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IBM 1725 SLS User Manual

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End Job Mode

QMS 1725 SLS Print System User's Guide

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tell the printer where your print job ends. QMS Crown printers recog-
nize two end-of-document commands: QMS EOD and HP EOD.

These commands are functionally the same. They enable data
stream sensing for the EOD command, allowing your host computer
to control print job separation. The QMS EOD and the HP EOD
commands perform an end of document for all of the printer
emulations supported on your printer (PostScript, HP-GL, HP PCL,
and Lineprinter).

See your system administrator or applications development depart-
ment to have them identify the standard EOD command for your
organization, or to have them select a standard EOD command.

Setting the End Job Mode for the Serial and

Parallel Protocols

Your printer can be connected through the serial or parallel interface
to a stand-alone PC, to a PC print server, or to some other type of
print queuing system. This section provides a quick guide to the steps
needed to set the end job mode for each environment. The following
sections provide more detailed information for each step.

Stand-Alone PC

1

Set the end job mode from the printer's control panel.

2

Add the EOD command to your file.

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Note: If using steps 1 and 2 is not feasible in your stand-alone PC

environment, you can alternatively use a program that either causes an

emulation timeout or that inserts an EOD command between each print

job. See your QMS vendor for more information on this type of program.

PC Print Server

1

Set the end job mode from the printer’s control panel.

2

Create a job separator to append an EOD command and
send it between each print job.