RPM PCL Banner Transform

Screenshots in this article are from RPM 7.0.

This transform inserts a PCL banner page.

Purpose

This transform provides a convenient way to attach a custom banner to a PCL print job. Note that we can pull from any tray, so you could use colored paper if you wish.

The Content setting is what you will print. Use Job Content prints a banner of job metadata. Single dot prints a single period, so that systems that suppress blank pages still pass the page. Blank prints an empty page.

Setup

• Paper Source The source tray from which the banner will be printed. Auto Select lets the printer choose.
• Output The printer-specific output bin.
• Content Use Job Content, Single dot or Blank (see above).
• Paper Type Select the paper type installed in the selected tray.
• Orientation Portrait or landscape.
• Top Margin / Left Margin The banner’s margins, in inches (default: 0.5).
• Type Face The font used on the banner page. All text on the banner page is printed in this font (default: Courier).
• Symbol Set Character encoding to use (default: Roman-8).
• Size The size of the font in points (default: 14).
• Spacing Fixed or Proportional font spacing (default: fixed).

Job banner

With Use Job Content, the banner prints these items, each one only if the job has it:

• CLASS = job class
• HOST = originating host
• INDENT = indent
• JOB = job name
• NAME = source name
• USER = job user
• TITLE = job title
• FORMAT = job format
• WIDTH = job width
• SENT = time the originating system created the job
• PRINT = time the job was printed, that is, current time