurement for
selecting the margin, but once set, the margin does not change
with later HMI commands.
The default left margin is at column zero, which is 50 pixels
(1/6th inch) from the left edge of the paper in portrait mode and
60 pixels (1/5th inch) from the left edge of the paper in
landscape mode.

Syntax

E &a#L
where # is the column number at which printing starts.
Note: If the Left Margin command specifies a column with a
value greater than that of the right margin, the command is
ignored.

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Example

To set the left margin at column 8, enter:

E &a8L
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 38 4C
27 38 97 56 76

Right Margin
Purpose

The Right Margin command sets the distance between the right
edge of the text and the left edge of the printable area
regardless of paper orientation. The printable area begins 50
pixels (1/6th inch) from the left edge of the paper in portrait
mode and 60 pixels (1/5th inch) from the left edge of the paper
in landscape mode.
The right margin is set as a column number. The width of a
column is determined by the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)
command, which sets the horizontal spacing of characters in
fixed-pitch fonts. The HMI is used as a unit of measurement for
selecting the margin, but once set the margin does not change
with later HMI commands..

Syntax

E &a#M
where # is the column number at the end of the line.
Note: If the Right Margin command specifies a column which
exceeds the right edge of the logical page, the margin is set to
the edge of the printable area. If the command specifies a
column to the left of the left margin, the command is ignored.

Example

To set the right margin at column 72, enter:

E &a72M
Hex
Dec

3-22

1B 26 61 37 32 4D
27 38 97 55 50 77

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Clear Horizontal Margins
Purpose

The Clear Horizontal Margins command causes the left and right
margins to be reset to their default values at the left and right
edges of the printable area.

Syntax

E9
Hex
Dec

1B 67 39
27 103 57

Top Margin
Purpose

The Top Margin command sets the distance between the top of
the printable area and the top of the text regardless of paper
orientation. The top margin is defined as a number of lines. The
height of the lines is determined by the Vertical Motion Index
(VMI) command, which sets the vertical spacing of lines. The
VMI is used as a unit of measurement for setting the margin, but
once set, the margin does not change with later VMI commands.

Syntax

E &l#E
where # is the number of the line on which text starts.

Example

To set the top margin at six lines, enter:

E &l6E
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C 36 45
27 38 108 54 69

Text Length
Purpose

The Text Length command sets the number of lines on which
text may be printed. If the Vertical Motion Index (VMI) is zero, or
the sum of the text length and the top margin is greater than the
length of the printable area, the command is ignored.

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The text length is set to the user default whenever the page
orientation, length, size, or top margin is changed. The user
default is calculated as the quotient (integer) of the following
equation:
(Printable Area Length-TopMargin- )48 ÷ VMI
where Printable Area Length and Top Margin are measured in
inches.
Syntax

E &l#F
where # is the number of lines of text required.

Example

To set a text length of 55 lines, enter:

E &l55F
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C 35 35 46
27 38 108 53 53 70

Perforation Region
Purpose

The Perforation Region command determines the action of the
printer when text is positioned below the bottom line of text
defined by the Text Length command. When the Perforation
Region is enabled, text which would fall below the bottom line
specified by the Text Length command is moved automatically to
the top of the text area on the next page.
When Perforation Region is not enabled, text may extend
beyond the bottom of the text area and may not be printed if it
continues out of the printable area. The default setting is
Perforation Region enabled. The size of the perforation region
depends on the dimensions specified by the Page Size and Page
Length commands.

Syntax

E &l#L
where # = 0 disables Perforation Region
# = 1 enables Perforation Region.

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Example

To enable Perforation Region, enter:

E &l1L
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C 31 4C
27 38 108 49 76

Horizontal Motion Index
Purpose

The Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) command determines the
distance between columns. When proportional spaced fonts are
selected, the HMI command affects only the space character.
When fixed-space fonts are selected, the HMI command affects
all the printable characters.

Syntax

E &k#H
where # is a number between 0 and 840 representing the width
of a column in units of 1/120th of an inch. The # is valid up to
four places to the right of the decimal point.
The HMI is reset to the current default when font orientation,
symbol set, height, pitch, or spacing are set, and when the
current font is changed. The default value of HMI depends on
the current font. Use the following formula to calculate the HMI:
HMI = 120 ÷ characters per inch

Example

To set the HMI for a 12 pitch font (12 characters per inch), enter:

E &k10H
Hex 1B 26 6B 31 30 48
Dec 27 38 107 49 48 72

Vertical Motion Index
Purpose

The Vertical Motion Index (VMI) command sets the distance
between rows in 48ths of an inch. The default VMI is 8/48ths
which prints as six lines per inch.

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Syntax

E &l#C
where # is the distance between rows in 48ths of an inch. # must
be between 0 and 336. The # is valid to four places to the right
of the decimal point. Use the following formula to calculate the
VMI:
VMI = 48 ÷ lines per inch

Example

To print four lines per inch, set the VMI to 12:

E &l12C
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C 31 32 43
27 38 108 49 50 67

Line Spacing
Purpose

Syntax

The Line Spacing command affects the VMI in lines per inch. The
command specifies the number of lines per inch to be printed.

E &l#D
where # is one of the following valid settings for lines per inch:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48.

Example

To set line spacing at eight lines per inch, enter:

E &l8D
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6C 38 44
27 38 108 56 68

Cursor positioning commands
The cursor positioning commands specify exactly where the next
character or graphic is to be placed on the page. These
commands define print position in 300ths of an inch (spots),
720ths of an inch (decipoints), and columns or rows.

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Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns)
Purpose

The Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns) defines the absolute or
relative position of the horizontal cursor in units of columns on
the current line. The width of a column is defined by the current
Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) setting.

Syntax

E &a#C
where # is the number of columns to move or the column to
move to. The # is valid up to four places to the right of the
decimal point.
Absolute move:
to column #.

If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved

Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved # columns to the right of the current
cursor position.
Relative move, negative: If the # value is preceded by a minus (-)
sign, the cursor is moved # columns to the left of the current
cursor position.
If the # value specifies a column beyond the left or right edges
of the printable area, the cursor is moved to the appropriate
edge of the printable area.
Example

To move the current print position to column 30 from column 5,
enter:

E &a30C
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 33 30 43
27 38 97 51 48 67

or, as a relative move,

E &a+25C
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 2B 32 35 43
27 38 97 43 50 53 67

Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints)
Purpose

The Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints) defines the absolute
or relative position of the horizontal cursor in units of decipoints
(1/720th of an inch). Position 0 is flush with the left boundary of
the printable area.

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Syntax

E&a#H
where # is the number of decipoints to move or the absolute
position to move to. The # is valid to two decimal places to the
right of the decimal point.
Absolute move: If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved
# decipoints to the right of the left edge of the printable area.
Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved # decipoints to the right of the
current cursor position.
Relative move, negative: If the # value is preceded by a minus
(-) sign, the cursor is moved # decipoints to the left of the
current cursor position.
If the # value specifies a position beyond the left or right edges
of the printable area, the cursor is moved to the appropriate
edge of the printable area.

Example

To move the current cursor position from 720 decipoints (1 inch
from position 0) to 2160 decipoints (3 inches from position 0),
enter:

E &a2160H
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 32 31 36 30 48
27 38 97 50 49 54 48 72

or, as a relative move,

E &a+1440H
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 2B 31 34 34 30 48
27 38 97 43 49 52 52 48 72

Horizontal Cursor Position (Spots)
Purpose

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The Horizontal Cursor Position (Spots) defines the absolute or
relative position of the horizontal cursor in units of spots
(1/300th of an inch). Position 0 is flush with the left boundary of
the printable area.

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Syntax

E *p#X
where # is an integer representing the number of spots to move
or the absolute position to move to.
Absolute move: If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved
# spots to the right of the left edge of the printable area.
Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved # spots to the right of the current
cursor position.
Relative move, negative: If the # value is preceded by a minus
(-) sign, the cursor is moved # spots to the left of the current
cursor position.
If the # value specifies a position beyond the left or right edges
of the printable area, the cursor is moved to the appropriate
edge of the printable area.

Example

To move the current cursor position from 300 spots (1 inch from
position 0), to 1500 spots (5 inches from position 0), enter:

E *p1500X
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 70 31 35 30 30 58
27 42 112 49 53 48 48 88

or, as a relative move,
E *p+1200X

Hex
Dec

1B 2A 70 2B 31 32 30 30 58
27 42 112 43 49 50 48 48 88

Vertical Cursor Position (Rows)
Purpose

The Vertical Cursor Position (Rows) defines the absolute or
relative position of the vertical cursor in units of rows. The
height of a row is defined by the current Vertical Motion Index
(VMI) setting.

Syntax

E &a#R
where # represents the number of rows to move or the row to
move to. The # is valid up to four places to the right of the
decimal point.

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Absolute move: If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved
down # rows from the top margin.
Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved # rows down from the current cursor
position.
Relative move, negative: If the # value is preceded by a minus
(-) sign, the cursor is moved # rows up from the current cursor
position.
If an absolute # value (i.e., with no sign) or negative # value
exceeds the top or bottom edges of the printable area, the
cursor is moved to the appropriate edge of the printable area. If
a positive # value specifies a position beyond the bottom of the
printable area, the cursor is moved off the page. The Vertical
Cursor Position commands ignore the perforation region.
Example

To move the cursor from line 25 to line 2, enter:

E &a2R
Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 32 52
27 38 97 50 82

or, as a relative move,
E &a-23R

Hex
Dec

1B 26 61 2D 32 33 52
27 38 97 45 50 51 82

Vertical Cursor Position (Decipoints)
Purpose

Syntax

The Vertical Cursor Position (Decipoints) defines the absolute or
relative position of the vertical cursor in units of decipoints
(1/720th of an inch). The height of a row is defined by the
current Vertical Motion Index (VMI) setting.

E &a#V
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 61 # 56
27 42 97 # 86

where # represents the number of decipoints to move or the
absolute position to move to. The # is valid up to two places to
the right of the decimal point.

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Absolute move: If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved
# decipoints down from the top margin.
Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved # decipoints down from the current
cursor position.
Relative move, negative: If the # value is preceded by a minus
(-) sign, the cursor is moved # decipoints above the current
cursor position.
If the # value specifies a position beyond the top or bottom
edges of the printable area, the cursor is moved to the
appropriate edge of the printable area.

Vertical Cursor Position (Spots)
Purpose

The Vertical Cursor Position (Spots) defines the absolute or
relative position of the vertical cursor in units of spots (1/300th of
an inch). The height of a row is defined by the current Vertical
Motion Index (VMI) setting.

Syntax

E *p#Y
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 70 # 59
27 42 112 # 89

where # is an integer representing the number of spots to move
or the absolute position to move to.
Absolute move: If the # value has no sign, the cursor is moved
# spots down from the top margin.
Relative move, positive: If the # value is preceded by a plus (+)
sign, the cursor is moved # spots down from the current cursor
position.
Relative move, negative: If the # value is preceded by a minus
(-) sign, the cursor is moved # spots above the current cursor
position.
If the # value specifies a position beyond the top or bottom
edges of the printable area, the cursor is moved to the
appropriate edge of the printable area.

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Half-line Feed
Purpose

Syntax

The Half-line Feed command moves the cursor half a row down
the page without changing columns. The distance moved is half
the current Vertical Motion Index (VMI) setting, which may have
been defined by a VMI or Line Spacing command.

E =
Hex
Dec

1B 3D
27 61

Line Termination
Purpose

Syntax

The Line Termination command controls the way the printer
responds to the conventional line-ending characters, carriage
return (CR), line feed (LF), and form feed (FF).

E &k#Gz
Hex
Dec

1B 26 6B # 47
27 38 107 # 71

where # selects one of the line-ending options shown in table
3-7.

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Table 3-7.

Line ending options

Line endings
#

Host

Printer

CR
LF
FF

CR+LF
LF
FF

CR
LF
FF

CR
CR+LF
CR+FF

CR
LF
FF

CR+LF
CR+LF
CR+FF

The default setting is zero (no translation).

End-of-Line Wrap
Purpose

The End-of-Line Wrap command causes the printer to generate a
carriage return and line feed, when the cursor reaches the right
margin, and print on the next line. With this option disabled, the
printer will clip all text printed past the right margin.
The default setting is End-of Line Wrap disabled.

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Syntax

E &s#C
Hex
Dec

1B 26 73 # 43
27 38 115 # 67

where # = 0 enables End-of-Line Wrap
# = 1 disables End-of-Line Wrap.

Push/Pop Cursor Position
Purpose

Syntax

The Push/Pop Cursor Position command enables the current
cursor position to be stored and recalled at a later time. Up to
twenty cursor positions may be stored in a last-in first-out (LIFO)
stack, where the item most recently pushed onto the stack is the
first to come off the stack.

E &f#S
Hex
Dec

1B 26 66 # 53
27 38 102 # 8

where # = 0—Push (store cursor position)
# = 1—Pop (recall cursor position).
The # value of zero pushes the cursor position onto the stack
and a value of one pops it off the stack and restores the cursor
to the previous position.

Control codes for cursor positioning
The following control code are used to move the cursor.
Carriage Return (CR)
CR (hexadecimal 0D, decimal 13) moves the cursor to the left
margin on the current line.
Space (SP)
SP (hexadecimal 20, decimal 32) moves the cursor one column
to the right of the current position. If space is defined as a
printable character, the character is printed.

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Backspace (BS)
BS (hexadecimal 08, decimal 8) moves the cursor left by the
width of the last printed character or space. With fixed-pitch
fonts, the backspace distance is the current Horizontal Motion
Index (HMI). With proportionally-spaced fonts, a single
backspace centres the new character over the character to the
left. When multiple backspaces are used, each backspace moves
back by the width of the last character printed, regardless of the
width of the character being backspaced over.
Horizontal Tab (HT)
HT (hexadecimal 09, decimal 9) moves the cursor to the next tab
position on the row. Tab positions are defined at the left margin
and every eight columns thereafter.
Line Feed (LF)
LF (hexadecimal 0A, decimal 10) moves the cursor down one row
within the same column. The height of the row is defined by the
current Vertical Motion Index (VMI) which has been set by a VMI
or a Line Spacing command.
Form Feed (FF)
FF (hexadecimal 0C, decimal 12) moves the cursor to the same
column on the top line of the next page.

Font commands
When you select a font, the 4213 printer searches its memory for
one that most closely matches your choice. The printer selects
the “best fit” according to eleven font characteristics, in order of
importance:
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Spacing
Pitch
Height
Style

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Stroke weight
Typeface
Soft font with the lowest ID number
Left cartridge
Right cartridge
Internal font orientation.

•
•
•
•
•
•

Font selection can only be guaranteed if the total set of font
commands shown on the following pages is used. Failure to
specify any of the font characteristics may result in selection of a
font that differs from the HP font.

Symbol Set
Purpose

Syntax

The Symbol Set command sends the printer a numeric code
corresponding to a symbol set. If a non-existent symbol set is
selected, the printer continues to use the last symbol set
accessed.
There are separate Symbol Set commands for the
primary and secondary fonts.

E (ID
The secondary font symbol set command is:

E )ID
where ID is one of the two-character symbol set ID’s given in
table 3-8.
Example

To use ISO25: French for the primary symbol set and ISO4:
United Kingdom for the secondary symbol set, enter the
following commands:

E (0F
Hex
Dec

1B 28 30 46
27 40 48 70

and

E )1E
Hex
Dec

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1B 29 31 45
27 41 49 69

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Table 3-8. LJ2D symbol sets with ID numbers

Symbol Set

Math-7

OCR-B Extended

Tax Linedraw

11Q

ECMA-94

ISO 60: Norwegian version 1*

ISO 11: Swedish: Names

ISO 61: Norwegian version 2*

HP Spanish

Roman Extension

ISO 17: Spanish

ISO 4: United Kingdom

ISO 10: Swedish/Finnish

ISO 25: French

ISO 16: Portuguese

ISO 69: French

ISO 84: Portuguese

HP German

ISO 85: Spanish IBM

ISO 21: German

Line Draw

Greek-8

ISO 6: ASCII

ISO 15: Italian

Legal

ISO 14: JIS ASCII

ISO 2: International Reference Version

ISO 57: Chinese

OEM-1

Technical-7

HP Roman-8

Math-8

10U

PC-8

ISO 100: ECMA-94 (Latin 1)

11U

PC-8 (D/N)

OCR A

12U

PC-850

OCR B

15U

Pi Font

Math-8A

Bar Code 3 of 9

Math-8B

EAN/UPC

Pi Font A

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Spacing
Purpose

Syntax

The Spacing command instructs the printer to accept
proportionally-spaced or fixed-pitch fonts.
If proportional
spacing is selected but no proportionally-spaced font is available,
the printer will designate a fixed-pitch font instead. Separate
commands exist for selecting the spacing mode of the primary
and secondary fonts.

E (s#P
The Spacing command for the secondary font is:

E )s#P
where # = 0 sets fixed pitch
# = 1 sets proportional spacing.
Example

To select the primary for as proportional and the secondary font
as fixed-pitch, enter the following commands:

E (s1P
Hex
Dec

1B 38 73 31 50
27 40 115 49 80

and

E )s0P
Hex
Dec

1B 29 73 30 50
27 41 115 48 80

Pitch
Purpose

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The Pitch command selects the character spacing of fixed-pitch
fonts in characters per inch (cpi). If the pitch requested is
unavailable, the printer searches for the next size up; failing that,
the next size down. There are separate Pitch commands for the
primary and secondary fonts.

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Syntax

E (s#H
where # is a real number valid up to two decimal places.
The Pitch command for the secondary font is:

E )s#H
Example

To set the primary font as 12-pitch and the secondary font as 10pitch, enter:

E (s12H
Hex
Dec

1B 28 73 31 32 48
27 40 115 49 50 72

The Pitch command for the secondary font is as follows:
Syntax

E)s10H
Hex
Dec

1B 29 31 30 48
27 41 49 48 72

Height
Purpose

The Height command selects the character height of the font in
points (72nds of an inch). There are separate commands to
select height for the primary and secondary fonts. If the selected
height is unavailable, the closest match is used. Fonts within a
quarter of a point of the requested height are seen by the printer
as identical selections.

Syntax

E (s#V
where # is the selected height in points up to two decimal
places.
The Height command for the secondary font is:

E )s#V

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Example

To select a primary font of 8 points and a secondary font of 14.6
points, enter:
and

E )s8V
Hex
Dec

1B 29 73 38 56
27 41 115 56 86

E (s14.6V
Hex
Dec

1B 28 73 31 34 2E 36 56
27 40 115 49 52 46 54 86

Style
Purpose

Syntax

The Style command selects upright or italic characters. Two Style
commands exist for the primary and secondary fonts. If the style
requested is not available, the Style command is ignored.

E (s#S
The Style command for the secondary font is:

E )s#S
where # = 0 selects upright
# = 1 selects italic.
Example

To select italics for the primary font and upright for the
secondary, enter:

E (s1S
Hex 1B 28 73 31 53
Dec 27 40 115 49 83
and

E )s0S
Hex
Dec

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Stroke Weight
Purpose

The Stroke Weight command selects the degree of bolding.
There is a separate command for the primary and secondary
fonts. Medium weight fonts have a stroke weight of zero, light
weight fonts have a negative stroke weight, and heavy weight
fonts have a positive stroke weight. If the requested stroke
weight is zero or greater and the weight is not available, the
printer accesses the next heavier font. If the requested weight
has a negative value and is not available, the next lighter font is
used.

Syntax

E (s#B
The Stroke Weight command for the secondary font is:

E )s#B
where # is one of the values in table 3-9.
Example

To request a medium primary font and a bold secondary font,
enter:

E (s0B
Hex
Dec

1B 28 73 30 42
27 40 115 48 66

and

E ) s+3B
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1B 29 73 2B 33 42
27 41 115 43 51 66

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Table 3-9.

Gradations of Stroke weight

Stroke Weight

-7

Ultra Thin

-5

Thin

-3

Light

Medium

Bold

Black

Ultra Black

Typeface
Purpose

Syntax

The Typeface command selects the typeface used by the primary
and secondary fonts.

E (s#T
The Typeface command for the secondary font is:

E )s#T
where # is a code number from table 3-10.
Example

To use Swiss721 as a primary font and Courier for the secondary
font, enter:

E (s4T
Hex
Dec

1B 28 73 34 54
27 40 115 52 84

and

E )s3T
Hex
Dec

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1B 29 73 33 54
27 41 115 51 84

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Table 3-10.

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Typefaces and code numbers

Typeface

LinePr

Courier

Swiss721

Dutch801 (Times Roman)

LetterGothic

PElite

Presentations

Optima

Garamond

Cooper Black

Coronet Bold

Broadway

Bauer Bodoni Black Condensed

Century Schoolbook

University Roman

100

Times New Roman

101

Garamond

102

Bodini

104

Rockwell

105

Ariel

107

Baskerville

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Table 3-10.

Typefaces and code numbers (continued)

Typeface

111

Century School Book

113

Gillsans

200

Signatures

201

Logos

202

Forms

203

Macros

Note: Names of typefaces are registered trademarks. Use of
typefaces may be subject to licensing agreements.

Default Font
Purpose

Syntax

The Default Font command restores all font characteristics
(except orientation) to those of the user default font. Separate
commands exist for the primary and secondary font.

E (3@
Hex
Dec

1B 28 33 40
27 40 51 64

The Default Font command for the secondary font is as follows:

E )3@
Hex
Dec

1B 29 33 40
27 41 51 64

Note: If the user default font is proportionally spaced, its pitch is
not affected by the Default Font command.

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Transparent Data
Purpose

The Transparent Data command allows the 4213 printer to
literally print any data sent, including unprintable control codes
(e.g., escape or form feed). This is particularly useful when
accessing graphic characters in the IBM PC symbol set which fall
in the lower ASCII range.

Syntax

E &p#X[transparent data]
where # is the number of bytes of transparent data. (The brackets
are not to be typed in.)

Example

To print the form feed (hexadecimal 0C. decimal 12) as a female
symbol, enter:

E &p1X[12]
Hex
Dec

1B 26 70 0C
27 38 112 12

Underline
Purpose

The Underline command enables or disables underlining and
selects fixed or floating underlining.
Fixed underlining
Characters are underlined at a fixed distance of 1/60th of an inch
below the character baseline, regardless of character size and
style.
Floating underlining
Characters underlined at the distance specified by whatever font
on the line requires the greatest separation between the
character baseline and the underline.

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Syntax

E &d#D
Hex
Dec

1B 26 64 # 44
27 38 100 # 68

where # = 0 is fixed underline
# = 3 is floating underline.

Disable Underline
Purpose
Syntax

Disable Underline cancels the Underline command.

E &d@
Hex
Dec

1B 26 64 40
27 38 100 64

Primary and secondary fonts
The control codes Shift In (SI) with the hexadecimal value 0F,
decimal 15, and Shift Out (SO) with the hexidecimal value 0E,
decimal 14, allow the user to alternate between primary and
secondary fonts, respectively.

Font ID
Purpose

Syntax

The Font ID command assigns an ID number to a font. The font
must then be referenced by its ID through subsequent font
management commands, such as Font Selection, Font Control, or
Font Descriptor.

E *c#D

Syntax
where # is an ID number ranging from 0 to 32767.

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Example

To specify a font ID number of 2 enter:

E *c2D
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 32 44
27 42 99 50 68

Font Control
Purpose

The Font Control is the main command for managing
downloaded fonts. It deletes downloaded fonts and determines
whether a Soft Font is automatically removed at a printer reset.

Syntax

E *c#F
where # is one of the values in table 3-11.

Example

To make a Soft Font with an ID of 1 temporary enter:

E *c4F
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 34 46
27 42 99 52 70

Table 3-11.

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Font Control functions

Function

Delete all soft fonts

Delete all temporary soft fonts

Delete downloaded font specified by last
font ID command

Delete character code.

Make downloaded font specified by last
font ID command temporary

Make downloaded font specified by last
font ID command permanent

Copy/assign font.

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Notes

•

Temporary downloaded fonts are removed each time the
printer is reset. Permanent downloaded fonts are retained
through resets but are lost when the printer is turned off.

•

If the primary or secondary font is deleted, the font most
closely resembling the deleted font is chosen from the
remaining fonts to be the new primary or secondary font.

Font Selection by ID
The Font Selection by ID command designates a downloaded
font as the primary or secondary font by its ID number. There
are separate commands for selecting primary and secondary
fonts. The following command selects a primary font:
Syntax

E (#X
Hex 1B 28 # 58
Dec 27 40 # 88

To select a secondary font enter:
Syntax

E )#X
Hex
Dec

1B 29 # 58
27 41 # 88

where # is the font ID number.
Font assignment numbers on downloaded fonts may or may not
be consecutive. The numbers are only meant to be identifiers
and a gap does not imply anything is missing.

Font Descriptor
Purpose

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The Font Descriptor command creates a header, or descriptor,
for a font being downloaded to the printer. The Font Descriptor
command normally follows a Font ID command.

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Syntax

E )s#W[font descriptor + data]
Hex
Dec

1B 29 73 # 57
27 41 115 # 87

where # is the number of bytes in the font descriptor that
follows.
(The brackets are not to be entered.)
The font
descriptor is normally 64 bytes long.
The font descriptor contains values for the following font
characteristics:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

font type
baseline distance
cell width
cell height
orientation
fixed/proportional spacing
symbol set
pitch
height
style
stroke weight
typeface.

For information on how to format a font descriptor block refer to
the Hewlett-Packard Laser Printer Technical Reference Manual.

Character Code
Purpose

The Character Code command specifies the decimal ASCII value
of the next character to be downloaded.

Syntax

E *c#E
where # is the single-byte decimal character code.

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Example

To specify a character code for the letter “J,” enter:

E *c74E
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 4A 45
27 42 99 74 69

Character Descriptor and Data
Purpose

The Character Descriptor and Data command is used for
downloading a character to the printer.
The downloaded
character has the ASCII character code previously assigned
through the Character Code command.

Syntax

E (s#W[character descriptor + data]
Hex
Dec

1B 28 73 # 57
27 40 115 # 87

where # is the number of bytes (up to 32767) in the character
descriptor and data following the command. (The brackets are
not to be entered.)
The character descriptor and data contains byte values for the
following characteristics:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Orientation
Left offset
Top offset
Character width
Character height
Delta X
Character data.

Note: The 4213 and LaserJet resident fonts do not have identical
character spacing (height and width). The differences between
characters are slight but become more noticeable on a full page
of text. This issue of character spacing does not apply to HP
Soft Fonts or to 4213 cartridge fonts.
For information on how to format a character descriptor and data
block, refer to the Hewlett-Packard Laser Printer Technical
Reference Manual.

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Graphics commands
Graphics commands are used to download raster data to form bit
map images. Expressed in dots corresponding to bits, images
can be created in rectangular shapes with a variety of fill and
shading patterns.
When the printer receives graphic data that is incomplete, e.g.
the data has fewer bytes than the window size, the next Form
Feed commands may be ignored, causing unpredictable results.

Raster Graphics Resolution
Purpose

The Graphics Resolution command controls the resolution
(number of spots per inch) used when printing downloaded
raster information as bitmap graphics.
This command must
precede the Start Graphics command
Note: When the page buffer is set to ”FULL” (full page imaging)
in the LJ2D emulation submenu, the memory the 4213 dedicates
to this imaging is no longer available for user downloaded fonts
or graphics or any other temporary use. This means that a full
page graphic that prints completely in ”PARTIAL” imaging may
not print if the page buffer is set to ”1 FULL or 2FULL”.
Example:
A 2.5 MB system with ”2 FULL” page imaging can
store only a small number of fonts (about 8 fonts of 25KB each)
or graphics. That same 2.5 MB system with ”PARTIAL” imaging
could store 2 full page graphics or over 80 25 KB fonts. The
same full page graphic prints completely in partial imaging, but
not in “2 FULL” page imaging.

Syntax

E *t#R
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 74 # 52
27 42 116 # 82

where # is one of the values in table 3-12.
Example

To print graphics in 150 dots per inch, enter:

E *t150R
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1B 2A 74 31 35 30 52
27 42 116 49 53 48 82

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Table 3-12.

Values for graphics resolution

Graphics Resolution

75 spots per inch

100

100 spots per inch

150

150 spots per inch

300

300 spots per inch

Raster Graphics Presentation Mode
Purpose

Syntax

This command designates how the raster image will appear on
the logical page.

E *r#F
where # =
# =

0 - Raster graphics are printed in the orientation of
the logical page.
3 - Raster graphics are printed along the width of
the physical page, regardless of the orientation
of the logical page.

Start Graphics
Purpose

The Start Graphics command initialises the printer for subsequent
Transfer Raster Data commands and determines the location of
the left graphics margin.
The left graphics margin may be set at the left edge of the
printable area or at the current X value of the cursor position.
After receiving the Start Graphics command, the printer sets the
graphics resolution and left graphics margin until it receives an
End Graphics command.

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Syntax

E *r#A
Hex

Dec

1B 2A 72 # 41
27 42 114 # 65

where # one of the two values in table 3-13.
Table 3-13.

Graphics margin settings

Left graphics margin

Left edge of printable area

Current cursor position

Transfer Raster Data
Purpose

The Transfer Raster Data command precedes a single row of
raster graphics data.
The resolution of the data has been
selected through the Graphics Resolution command, and the left
graphics margin defined by the Start Graphics command. The
raster data is printed at the current Y position.
Raster data is always printed parallel to the feed edge of the
paper, regardless of the paper or page orientation. Because the
coordinate system is different for portrait and landscape pages,
the positional change required to establish the start point of the
next row of data is different for each orientation. On a portrait
page the Y position is automatically incremented after each row
of raster data.
On a landscape page the X position is
automatically decremented after each row.
Each byte of raster data received comprises eight bits
corresponding to eight individual dots. The most significant bit
is the leftmost dot. If a bit is set high, a dot is printed; if a bit is
set low, no dot is printed.
Each dot is expanded to the
resolution specified by the Graphics Resolution command.
Raster data ignores the boundaries of the text area and is
unaffected by perforation skip mode.

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Hex
Dec

1B 2A 62 # 57
27 42 98 # 87

where # is the number of bytes in this row.
not to be entered.)

(The brackets are

End Graphics
Purpose

The End Graphics command tells the printer that the transfer of
raster graphics is complete.

Syntax

E *rB
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 72 42
27 42 114 66

Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints)
Purpose

Syntax

The Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints) command defines the
width, in decipoints (720ths of an inch), of the next rectangle to
be drawn.

E *c#H
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 # 48
27 42 99 # 72

where # is a number up to four decimal places representing the
width of the rectangle in decipoints.

Horizontal Rectangle Size (Spots)
Purpose

Syntax

The Horizontal Rectangle Size (Spots) command defines, in spots
(300ths of an inch), the width of the next rectangle to be drawn.

E *c#A
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 # 41
27 42 99 # 65

where # is an integer representing the width of the rectangle in
spots.

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Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints)
Purpose

The Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints) command defines in
decipoints (720ths of an inch) the height of the next rectangle to
be drawn

Syntax

E *c#V
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 # 56
27 42 99 # 86

where # is a number up to four decimal places representing the
height of the rectangle in decipoints.

Vertical Rectangle Size (Spots)
Purpose

The Vertical Rectangle Size (Spots) command defines in spots
(300ths of an inch) the height of the next rectangle to be drawn.

Syntax

E *c#B
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 # 42
27 42 99 # 66

where # is an integer representing the height of the rectangle in
spots.

Area Fill ID
Purpose

The Area Fill ID command sets the level of shading or type of fill
pattern to be used when filling a rectangular area. There are six
fill patterns and eight densities of shading.
Each of the fill
patterns is identified by a number between 1 and 6.
Each
shading density covers a range of values from 1% to 100%.

Syntax

E *c#G
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 # 47
27 42 99 # 71

where # is a value between 1 and 6 for a fill pattern or between
1 and 100 for shading (see figures 3-5 and 3-6.)

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Figure 3-5.

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Figure 3-6.

Area Fill shading density

Note: A Fill Rectangular Area command must follow an Area Fill
ID command.
The Fill Rectangular Area command specifies
whether the rectangle is to be filled with shading or one of the
fill patterns.

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Fill Rectangular Area
Purpose

The Fill Rectangular Area command prints the rectangle defined
by the Vertical and Horizontal Rectangle Size commands and
specifies whether it is to be filled with shading, one of the fill
patterns, or solid black. For solid black fill, the Area Fill ID
command is not required. For shading or a fill pattern, the Area
Fill ID command must be used ahead of the Fill Rectangular Area
command.
The rectangle is printed with its top left corner at the current
cursor position, which is unaffected by the command.
The
command ignores text boundaries, but any part of the rectangle
falling outside of the printable area is not printed.

Syntax

E *c#P
Hex
Dec

1B 2A 63 # 50
27 42 99 # 80

where # is a value from table 3-14.
Table 3-14.

Fill types for rectangular areas

Rectangle Fill Type

Solid Black Fill

Shading

Pattern

Examples of filled rectangles
Example 1

To print a 2- by 3-inch rectangle, enter the following commands:
1. E *p300x300Y
(Moves cursor one inch down and one inch across)

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2. E *c600A
(Sets rectangle width at 2 inches.)
3. E *c900B
(Sets rectangle height at 3 inches.)
4. E *c0P
(Prints the rectangle as a black area.)
Example 2

To print a 2- by 3- inch rectangle with 50% shading, enter the
following commands:
1. E *p300x300Y
(Moves cursor one inch down and one inch across)
2. E *c600A
(Sets rectangle width at 2 inches.)
3. E *c900B
(Sets rectangle height at 3 inches.)
4. E *c50G
(Uses an Area Fill ID of 50.)
5. E *c2P
(Prints the shaded rectangle.)

Example 3

To print a 2- by 3- inch rectangle filled with a grid-pattern instead
of shaded, follow steps 1 through 3 in example 2, and replace
steps 4 and 5 with the following commands:
4. E *c5G
(Uses an Area Fill pattern for a grid (ID#5.)
5. E *c3P
(Prints the rectangle filled with a pattern.)

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Macro commands
Macros are single commands that execute a series of commands
in sequence. The two Macro commands are:
•
•

Macro ID
Macro Control.

Macro ID
Purpose

The Macro ID command provides an ID number for the following
macro commands. The ID number may be in the range 0 through
32767.

Syntax

E &f#Y
Hex
Dec

1B 26 66 # 59
27 38 102 # 89

where # is the value of the macro ID number used.

Macro Control
Purpose

The Macro Control command can define, delete, and execute
macros.

Syntax

E &f#X
Hex
Dec

1B 26 66 # 58
27 38 102 # 88

where # is a value shown in table 3-15.
Notes

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•

A temporary macro is automatically deleted during a printer
reset. The temporary macro is the default.

•

A permanent macro is not deleted during a printer reset.

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•

An automatic-overlay macro is the final operation in printing a
page. Before the macro is executed, an overlay print
environment
replaces
the
current
modified
print
environment. After execution of the macro, the former print
environment is restored.

•

Macros can be nested only two levels deep.

•

The only control operations that may be used within a macro
are 3 (Call) and 2 (Execute).

Table 3-15.

Macro control functions

Function

Start macro definition (last ID specified)

Stop macro definition

Execute macro (last ID specified)

Call macro (last ID specified)

Enable auto-overlay macro (last ID
specified)

Stop auto-overlay

Delete all macros

Delete all temporary macros

Delete macro (last ID specified)

Make macro temporary (last ID specified)

Make macro permanent (last ID specified)

Example of a macro
The following example demonstrates how to use the Macro
Control and Macro ID commands to create and execute a macro
that downloads a font to the printer and prints a letterhead.

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1. E &f1Y
(Assign 1 to Macro ID.)
2. E &f0X
(Start macro definition of ID 1.)
3. E &a10c4R
(Sets starting column for X and row for Y position.)
4. E&lOE8UE(s1p10h14v0s+7b23T
(Selects a primary font with the following characteristics:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Portrait orientation
HP Roman-8 symbol set
Proportional spacing
10 characters per inch
14 points in height
Upright (style)
Ultra black (stroke weight)
Century Schoolbook (typeface).

Styler Systems
701 South Aviation Blvd.
M/S ES AE-336
El Segundo, CA 90245

(Literal text.)
6. E &a10c12R
(Position a black line.)
7. E *c1v20H
(Set height and width of line.)
8. E *c0P
(Print rectangle.)
9. E &a10c10R
(Set print position for first line of text.)
To execute the macro enter:
E &f1x2X

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PostScript emulation

This chapter highlights certain programming features specific to
the 4213’s emulation of the Postscript Page Description
Language (PDL) and describes how this PDL differs from other
implementations of the PostScript language.
Because this
chapter serves as a supplement, we have omitted the standard
information already described in the PostScript® Language
Reference Manual and related publications.
The reference material in this chapter is intended for
programmers who design host software to be used on the 4213
or who write their own programmes in the PostScript page
description language.

Userdict operators for page type
The following operators are defined in userdict; they accept no
arguments and yield no results. They select the imageable area
that corresponds to each type of paper, with the width referring
to the imageable area extending in the direction of the xcoordinate, and the height referring to the y-coordinate.
papername

—papername—
Only the imageable area, and not the paper type, can be
selected with papername. Valid strings for papername are
shown in table 4-1 on the next page.

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Table 4-1. Paper and envelope sizes

4-2

Paper/envelope
name

Paper/envelope
size

Imageable area

LETTER

216 x 279 mm
(8.5" x 11")

206 x 273 mm
(8.1" x 10.75")

210 x 297 mm
(8.27" x 11.69")

199 x 290.5 mm

EXECUTIVE

184 x 267 mm
(7.25" x 10.5")

176 x 260 mm
(6.93" x 10.25")

182 x 257 mm
(7.15" x 10.1")

171 x 251 mm
(6.75" x 9.9")

COM10ENVELOPE

105 x 241 mm
(4.125" x 9.5")

95 x 235 mm
(3.73" x 9.25")

DLENVELOPE

110 x 220 mm
(4.33" x 8.66")

101.5 x 213.2 mm

MONARCENVELOPE

98 x 191 mm
(3.875" x 7.5")

88 x 184 mm
(3.45" x 7.25")

7x9

178 x 229 mm
(7" x 9")

168 x 222 mm
(6.61" x 8.73")

HALFLETTER

140 x 216 mm
(5.5" x 8.5")

130 x 208 mm
(5.1" x 8.2")

TWOTHIRDSA4

198 x 210 mm
(7.8" x 8.27")

187.5 x 203.2 mm

C5ENVELOPE

162 x 229 mm
(6.38" x 9.01")

152 x 222 mm
(5.98" x 8.75")

148.5 x 210 mm
(5.85" x 8.27")

138.1 x 203.2 mm

LEGAL

216 x 356 mm
(8.5" x 14")

206 x 349 mm
(8.1" x 13.75")

EUROLEGAL

210 x 330 mm
(8.28 x 13")

210 x 330 mm

257 x 363 mm
(10.1" x 14.3")

246 x 358 mm
(9.7" x 14.1")

10 x 14

254 x 356 mm
(10" x 14")

244 x 349 mm
(9.6" x 13.75")

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System parameters
The PDL in the 4213 uses a variety of programming parameters
which fall into two categories:
•

Non-volatile, or persistent, parameters stored in Non-Volatile
memory (NVRAM).

•

Volatile parameters which remain in memory only until the
end of the current job or the printer is powered off.

These parameters are stored in a special dictionary called
statusdict. These parameters can be changed through a
PostScript programme using operators that access statusdict.
Most persistent parameters can also be changed from the User
Interface.

Statusdict operators
Following is a list of operators found in statusdict.
These
operators can be invoked once statusdict has been pushed onto
the dictionary stack. You can gain access to statusdict by issuing
statusdict begin at the start of a programme and use the
operators by calling them by name.
In order to change persistent parameters, however, you must first
exit from the normal save and restore context used by the
server to prevent changes in the virtual memory from extending
past the job boundaries. Use the following statement:
serverdict begin [password] exitserver
[password] is the system administrator password with a default
value of zero. It can be changed to any other integer with the
operator setpassword. In general, it is not advisable to change
the password from the default value of zero. Many application
programmes look for the password set to zero and will not
function if the password is changed.
An incorrect password
returns the error message "PasswordIncorrect".
The correct
password causes the server to respond with the following
message:
%%[exitserver:permanent state may be changed]%%

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After the server has acknowledged the exit request, you are
permitted to run a programme using statusdict operators that
change persistent parameters. Operators that set persistent
parameters are marked with an asterisk.
To change these
parameters, you must first exit the normal server mode. You can
inquire about the current state of persistent parameters without
using the exitserver mode, and accessing statusdict only.
Parameters that remain in effect for the current job only can also
be changed via statusdict only.

System set up operators
pagecount

—pagecount integer
This operator returns the number of pages the controller has
generated. It reflects the pages generated in all emulations, not
just the Postscript emulation.

setprintername*
printername

string setprintername—
string printername substring
String represents the printer's name and is printed on the
configuration sheet. The name can be up to 32 characters long
and should consist of printable characters.
Avoid using the
characters (:) or (@).

setsccinteractive*
sccinteractive

—channel baud options setsccinteractive
—channel baud options sccinteractive
Because communications options can be selected through the
User Interface, the operator setsccinteractive is ignored by the
PDL interpreter in the printer. The operator sccinteractive
reports the current communications options to the host.

setsccbatch*
sccbatch

channel baud options setsccbatch —
channel sccbatch baud options
The printer ignores the setsccbatch operator because the user
can select the communications options through the User
Interface. The sccbatch operator always returns the active
communications options on the printer.

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setdojamrecovery

—boolean setdojamrecovery
Sets the state of jam recovery on (true) or off (false).

dojamrecovery

— dojamrecovery boolean
Tells if jam recovery is on (true) or off (false).

product

—product string
This operator returns the string Xerox 4213.

revision

—revision integer
Returns the revision number of the device specific portion of the
PostScript interpreter.

Timeout operators
setdefaulttimeout*

—job manualfeed wait setdefaulttimeouts—
This operator sets the default values (in seconds) used at the
start of each job to initialise the job, manual feed and wait
timeouts. A value of zero sets the timeout to infinity.

defaulttimeout

— defaulttimeouts job manualfeed wait
Returns the default job, wait and manual feed timeouts( in
seconds).

setjobtimeout

— integer setjobtimeout
Sets the job timeout to the specified integer (in seconds).

jobtimeout

— jobtimeout integer
Returns the number of seconds the printer waits before the
current job timeout occurs.

manualfeedtimeout

— manualfeedtimeout integer
Indicates how many seconds the printer will wait for a page to be
manually fed before it cancels the job.

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waittimeout

— waittimeout integer
Indicates how many seconds the printer will wait to receive more
characters before it cancels the job.

Output positioning operators
maxoutputposition

— maxoutputposition integer
This operator returns the value 1.

outputposition

— outputposition integer
This operator returns the value 0 or 1, depending on the state of
the output jogger.

setoutputposition

— integer setoutputposition
This operator accepts an integer in the range 0 to 1. The output
positioning mechanism does not change to that value unless
outputpositioning is true. If outputpositioning is false, there is
no change in the output position.

outputpositioning

— outputpositioning boolean
This operator returns a boolean value which indicates whether
setoutputposition would take effect, if attempted.

setoutputpositioning

— boolean setoutputpositioning
This operator accepts a boolean value and sets the state returned
by outputpositioning.

defaultoutputposition

— defaultoutputposition
This operator returns the default state that outputpositioning
will return at the start of a new job.

setdefaultoutputpositioning

— setdefaultoutputpositioning
This operator sets the default state of defaultoutputpositioning
as chosen from the User Interface.

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2-sided operators
setdefault2-sidedmode*

— boolean setdefault2-sidedmode
Sets the value of default2-sidedmode. When true, the default
printing mode is 2-sided. When false, it is 1-sided.

default2-sidedmode

— default2-sidedmode boolean
This operator returns a boolean indicating the current default
mode. True indicates 2-sided mode; false, 1-sided mode.

set2-sidedmode

— boolean set2-sidedmode
Turns 2-sided printing on or off for the current job.
2-sided on and false turns it off.

2-sidedmode

True turns

— 2-sidedmode boolean
This operator returns a boolean indicating the current
mode. True is 2-sided mode and false is 1-sided.

setdefaulttumble*

printer

— boolean setdefaulttumble
Sets the default value for tumble. If this operator is true, the
second side of a 2-sided page is upside-down compared to the
first side. If false, the first and second sides have the same
orientation.

defaulttumble

— defaulttumble boolean
Returns a boolean indicating whether tumble is on or off.

settumble

— boolean settumble
This operator turns tumble on or off for the current job only.
Once the current job is finished, tumble is set to the default.

tumble

— tumble boolean
Returns a boolean indicating how text is oriented on a 2-sided
page.
True indicates the second side of a 2-sided page is
upside-down compared to the first side.
False indicates the
orientation is the same on both sides of the page.

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firstside

— firstside boolean
Returns a boolean indicating whether the image being created
will be printed on the first side of a logical page. For the first
page of a job, this value is always true.

Tray selection operators
setdefaultpapertray*

— integer setdefaultpapertray
Four selections are available with the multiple tray 4213:
0
1
2
3

UPPER TRAY
LOWER TRAY
HCF (High capacity feeder)
MANUAL/MMF

When beginning a job, the server selects the default paper tray,
and sets the size, and imageable area to the size of the paper in
that tray. Once the job begins, you can change paper trays and
the imageable area in a number of ways (refer to setpapertray,
and papername).
defaultpapertray

— defaultpapertray integer
This operator returns an integer representing the default tray
number set in setdefaultpapertray.

setpapertray

integer setpapertray —
Selects the paper tray to be used for the current job only, using
the number assignments defined in setdefaultpapertray above.
The imageable area is set by the size of the paper in the tray.
This command is used to change the paper tray within a job.
The next job will use the tray specified by setdefaultpapertray.

papertray

— papertray integer
This operator returns an integer indicating which tray to feed
from for the current job.
The values returned are:
0
1
2
3

4-8

UPPER TRAY
LOWER TRAY
HCF (High capacity feeder)
MANUAL/MMF

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setdefaulttrayswitch*

— boolean setdefaulttrayswitch
Sets automatic tray switching on or off. If this feature is turned
on, and the specified trays runs out of paper, the printer will
search other trays for the same size paper and continue printing.
If no paper of the same size is found, then the User Interface
indicates out of paper. The sequence used to search the other
paper trays is selectable through the User Interface, and is
described in appendix A4 of the 4213 User Guide.

defaulttrayswitch

— defaulttrayswitch boolean
This
operator
returns
a
boolean
defaulttrayswitch is on (true) or off (false).

settrayswitch

indicating

whether

— boolean settrayswitch
This operator turns automatic tray switching on or off for the
current job only. On is true and off is false. When the current
job ends, automatic tray selection is determined by the value of
defaulttrayswitch.

trayswitch

— trayswitch boolean
This operator returns a boolean indicating whether automatic tray
switching is on (true) or off (false).

manualfeed

— manualfeed boolean
This variable determines whether paper will be fed from the
manual feeder. If set to true, then the printer will request that
the next sheet be loaded in the manual feed slot. The image will
be formatted to the last paper size selected, either by default,
requesting a specific tray or using the papername operator to
request specific imageable area.

lettertray

— lettertray
This causes the 4213 to look for a tray with letter size paper. If
such a tray is found, the page type is set to letter and papertray
is set to that tray. If a tray with letter size paper is not found, a
rangecheck error occurs and the page type and papertray values
are not changed.

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legaltray

— legaltray
This causes the 4213 to look for a tray with legal size paper. If
such a tray is found, the page type is set to legal and papertray
is set to that tray. If a tray with legal size paper is not found, a
rangecheck error occurs and the page type and papertray values
are not changed.

executivetray

— executivetray
This causes the 4213 to look for a tray with executive size paper.
If such a tray is found, the page type is set to executivepage and
papertray is set to that tray. If a tray with executive size paper is
not found, a rangecheck error occurs and the page type and
papertray values are not changed.

A4tray

— A4tray
This causes the 4213 to look for a tray with A4 tray size paper. If
such a tray is found, the page type is set to A4 and papertray is
set to that tray. If a tray with A4 size paper is not found, a
rangecheck error occurs and the page type and papertray values
are not changed.

com10envelopetray

— com10envelopetray
This causes the 4213 to look for an envelope tray. If such a
is found, and com10 was selected from the User Interface,
page type is set to com10envelope and papertray is set to
tray. If a proper tray is not found, a rangecheck error occurs
page type and papertray values are not changed.

c5envelopetray

tray
the
that
and

— c5envelopetray
This causes the 4213 to look for an envelope tray. If such a tray
is found, and c5 was selected from the User Interface, the page
type is set to c5envelope and papertray is set to that tray. If a
proper tray is not found, a rangecheck error occurs and page
type and papertray values are not changed.

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dlenvelopetray

— dlenvelopetray
This causes the 4213 to look for an envelope tray. If such a tray
is found, and dl was selected from the User Interface, the page
type is set to dlenvelope and papertray is set to that tray. If a
proper tray is not found, a rangecheck error occurs and page
type and papertray values are not changed.

Handling syntax errors
Errors detected by the 4213 interpreter are reported to the host
only when the serial interface is used. The message is sent to the
host in the following form:
%%[error type and cause]%%
Syntax errors are caused usually by poorly written PostScript
masters or insufficient memory space in the printer. You can
define what action the printer should take when an error occurs.
The action taken by the printer is a default error message
reported in the following form:
%%[Error:error,OffendingCommand:command]%%
If the error occurred in the batch mode, the error message is
followed by the line:
%%[Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored]%%
After receiving an error message, you should send an EOT code
4H to the printer to reset the PDL interpreter, or all further data
sent to the printer will be ignored. In the DOS environment you
can reset the printer by typing the following at the C> prompt:
C> echo ^D > LPT1 [or COM1, etc.]
^D signifies “Control D,” and is obtained by holding down the
control key and pressing the letter D.

Handling printer errors
Printer errors are returned to the host computer in interactive
mode only when the serial interface is used. Errors appear in the
following form:
%%[PrinterError: cause of error]%%
Printer error messages are listed in the PostScript Language
Reference Manual.

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Table 4-2.

Memory
in MB

Jam recovery on
Simplex
Duplex

Jam recovery off
Simplex
Duplex

4.5

13.0

4.1

13.0

9.4

6.5

13.0

7.4

13.0

10.9

8.5

13.0

10.4

13.0

10.9

10.5

13.0

10.4

13.0

10.9

Table 4-3.

Legal paper throughput (images/minute)

Memory
in MB

Jam recovery on
Simplex
Duplex

Jam recovery off
Simplex
Duplex

4.5

7.0

3.8

10.5

4.9

6.5

10.5

3.8

10.5

8.5

10.5

7.8

10.5

9.7

10.5

9.7

10.5

9.7

Table 4-4.

4-12

Letter paper throughput (images/minute)

A4 paper throughput (images/minute)

Memory
in MB

Jam recovery on
Simplex
Duplex

Jam recovery off
Simplex
Duplex

4.5

7.4

3.7

13.0

5.0

6.5

13.0

7.4

13.0

10.9

8.5

13.0

10.4

13.0

10.9

10.5

13.0

10.4

13.0

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Table 4-5.

VM and font cache allocation

Memory
in MB

VM (Bytes)

Font cache (Bytes)

4.5

530K

260K

6.5

530K

700K

8.5

640K

700K

10.5

1000K

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Index

1
1-sided/2-sided, 3-15
2
2-sided
(book), 2-25
Inverted (pad), 2-26
operators, 4-7 to 4-8
Page Side Selection, 3-16
Stop, 2-17
Side Select, 2-27 to 2-28
2-sided/1-sided, 3-15
3270
3270 EBCDIC code mappings
Belgium, A-10
Danish/Norwegian, A-18
Dutch, A-15
Finnish/Swedish, A-19
French, A-14
French Canadian, A-11
German, A-20
Italian, A-17
Spanish, A-16
U.K. English, A-13
U.S. English, A-12
4213
4213
configuring for XES commands, 2-1 to 2-5
fonts, 2-29 to 2-37
graphics, 2-71 to 2-79
LPS character codes, 2-107 to 2-108
A
a4 paper throughput, 4-10 t
Absolute, Line Spacing, 2-56 to 2-57
absolute placement
landscape font, 2-60 f
portrait font, 2-59 f
Absolute, Text Placement, 2-57 to 2-58, E-1 t
allocation, VM and font cache, 4-13 t
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approvals
EME, iii to iv
safety, iv
Arc, Graphic, 2-95 to 2-97
Arcs, 2-96 f to 2-97 f
Area Fill ID, 3-55
fill patterns, 3-56 f
shading density, 3-57 f
ASCII code
assignments, D-3
mappings
Danish/Norwegian, A-7
Dutch, A-4
Finnish/Swedish, A-8
French, A-3
German, A-9
Italian, A-6
Spanish, A-5
U.K. English, A-2
U.S. English, A-1
asynchronous serial signals and pin assignments,
1-15
automatic mode switching, 2-1 to 2-2
B
Backspace (BS), 3-35, D-1
base table, 2-118 to 2-120
baud rate, set, 1-12
Belgian, 3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-10 t
binary data, 3-12
binary-hexadecimal-decimal equivalences, D-8 t to
D-13 t
Bold Start/Bold Stop, 2-68
booleans, 4-6 to 4-9
setdojamrecovery, 4-5
Box, Graphic, 2-79, 2-98
within a window, 2-99 f
building the file, 2-117 to 2-118
Bypass Slot Paper Size, 2-22 to 2-24
Bypass tray paper size selections, 2-23 t
byte count, 2-111

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INDEX

C
cable length, 1-1 t
centreing, 2-52
character formatting, 2-68
commands
ignored by the 4213, XES, E-1 t
macro, 3-60 to 3-62
to avoid on the 4213, XES, E-2 t
Canadian EME regulations, iii
cancelling User-Defined Key, 2-7
Cannon connector, 1-13
capacity for graphic windows, 2-84
Carriage Return (CR), 3-34, D-1
cartridge fonts, 3-9
Centre, 2-54
centreing and justifying between margins, 2-52
Centronics
connector, 1-3
interface, 1-1
connector, 1-3 f
voltage and current requirements, 1-7 t
signals and pin assignments, 1-4 to 1-5
signal timing and voltage levels, 1-6
certification, approvals, iii
changing placement for a magnified window, 2-86 f
channel baud options, 4-4
Channel select, E-1 t
character
codes on the Xerox 4213, 2-107 to 2-108
final parameter, 3-11
formatting, 2-68
group, 3-10
parameter, 3-11
variable sequence, 3-10
Character Code, 3-49 to 3-50
tables, A-1 t to A-21 t
Character Descriptor and Data, 3-50
character pitch, conversion table
1/60-inch units to 12-pitch characters, B-9 t
1/60-inch units to 10-pitch characters, B-10 t
1/300-inch units to 12-pitch characters, B-11 t
1/300-inch units to 10-pitch characters, B-12 t
Character Reassignment, 2-112 to 2-113
characteristics
fonts, 3-1 to 3-9
font selection, 3-5 to 3-9
graphic window, 2-79 to 2-81
Character Spacing Absolute, E-2 t

INDEX-2

f=FIGURE; t=TABLE

Cinch DB-25P connector, 1-13
class B, iii
Clear Horizontal Margins, 3-23
code
assignments
ASCII, D-3 t
EBCDIC, D-5 t
ISO, D-4 t
mappings tables, A-1 to A-21
numbers, typefaces, 3-43 t
coding schemes, supported, 2-108
combining escape sequences, 3-12 to 3-13 f
command
job control, 2-4
mode change, 2-2
simple, 2-5
printed output, 2-6
structure, PCL4, 3-9 to 3-13
syntax, 2-3
user-entered variables, 2-5
commands in printed output, 2-6
Comment, 2-28 to 2-29
compatibility, font, 3-1
completed table download record, 2-118 f
Complex Print, E-1 t
conductors, number of, 1-1 t
configuring 4213 for XES commands 2-1 to 2-5
connector
Amphenol 36-pin, 1-3
Cannon, 1-13
Centronics interface, 1-3 f
Cinch DB-25P, 1-13
DataProducts, 1-8
RS232C (serial), 1-13 f
constant page
creating, 2-74
merging, 2-76
control codes, 2-108, 3-9
for cursor positioning, 3-34 to 3-35
serial interfaces, D-1 t to D-2 t
conventions used in this manual, xxi to xxii
conversion tables
character pitch, B-9 t to B-12 t
inches, B-2 t to B-4 t
millimetres, B-5 t to B-8 t
units of measure, B-1 to B-12 t
converting User-Defined Key to printable character,
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coordinates, 2-10
copying graphic windows, 2-89 to 2-90
creating
constant pages, 2-74
graphic images, 2-92
pie chart, 2-105 f
tables, 2-121
current
requirements, 1-7 t, 1-11 t
text position, 2-88 to 2-89
cursor positioning commands, 3-26 to 3-35
customised mapping table (U.S. English code),
2-116 t
Cycle forms, E-1 t
D
Danish/Norwegian
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-18 t
ASCII code mappings, A-7 t
DATA BIT, 1-4 t
data capacity, 2-74
Data Monitor, 2-106 to 2-107
DataProducts
2260, 1-7 to 1-8
interface
connector, 1-8 f
timing, 1-10 t
signals and pin assignments, 1-9 t
data rates, 1-7 t, 1-11 t
Default Font, 3-44
decimal-binary-hexadecimal equivalences, D-8 t to
D-13 t
default format parameters
Landscape, F-1 t, F-3 t
Portrait, F-2 t, F-4 t
definition of printer command, 2-3
degrees of shading for Line Draw commands, 2-67 f
Delete, D-2
determining paper feed edge, 2-11
Disable Underline, 3-46
double hex values, D-13 t to D-17 t
downloading fonts, 2-31
Dutch
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-15 t
ASCII code mappings, A-4 t

INDEX

E
EBCDIC code
assignments, D-5 t
mappings, A-10 t to A-20 t
EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation, D-7 t
EME regulations, iii to v
emulation
HP PCL, 2-2
PostScript, 2-2, 4-1 to 4-13
XES, 2-2
End Graphics, 3-54
End-of-Line Wrap, 3-33 to 3-34
error message PasswordIncorrect, 4-3
errors
handling printers, 4-11
handling syntax, 4-11
Escape, D-2
escape sequences
combining, 3-12 to 3-13 f
three types, 2-3
with parameters, 3-10
without parameters, 3-10
examples of filled rectangles, 3-58 to 3-59 f
exitserver, 4-3
F
FCC rules and regulations, iii to iv
features supported, serial interface, 1-14
feed direction, 3-3 f
fifteen degrees of shading for Line Draw commands,
2-67 f
filled rectangles, examples, 3-58 to 3-59 f
Fill, Graphic, 2-99 to 2-103
fill pattern bounded by a graphic figure, 2-101 f
Fill Rectangular Area, 3-58
fill types for rectangular areas, 3-58 t
final parameter character, 3-11
Finnish/Swedish
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-19 t
ASCII code mappings, A-8 t
fixed underlining, 3-45
floating underlining, 3-45
flow control, set, 1-13

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INDEX

Font Add, 2-33
font
and page orientation, 2-9
assignment numbers, 3-6
cache allocation, 4-13 t
cartridges, 3-9
character as a digitised bitmap, 2-29 f
characteristics, 3-1 to 3-5
commands, 3-35 to 3-50
compatibility, 3-1
orientation, 2-9
selection
by characteristics, 3-5 to 3-6
by ID, 3-6, 3-48
source, 3-4
storage, 2-30
symbol sets with ID (LJ2D), 3-37 t
Font Control functions, 3-47 t
Font Delete, 2-33 to 2-34
Font Descriptor, 3-48 to 3-49
Font ID, 3-46 to 3-47
Font ID Assignment, 2-35 to 2-36
Font Load, 2-32
fonts, resident, 3-6 to 3-8
Font Select, 2-37
fonts
in a document, using, 2-34 to 2-35
on the 4213, 2-29
primary and secondary, 3-1, 3-46
Font Unload, 2-34
Form Load, E-1 t
Form Start, E-1 t
Format Select, E-1 t
formatting printed output, 2-18
Form Delete, E-2 t
Form Feed (FF), 3-27, D-1
Form ID Assign, E-2 t
Form Stop, E-2 t
French
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-14 t
ASCII code mappings, A-3 t
French Canadian, 3270 EBCDIC code mappings,
A-11 t
G
German
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-20 t
ASCII code mappings, A-9 t
Gradations of Stroke Weight, 3-42 t

INDEX-4

f=FIGURE; t=TABLE

Graphics, (XES)
Arc, 2-92, 2-95 to 2-97
Box, 2-92, 2-98
within a window, 2-99 f
Fill, 2-92, 2-99 to 2-103
Line, 2-92 to 2-95
Pie Chart, 2-92, 2-103 to 2-105
Window, 2-81 to 2-107
on a page, 2-84 f
Repeat, 2-90 to 2-92
rotation, 2-87 to 2-88
graphic commands and current
text position, 2-88
graphic position, 2-89
graphic data, incomplete, 3-51
Graphic Line, 2-93 to 2-95
graphics commands (LJ2D), 3-51 to 3-59
graphics margin settings, 3-53 t
Graphics, End, 3-54
graphics on the 4213, 2-77 to 2-79
graphic window copied at another location on the
page, 2-92
graphic windows
for portrait and landscape printing, 2-80 f
increasing capacity, 2-84
group character, 3-10
H
Half-line Feed, 3-32
handling
printer errors, 4-11
syntax errors, 4-11
Height, 3-4, 3-39
Hewlett Packard LJ2D commands
1-sided/2-sided, 3-15
2-sided Page Side Selection, 3-16
Area Fill ID, 3-55
Character Code, 3-49 to 3-50
Character Descriptor and Data, 3-50
Clear Horizontal Margins, 3-23
Default Font, 3-44
Disable Underline, 3-46
End Graphics, 3-54
End-of-Line Wrap, 3-33 to 3-34
Fill Rectangular Area, 3-58
Font Control, 3-47 to 3-48
Font Descriptor, 3-48 to 3-49
Font ID, 3-46
Font Selection by ID, 3-48

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Hewlett Packard LJ2D commands (continued)
Half-line Feed, 3-32
Height, 3-39
Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns), 3-27
Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints), 3-27 to
3-28
Horizontal Cursor Position (Spots), 3-28 to 3-29
Horizontal Motion Index, 3-25
Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints), 3-54
Horizontal Rectangle Size (Spots), 3-54
Left Offset Registration, 3-15
Line Spacing, 3-26
Line Termination, 3-32 to 3-33
Macro Control, 3-60 to 3-61
Macro ID, 3-60
Number of Copies, 3-14
Orientation, 3-21
Page Length, 3-19 to 3-20
Page Size, 3-18 to 3-19
Paper Source, 3-17 to 3-18
Perforation Region, 3-24 to 3-25
Pitch, 3-38 to 3-39
Printer Reset, 3-14
Push/Pop Cursor Position, 3-34
Raster Graphics Presentation Mode, 3-52
Raster Graphics Resolution, 3-51 to 3-52
Right Margin, 3-22
Spacing, 3-38
Start Graphics, 3-52 to 3-53
Symbol Set, 3-36 to 3-37
Style, 3-40
Stroke Weight, 3-41 to 3-42
Text Length, 3-23 to 3-24
Top Margin, 3-23
Top Offset Registration, 3-16
Transfer Raster Data, 3-53 to 3-54
Transparent Data, 3-45
Typeface, 3-42 to 3-44
Underline, 3-45 to 3-46
Vertical Cursor Position (Decipoints), 3-30 to
3-31
Vertical Cursor Position (Rows), 3-29 to 3-30
Vertical Cursor Position (Spots), 3-31
Vertical Motion Index, 3-25 to 3-26
Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints), 3-55
Vertical Rectangle Size (Spots), 3-55
hexadecimal-decimal-binary equivalences, D-8 t to
D-13 t

INDEX

HMI, see Horizontal Motion Index
Horizontal Cursor Position (Columns), 3-27
Horizontal Cursor Position (Decipoints), 3-27 to 3-28
Horizontal Cursor Position (Spots), 3-28 to 3-29
Horizontal Motion Index, 3-25
Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints), 3-54
Horizontal Rectangle Size (Spots), 3-54
Horizontal Tab (HT), 3-35, D-1, F-1 t to F-4 t
I
ID Assignment, Font, 2-35 to 2-36
imageable areas, 4-2 t
images, 2-87 to 2-88
inches, conversion table, B-2 t to B-4 t
independent margins, setting, 2-34
indicator, 2-110
initial tab positions and intervals, 2-49 t
Ink Change, E-2 t
integer pagecount, 4-4
integers, 4-4 to 4-6
interface
cable
parallel, 1-1
specifications, 1-1 t
Centronics, 1-1
connector
Centronics, 1-2
parallel, 1-1
select serial, 1-11 to 1-13
introduction, xix to xxii
invoking the base table, 2-118 to 2-120
ISO code assignments, D-4 t
ISO-to-EBCDIC translation for sixel encoded graphic
data, D-6 t
Italian
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-17 t
ASCII code mappings, A-6 t
italics, 2-68
J
job
boundaries, setting, 2-13 to 2-15
control commands, 2-4 to 2-5, 3-14 to 3-17
Job Prioritise, E-1 t
Justification Start/Stop, 2-53
justifying and centreing between margins, 2-52
Justify Unlimited, E-1 t

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INDEX

L
landscape
font on short edge feed landscape page,
absolute placement, 2-60 f
default format parameters, F-1 t
orientation page layout, 3-3 f
paper length values, 3-20 t
Language, 2-114
language G, special table code mappings, A-21 t
Left Margin, 3-21
Left Offset Registration, 3-15
legal paper throughput, 4-12 t
letter paper throughput, 4-12 t
Line Draw commands, fifteen degrees of shading,
2-67 f
Line Draw X, 2-62 to 2-64
command, 2-64 f
Line Draw Y, 2-64 to 2-66
command, 2-66 f
line end, 2-8
line ending options, 3-33 t
Line Feed (LF), 3-35, D-1
Line, Graphic, 2-93 to 2-95
Line Spacing, 2-55 to 2-56, 3-26
Line Spacing Absolute, 2-56 to 2-57
Line Termination, 3-32 to 3-33
LJ2D
symbol sets with ID numbers, 3-37 t
commands, see Hewlett Packard LJ2D
commands
load address, 2-111
Load, Merge Page, 2-74
Load Translation Table, 2-113
logic levels, 1-7 t, 1-11 t
M
macro
commands, 3-60 to 3-62
control functions, 3-61 t
example, 3-61 to 3-62
graphics, 2-79
Macro ID, 3-60
Macro Control, 3-60
magnification
and resolution, 2-85 f
and window placement, 2-86
Margin, Bottom, 2-43
margin default, 2-23 t
Margin, Left, 2-44, 3-21
Margin, Right, 2-44, 3-22
Margin, Top, 2-43, 3-23
margins, 2-40 to 2-42, F-1 t to F-4 t

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f=FIGURE; t=TABLE

Margins, Clear Horizontal, 3-23
justifying and centreing, 2-52
Margins Double, E-2 t
maximum values for vertical tabs, 2-49 t
MCK, see Mode Change Command
measuring landscape and portrait pages, 2-41 to
2-42 f
Merge Page Load, 2-74
Merge Page Unload, 2-75 to 2-76
Merge Start, 2-76 to 2-77
Merge Stop, 2-77
merging constant pages, 2-76
metered data, select, 1-2
millimetres, conversion table, B-5 t to B-8 t
mode
change command, 2-2
switching, automatic, 2-1
Multiple Copies, 2-19 to 2-20
N
new character assignments over original table,
2-119 f
normal printing and reversed printing, 2-87 f
Norwegian
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-18 t
ASCII code mappings, A-7 t
notice, v
Null, D-1
null modem, 1-15
wiring, 1-16 f
number of conductors, 1-1 t
Number of Copies, 3-14
numeric variable, 3-11
O
Offset, 2-24
Online and Ready and Demand, 1-11 t
Operator Message, E-1 t
operators
2-sided, 4-7 to 4-8
output positioning, 4-6
statusdict, 4-3 to 4-4
system set up, 4-4 to 4-5
timeout, 4-5 to 4-6
tray selection, 4-8 to 4-10
orientation
font, 2-9 to 2-10, 3-2 to 3-3
origin, 2-80
page, 2-9, 2-80
page layout,
landscape, 3-3 f
portrait, 3-3 f

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Orientation command, 3-21
origin and page orientation, 2-80
output positioning, 4-6
Output Tray, E-1 t
Overstrike Start/Overstrike Stop, 2-70
P
packing, run-length, C-9 to C-11
page
capacity, 2-12
control commands, 3-17 to 3-26
definition, 2-9 to 2-10
formatting features, 2-55 to 2-56
graphic windows, 2-81 to 2-84
orientation, 2-9
type, userdict operators, 4-1
pagecount integer, 4-4
Page Length, 3-19 to 3-20
Page Size, 3-18
values, 3-19 t
paper
feed, 2-10 to 2-11
sizes and imageable areas, 4-2 t
throughput, 4-12 t
papername, 4-1
Paper Source
values, 3-17 t
Paper Tray, 2-21 to 2-22
Parallel interface, 1-1
cable, 1-1
parameter character, 3-11
parameters, system, 4-3
parity, set, 1-12
PasswordIncorrect error message, 4-3
PCL4 command
reference, 3-13 to 3-62
structure, 3-9 to 3-13
Perforation Region, 3-24 to 3-25
physical and logical paper tray selection, 2-21 t
physical paper size, 2-23 t
Pie Chart, Graphic, 2-103 to 2-105
pin assignments and signals, 1-4 t to 1-5 t, 1-9 t
1-15 t
Pitch, 3-4, 3-38 to 3-39
Plane Prioritise, E-2 t
portrait
font placement, 2-59 f
orientation page layout, 3-3 f
paper length values, 3-20 t
PostScript emulation, 2-2, 4-1 to 4-13
predefined fill patterns, 2-100 f
Presentation Mode, Raster Graphics, 3-52
primary fonts, 3-1, 3-46

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printable area, 3-3 f
printed output, formatting, 2-18 to 2-28
printer
command, definition, 2-3
errors, handling, 4-11 to 4-13
operation, return, 1-13
Printer Reset, 3-14
printing the sequence = UDK = as text, 2-7
Print Job, 2-15 to 2-17
print mode, return, 1-2
process, sixel encoding, C-4 to C-7
product string, 4-5
publications, related, vi
purpose of this manual, xx
Push/Pop Cursor Position, 3-34
R
radio frequency emissions, iii to iv
rasterisation, C-3 f
raster graphics, 2-78 to 2-79
Raster Graphics Presentation Mode, 3-52
Raster Graphics Resolution, 3-51
values for graphics resolution 3-52 t
Ready and On-line and Demand, 1-11
Reassignment, Character, 2-112 to 2-113
record terminator, 2-112
record-type indicator, 2-110
reference tables, D-1 t to D-17 t
regulations
Canadian EME, iii
European, EME, iv
related publications, vi
relative placement, 2-60 to 2-62
Relative, Text Placement, 2-60 to 2-62
requirements, Centronics interface voltage, 1-7 t
Reset, 2-2, 2-17 to 2-18
resident fonts, 3-6
LJII, 3-7 t to 3-8 t
resolution and magnification, 2-85 to 2-86
restrictions on 4213 printer, text placement, 2-40
return to
printer operation, 1-13
print mode, 1-2
reversed printing and normal printing, 2-87 f
reversing images, 2-87
revision integer, 4-5
Right Margin, 3-22
rotating images, 2-87 to 2-88
rotation, graphic window, 2-88 f
RS232 C (serial) connector, 1-13 f
rules and regulations, FCC, iii to v
run-length packing, C-9 to C-11

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INDEX

S
safety
approval, iv to v
operational, iv
precautions, iii
radio frequency energy, iii to iv
sample programme
in C for sixel encoding, C-4 to C-7
in BASIC for run-length packing, C-9 to C-11
sample translation table job, 2-115 to 2-120
scan direction for raster graphics, 2-81 to 2-84
schemes, supported coding
7-bit, 2-108
secondary fonts, 3-1, 3-46
select
Centronics parallel interface, 1-2 to 1-3
DataProducts parallel interface, 1-7 to 1-8
metered data, 1-2
serial interface, 1-11
selecting UDK, tips, 2-8
serial interface, 1-11 to 1-15
features supported, 1-14
select, 1-11
serial signals and pin assignments, 1-15 t
serverdict begin, 4-3 to 4-4
set baud rate, 1-12
setdojamrecovery boolean, 4-5
set flow control, 1-13
set parity, 1-12
setpassword, 4-3
setprintername string, 4-4
setting
independent margins, 2-42
job boundaries, 2-13 to 2-15
units of measure, 2-37 to 2-38
seven-bit coding schemes, 2-108 to 2-109
shading for the Line Draw commands, 2-67 f
shield connection, 1-1 t
shielded cables, iii
Shift In, D-1
Shift Out, D-1
showing commands in printed output, 2-6
signals and pin assignments, 1-4 t to 1-5 t, 1-9 t,
1-15 t
signal timing and voltage levels, Centronics, 1-5 f,
1-7 t
simple commands, 2-5

INDEX-8

f=FIGURE; t=TABLE

Single Escape Sequence, 3-10 f
sixel encoding, C-1 to C-7
process, C-2 f
Space (SP), 3-34
Spacing, 3-4, 3-38
Spacing, Line, 2-55 to 2-56, 3-26
Spanish
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-16 t
ASCII code mappings, A-5 t
Special Paper, E-1 t
Special Table, 2-109
code mappings (language G), A-21 t
specifications,
parallel interface cable, 1-1 t
page capacity, 2-12 t
short-edge feed paper, 2-11 f
Start Graphics, 3-52 to 3-53
start-of-record indicator, 2-110
Start/Stop (XES)
Bold, 2-68
Justification, 2-53
Merge, 2-76 to 2-77
Overstrike, 2-70
Subscript, 2-70 to 2-71
Superscript, 2-72
Underline, 2-69
statusdict operators, 4-3 to 4-4
Stops Set, B-12
string setprintername, 4-4
STROBE L, 1-4 t
Stroke Weight, 3-5, 3-41
gradations, 3-42 t
Style, 3-4, 3-40
Subscript Start/Subscript Stop, 2-70
substitute escape character, see User-Defined Key
Superscript Start/Superscript Stop, 2-72
supported coding schemes, 2-108 to 2-109
Swedish/Finnish
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-19 t
ASCII code mappings, A-8 t
Symbol Set, 3-4, 3-36
LJ2D, with ID numbers, 3-37 t
system
parameters, 4-3
set up operators, 4-4 to 4-5
syntax
command, 2-3
error handling, 4-11

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f=FIGURE; t=TABLE

T
table data record, 2-210 to 2-212
table of contents, vii to xviii
Table, Special Translation, 2-109
tab position and intervals, 2-47, F-1 to F-4
tabs, 2-44 to 2-52
Tabs Clear Horizontal, 2-47
Tabs Clear Vertical, 2-48 to 2-49
Tabs Horizontal, 2-45 to 2-47, F-1 t to F-4 t
Tabs Horizontal “B”, E-1 t
Tabs Vertical, 2-48 to 2-51, F-1 t to F-4 t
Text Length, 3-23 to 3-24
Text Placement Absolute, 2-57 to 2-60
Text Placement Relative, 2-60 to 2-62
text placement restrictions, 2-40
timeout operators, 4-5 to 4-6
Time Stamp, E-1 t
tips on selecting UDK, 2-8
Top Margin, 3-23
Top Offset Registration, 3-16
trailing edge, paper, 2-11 f
Transfer Raster Data, 3-53
translation table
entries, 2-111
structure, 2-109 to 2-112
Transparent Data, 3-45
tray selection operators, 4-8 to 4-11
Typeface, 3-5, 3-42
and code numbers, 3-43 to 3-44 t
types of escape sequences, 2-3 to 2-5
U
UDK, 2-5 to 2-8
UDK = as text, printing the sequence, 2-7
UDK, tips on selecting, 2-8
UK English
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-13 t
ASCII code mappings, A-2 t
Underline, 3-45
Disable, 3-46
Underline Start/Underline Stop, 2-69
underlining
fixed, 3-45
floating, 3-45
units, setting margins and tabs, 2-37 to 2-52
units of measure, 2-10
conversion tables, B-2 t to B-12 t
setting, 2-37
Unload, Merge Page, 2-75 to 2-76
U.S. English code mapping, 2-116 t, A-1 t

INDEX

U.S. English code mapping (continued)
3270 EBCDIC code mappings, A-12 t
ASCII code mappings, U.K., A-2 t
User-Defined Key, 2-5 to 2-8
User-Defined Key to printable character, converting,
2-6
user-defined translation tables, 2-109
userdict operators for page type, 4-1
user-entered variables, commands, 2-5
using
fonts in a document, 2-34 to 2-35
parameter and final parameter, 3-12 t
V
valid strings for papername, 4-1 to 4-2 t
values for
graphics resolution, 3-52 t
vertical tabs, 2-49 to 2-51, F-1 to F-4
variable sequence character, 3-10
variances, xxi
Vector Draw, E-1 t
vector graphics, 2-79
Vertical Cursor Position (Rows), 3-29
Vertical Cursor Position (Decipoints), 3-30 to 3-31
Vertical Cursor Position (Spots), 3-31
Vertical Motion Index, 3-25
Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints), 3-55
Vertical Rectangle Size (Spots) 3-55
Vertical Tabs, D-1, F-1 t to F-4 t
vertical tabs
in 1/60 inch units, 2-50 f
in 1/300 inch units, 2-51 f
VFU Stops “B”/Stops Set, E-1 t
VFU Stops Clear, E-1 t
VM and font cache allocation, 4-13 t
VMI, see Vertical Motion Index
voltage requirements
Centronics, 1-7 t
DataProducts, 1-11 t
W
WARNING iv, xxii
what this manual contains, xx
Window, Graphic, 2-81 to 2-92
on a page, 2-84 f
Repeat, 2-90 to 2-92
rotation, 2-88 f
window placement and magnification, 2-86
wire size, 1-1 t
wiring, null modem, 1-15 f

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INDEX

X
XES commands
Bold Start/Bold Stop, 2-68 to 2-69
Bypass Slot Paper Size, 2-22 to 2-24
Centre, 2-54
Comment, 2-28 to 2-29
Data Monitor, 2-106 to 2-107
2-sided (book), 2-25
2-sided Inverted (pad), 2-26
2-sided Side Select, 2-27 to 2-28
2-sided Stop, 2-27
Font Add, 2-33
Font Delete, 2-33 to 2-34
Font ID Assignment, 2-35 to 2-36
Font Load, 2-32
Font Select, 2-37
Font Unload, 2-34
Graphic Arc, 2-95 to 2-97
Graphic Box, 2-98 to 2-99
Graphic Fill, 2-99 to 2-103
Graphic Line, 2-93 to 2-95
Graphic Pie Chart, 2-103 to 2-105
Graphic Window, 2-81 to 2-89
Graphic Window Repeat, 2-90 to 2-92
Justification Start/Stop, 2-53
Line Draw X, 2-62 to 2-64
Line Draw Y, 2-64 to 2-67
Line Spacing Absolute, 2-56 to 2-57
Line Spacing, 2-55 to 2-56
Margin Bottom, 2-43
Margin Left, 2-44

INDEX-10

f=FIGURE; t=TABLE

Margin Right, 2-44
Margins, 2-40 to 2-42
Margin Top, 2-43
Merge Page Load, 2-74 to 2-75
Merge Page Unload, 2-75 to 2-76
Merge Start, 2-76 to 2-77
Merge Stop, 2-77
Multiple Copies, 2-19
Multiple Copies (Non-Collated), 2-20
Offset, 2-24 to 2-25
Overstrike Start/Overstrike Stop, 2-70
Paper Tray, 2-21 to 2-22
Print Job, 2-15 to 2-16
Print Job (Mixed Orientation) 2-16 to 2-17
Reset, 2-17 to 2-18
Subscript Start/Subscript Stop, 2-55
Superscript Start/Superscript Stop, 2-70 to 2-71
Tabs Clear Horizontal, 2-47
Tabs Clear Vertical, 2-52
Tabs Horizontal, 2-45 to 2-47
Tabs Vertical, 2-48 to 2-51
Text Placement Absolute, 2-57 to 2-60
Text Placement Relative, 2-60 to 2-62
Underline Start/Underline Stop, 2-69
Units–1/60, 2-38
Units–1/300, 2-38
XES commands ignored by the 4213 laser printer,
E-1 t
XES commands to avoid on the 4213 laser printer,
E-2 t
XES compatibility, E-1 to E-2

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