Ref: 11020017
Title: Implementing Reset Sequences
Date: 6/22/90

Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991.  All rights reserved.

Reset sequences are files that contain codes for resetting a printer
to its default operating state before each print job.  They are used
for such tasks as printing a landscape document and then resetting
the printer to portrait mode for the next document.

Since there is no standard programming language for printers to use, it
is the administrator's task to set up a reset sequence for a given printer
on the network.

A reset sequence file must have the extension .RES and be placed in the
\Spool subdirectory.  Here is a sample reset sequence for the HP Laserjet:

    1B 45 1B 26 6C 31 34 63 31 65 37 2E 36 34 63 36 36 46


Follow the steps below to implement the reset file:

1.  Type Netsetup.

2.  Select "Configure network printers."

3.  Select OK at the next screen "Path to 3open directory" if the path is
correct.  Otherwise, correct the path and then select OK.

4.  Select OK at the next screen "System Initialization File" if the path is
correct.  Otherwise, correct the path and select OK.

5.  Select OK at the next screen "MS OS/2 Mode Command File" if the path is
correct.  Otherwise, correct the path and select OK.

6.  At the next screen, "Printer Configuration Menu," select "Manage Reset
sequence files."

7.  At the "Manage Printer Reset Sequence Files" screen, either select a
reset sequence file or select "Create printer reset seqence file."

If creating a new file, enter the hexadecimal number for each character
you want to send, using the format in the example above.

8.  Once the file is created or selected, go back to the previous screen
"Printer Configuration Menu" and select "Manage Separator Files."

9.  Select your .SEP file.

10. Enter the filename of the reset sequence.

11. Return to the main menu and quit.

Your printer will now use the codes in the reset sequence between
print jobs.
