Changing Environment Settings - HP Color LaserJet 5500 Technical Reference Manual

Changing
Environment
Settings
The following scenario elaborates on how the print
environment changes during printer operation. The
"number of copies" feature is used to show feature changes
as events occur.
1. The first time the printer is turned on after it leaves the
factory (or after the INITIALIZE command), the number
of copies feature is set to the factory default value of 1
copy.
2. At any point following the initial power-on or the
INITIALIZE command, the number of copies feature can
be set using the DEFAULT COPIES command in a PJL
job or by changing the COPIES = setting on the control
panel. This changes the User Default Environment set-
ting to a new value, such as number of copies = 3. The
User Default Environment values are not loaded into the
PJL Current Environment until the next PJL reset condi-
tion occurs. (For printers with control panels, if the
printer is currently not processing a job while the feature
is changed from the control panel, the printer treats the
feature change as a PJL reset condition and loads the
newly changed value into non-volatile RAM.)
3. If the PJL job uses the SET COPIES = 5 command to
change the number of copies, the PJL Current Environ-
ment value changes to the selected setting (for example,
5). Otherwise, the number of copies setting remains the
same as set using the DEFAULT command or the con-
trol panel (in this example, 3).
4. If the printer language (such as PCL or PostScript)
changes the number of copies setting to another value,
such as 8, the newly specified printer language value
overrides the PJL Current Environment value. If the
printer has a control panel, however, it still displays the
User Default Environment value set using the control
panel keys or the DEFAULT command (3).
5. The next PJL reset condition defaults the number of cop-
ies setting to the value set from the control panel or by
Environment Commands 6-5