EN Job Separation Command 4-11
Job Separation Command 
Job separation provides a means of identifying one print job from 
others in the printer’s output tray. It usually does this by physically 
offsetting one print job from the next.
The Job Separation command toggles the printer’s separation 
mechanism. This command must be sent between each job to enable 
the separation mechanism. 
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HP recommends that the Job Separation command be included at the 
end of each job, just before the Printer Reset command. HP also 
recommends that this command be included in the programs even 
though printers with job separation are not currently being used. This 
ensures that if a printer with job separation is eventually added, job 
separation will be performed.
If this command is received by a printer which does not have job 
separation, the command is ignored.
Note It is possible to perform job offset in printers which do not have a 
mechanical offset mechanism but have dual paper trays. In dual bin 
printers, job offset can be performed by placing colored paper in the 
second tray and using Paper Source command to select the tray to 
feed a blank sheet of colored paper at the end of a job. This method 
should only be used in special cases where the end user can control 
its use, for example, the program should only be available for a dual 
bin printer which can always contain colored paper in one tray.