Brother HL-5280DW Technical Reference Manual

2006/05/31
CHAPTER 5 PJL - 67
The following is an example of how to restore the display to the normal ready message.
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL COMMENT Normal READY message <CR><LF>
@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "" <CR><LF>
@PJL EOJ NAME = "End of Tom's Job" <CR><LF>
<ESC>%-12345X
8.3. OPMSG Command
With the OPMSG command, you can display any message you like on the printer switch panel LCD. The
printer will go off-line and stop printing until the operator presses the ON LINE key or resets the printer
(Press SHIFT key and RESET key, then press SET key.)
Syntax
@PJL OPMSG DISPLAY = "message" [<CR>]<LF>
Parameters
Parameter Functional Range Default
DISPLAY = "message" ASCII 33 and ASCII
35 through 255, <SP>,
<HT>
N/A
DISPLAY = "message"
You can use any combination of characters available on the printer except for the quotation marks (ASCII
34) up to 16 characters in total including spaces or horizontal tab. Characters must be enclosed in double
quotes.
Example
The following example shows how to display "LOAD C5 ENVELOPE" on the printer switch panel.
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL JOB NAME = "JOB C5 envelope" <CR><LF>
@PJL OPMSG DISPLAY = "LOAD C5 ENVELOPE" <CR><LF>
@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL <CR><LF>
<ESC>E This is C5 Envelope<ESC>E
8.4. STMSG Command
With the STMSG command, you can display any message you like on the printer switch panel LCD. The
printer will go off-line and stop printing until the operator presses the ON LINE key or resets the printer
(Press SHIFT key and RESET key, then press SET key.) When the printer is put back to on-line by the
operator, the printer returns a status message giving the name of the key.
Syntax
@PJL STMSG DISPLAY = "message" [<CR>]<LF>
Return Syntax
@PJL STMSG DISPLAY = "message" <CR><LF>
key <CR><LF>
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Brother HL-5280DW Specifications

General

Brand	Brother
Model	HL-5280DW
Category	Printer
Language	English