JSI Tip 0388 - How do I create a custom Separator Page for my printer?

Jerold Schulman

January 11, 1998

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Windows NT provides 3 .SEP files in the %SystemRoot%System32 directory. You can modify these or create a new one using the following command syntax:

Command

D e s c r i p t i o n

 @ 

 Escape character - Defined by typing any character as the 1st and only character on the 1st line of the file. @ is used in this example. 

 @N 

 Prints the %UserName% that submitted the job. 

 @I 

 Prints the job number. 

 @D 

 Prints the date in the format defined in Control Panel. 

 @T 

 Prints the time in the format defined in Control Panel. 

 @Lxxxx

 Prints all the characters (xxx) until the next @ is encountered. 

 @Fpathname 

 Prints the contents of the file starting on the next line. 

 @Hnn 

 Sends a printer specific hexadecimal control code. 

 @Wnn 

 Sets the width of the separator page. The deault is 80 and the max is 256. 

 @U 

 Turns off block character printing. 

 @B@S 

 Prints text in single-width block characters until @U is encountered. 

 @E 

 Ends the page by ejecting it or starts a new one. 

 @n 

 Skips n lines (0-9). @0 starts a new line. 

 @B@M 

 Prints text in double-width block characters until @U is encountered. 

Here is a simple searator page I wrote for my HP1600C:

@
@1
@B@S@N@4
@I@4
@U@D@L   @T@4
@E

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