A. A printer separator page is configured by creating a text file using a number of special control codes. The basic format of the separator page is as follows
$ ---- this can be any character, and must be the
first character on the first line. Choose a character not normally used to
be the control character, in this case $
$LUser Name $N ---- $L is used to display
normal test until another code is found, $N displayed the username
$L, Job Number $I ---- $I displays the job
number
$E ---- $E means end of page
Other characters you can use are
$B$S ---- Turn on block character printing
$D ---- Data job printer
$F<filename> ---- A file to print
$H ---- Printer specific control code
$x ---- Where x is a number of blank lines to print
$T ---- Time job was printed
$U ---- Turns off block character printing
$Wxx ---- Width of the separator page
To configure the printer to use the separator file:
- Start the Printer Control Panel Applet (Start - Settings - Printers)
- Right Click on a printer and select Properties
- Click the "Separator Page" button
- Enter the path and file name of the separator page file and click OK
- Click OK again to exit the Printer Setup