Printer system

PCL5 triggers

[ESC]E

[FF]

PS triggers

%!PS-Adobe-3.1

"%!"

"dict begin"

"bind def"

"findfont"

"showpage"

"/statusdict"

"0 startjob"

[EOT]

"}" + space character + "def"

"userdict" (*)

PDF triggers

%PDF-

%!PS-Adobe-M.nPDF- (*M, n=numeric)

* "userdict" is excluded by configuring Printer Bit Switch 5-3=1.

  • Up to 2KB from the start of the job can be searched for triggers.
  • "%%" can be added to the PS triggers by configuring Printer Bit Switch 5-3=1
  • If a job is identified as PDF, it will be sent to the PS interpreter to be processed as a regular PS job.

PS interpreter

PCL5 trigger

[ESC]E and 2 or more continuous PCL commands

  • Up to 256 bytes from the start of each page can be searched for triggers.