Windows allows the specification of a separator page file to be printed at the start of each print job. Several such files are included with Windows. In addition, custom separator page files may be created to suit individual needs.
To create a custom separator page file, do the following:
Open a text editor such as Notepad. On the first line, type a single character and press ENTER. The character on this line defines the character used as an escape character (for example, the table below assumes that this character will be the at sign - "@").
Type the escape codes for the functions (listed in the table below) you want and save the file with a .SEP extension in the Windows System32 sub directory.
Open the Print Manager and select the Printer that you want to use the separator page file with. Choose Properties from the Printer menu.
In the Printer Properties dialog box, select Details and specify the name of the desired separator page file in the Separator File field and press OK.
The following lines enumerate the escape codes that can be used in a separator page file and their functions.
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Escape Codes |
Functions |
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@B@M |
Prints text in double-width block characters until the @U escape sequence is encountered. |
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@B@S |
Prints text in single-width block characters until the @U escape sequence is encountered. |
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@D |
Prints the date the job was printed. The representation of the date is the same as the Date Format in the International section in Control Panel. |
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@E
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Ejects a page from the printer. Use this code to start a new separator page or to end the separator page file. If you get an extra blank separator page when you print, remove this code from your separator page file. |
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@Hnn
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Sets a printer-specific control sequence, where nn is a hexadecimal ASCII code sent directly to the printer. To determine the specific numbers, see your printer manual. |
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@I |
Prints the job number. |
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@Lxxxx
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Prints all the characters (xxxx) following it until another escape code is encountered. You can use this to display legitimate information, in the separator page. |
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@N |
Prints the user name of the person who submitted the job. |
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@n |
Skips n number of lines (from 0 through 9). Skipping 0 lines moves printing to the next line. |
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@T |
Prints the time the job was printed. The representation of the time is the same as the Time Format in the International section in Control Panel. |
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@U |
Turns off block character printing. |
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@Wnn - e.g. @W80
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Sets the width of the separator page. The default width is 80; the maximum width is 256. Any printable characters beyond this width are truncated. |
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