PCL Commander

 

Version      1.0

Date         08.29.2000

 

(Ñ) OSRSOFT, 2000.  All rights reserved.

 

 

Introduction

 

PCL Commander - program intended for the removed management of laser and jet printers. It allows by one pressing of the button to send on the printer PCL command, thus switching orientation of a sheet, sizes of fonts, sets, pitch etc.

 

In the version 1.0 the opportunity has appeared to send on a seal any test file, for this purpose it needs to be chosen in the top left window. The sending of a file on a seal occurs directly at the moment of pressing the button OK in dialogue of a choice of a file.

 

The sending of teams on the printer is carried out directly at the moment of pressing the button or choice of meaning from the list.

 

Adjustment of the program

 

The adjustment of the program is made by editing a file pclcmd.ini

The given file is a standard ini-file of Windows. It contains one section - [common], which contains some parameters.

 

Cfg:

Contains a name of a configuration file determining the interface of the program. Syntax of a configuration file look below.

 

Port:

Name of port to which the printer is connected.

 

Lang:

The program has two built-in languages of the interface - Russian and English. Language of the help gets out with the help of this parameter.

Allowable meanings:

Lang=RUS - Russian

Lang=ENG - English language.

 

Syntax of a configuration file

 

The configuration files have extension .CFG and contain the lists PCL of teams without a symbol ESC. At start of the program on its panel those teams are displayed only which are determined in the connected configuration file.

 

The team has the following format:

Name {parameter, parameter...}

 

If in the list there is only one parameter, on the panel PCL Commander the button will appear, if parameters more than one, will appear the dropping out list.

 

Name - defines an inscription on the button, or before the dropping out list.

 

Parameter - for the button contains PCL a team without a symbol ESC.

For the list parameter has the following format:

Name=command

 

Name - name of a command, which is displayed in the dropping out list.

 

Command - itself PCL command sent on the printer, again without a symbol ESC.

 

The configuration file can contain the one-string comments, which begin with pair of symbols // and come to an end by the end of a line.

The information on the developer

 

Svyatoslav Oskolkov

 

145 Lenin str.

617830

Chernushka,

Perm reg.

Russian Federation.

 

http://osrsoft.da.ru