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About Control-D characters
When using the printer connected to the parallel port, a Control-D character is used to indicate the end of a file. Without a Control-D character in the file, the printer will continue waiting for more input. All PostScript utility files, except RESET.PS, must end with a Control-D character when sent from a workstation to the printer over a parallel interface. In the file descriptions, Control-D is denoted as CTRL-D. For more information about PostScript programming, refer to the PostScript Language Reference Manual, second edition, Adobe Systems Incorporated.

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Removing Control-D characters from utility files

  1. Locate the delctrld UNIX shell script in the BIN directory on the Phaser 360 printer's CD-ROM. (Or, see Obtaining the PC utility files to obtain this shell script through another method.)

  2. Copy the script to your hard disk.

  3. To remove all Control-D characters from a file, type the following command:

    delctrld filename1.ps filename2.ps

    where filename1.ps is the utility file you want to remove Control-D characters from, and filename2.ps is the revised file with a new name. (Both filename1.ps and filename2.ps can have the same name, but the original file will be overwritten by the revision.)

  4. Send the utility file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.

Adding Control-D characters to utility files

  1. Locate the addctrld UNIX shell script in the BIN directory on the Phaser 360 printer's CD-ROM. (Or, see Obtaining the PC utility files to obtain this shell script through another method.)

  2. Copy the script to your hard disk.

  3. To add Control-D characters to the beginning and end of a file, type the following command:

    addctrld filename1.ps filename2.ps

    where filename1.ps is the utility file you want to add Control-D characters to, and filename2.ps is the revised file with a new name. (Both filename1.ps and filename2.ps can have the same name, but the original file will be overwritten by the revision.)

  4. Send the utility file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.

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