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Custom configuration (group #70) – Xerox ALLY PLUSTM 6287 User Manual

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CONFIGURATION

Custom Configuration (Group #70)

These options accommodate specific applications that may be installed at

the user’s site.

70 — DisplayWrite 370 support

DisplayWrite 370 is a word processing application that provides the

capability to bold, underline or overstrike text. DisplayWrite 370 printing

features are supported by the 6287 ALLY PLUS when this option is

enabled. To use these features, the user should read and understand Section

4 — Programmable Function Strings. To use all of the DisplayWrite 370

features, this option must be enabled, and the appropriate programmable

function strings must be programmed. They are listed here:

DESCRIPTION

PFS

BOLD ON

%02

BOLD OFF

%03

OVERSTRIKE ON

%04

OVERSTRIKE OFF

%05

UNDERLINE ON

%06

UNDERLINE OFF

%07

To enable or disable this feature, use the following sequences:

!ALLY!70=00;

DisplayWrite 370 is disabled (default)

!ALLY!70=01;

DisplayWrite 370 is enabled

With DisplayWrite enabled, the data stream is handled in quite a different

way than when DisplayWrite is disabled:
When DisplayWrite is OFF, the data stream is sent to the printer one

character at a time as it is received. In this mode, it is permissible for the

user to embed printer-specific escape sequences or PFS commands

(!ALLY!>PFS#) in the data stream with predictable results. However, users

with laser printers will be unable to achieve bolding of text unless they

invoke a bold font.