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VFC and Initialization

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The VFC and Initialization screen is the eighth Workstation Configurator screen. To select this screen, press the Save Data [F1] function key from the VFC File Selection screen. The screen shown in Figure 4-8 is then displayed.

Fields

The VFC and Initialization screen lets you configure the following information:

  • Is device to be initialized (Y/N). Initializing the printer sets it to a known and repeatable state. This field lets you specify whether the printer should be initialized when this term type is used.

  • Initialization String. This field allows you to configure the character string used to initialize the printer. A maximum of 120 characters can be entered. Printable characters are surrounded with quotes. Control characters are entered by using the mnemonics defined in Appendix B “Control Character Mnemonics” these are separated from character strings by a comma.

  • Is VFC defined for the device (Y/N). Up to 16 VFC channels can be configured. Each channel performs a standard skip function such as skip to top of next page or skip one line. When using this terminal type, this field lets you specify whether VFC is defined

  • String. The character string entered here defines the VFC sequences for the device. A maximum of 16 sequences can be defined per device.

    NOTE: The mnemonic NUL is not a valid entry for the Initialization String and String fields.
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