[comp.periphs.printers] Switching between Postscript and PCL mode

skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) (02/27/91)

I have an HP Laserjet III + Pacific Page PostScript cartridge
setup which is running in PostScript mode most of the time
but is used occasionally to print PCL jobs which have the
"switch from PS to PCL" and "switch from PCL to PS" escape
sequences bracketed around it.  The problem I am having is
that the PCL-to-PS sequence at the end of the PCL job seems
to take effect immediately upon arrivial at the printer even
thought the last page of the PCL job is still being imaged
inside the printer, thus preventing that page from ever
seeing the light of day.

Is there a PCL command which can be used to cause a real-time
delay of a specified interval or to tell the printer to
complete all previous commands before proceeding any further
in the print stream.

Thank you very much for any pointers.

...Sam
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