PJL
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To determine which variables your printer supports, see Table B-7: “Printer Unique
LRESOURCE Variables” on page B-13.
Table 3-9: Printer Unique LRESOURCE Variables
Variable Function Selections Factory Default
LDESCRIPTION
(DEFAULT only)
Macro or Symbol Set
Description
1
"alphanumeric string"
The description is limited to 16 characters and must
be enclosed in double quotes. If more than 16
characters are specified by the DEFAULT command,
the first 16 characters are used and a PJL parser
warning is issued.
The DINQUIRE command can be used to query the
file description. The description is returned in the
response.
NULL
(no description)
LRWLOCK
(DEFAULT only)
Read/Write Lock (password)
foranentiredeviceora
particular file on the device
2
"alphanumeric string"
This variable can be used with other PJL commands:
• DEFAULT command
The Read/Write password is limited to eight
characters. If more than eight characters are
specified by the PJL DEFAULT command, the
password is truncated and a PJL warning is
issued.
If a null (" ") password is given, password
protection is removed from the specified device or
file.
• DINQUIRE or INQUIRE commands
Use these commands to determine if a password
has been specified for a device or specific file. The
response is one of the following:
NOTSET The password has not been set or
has been reset to zero.
SET The password is defined and active.
EXPIRED The password is reset to zero (flash
memory only).
TheLDECLAREcommandcanbeusedto
temporarily unlock access to a device or particular
file. See “File and Device Protection Commands” on
page 3-86 for additional information about using
passwords on these devices.
NULL
(no password)
NOTSET
LWLOCK
(DEFAULT only)
Write Lock (password) for
an entire device or particular
file on the device
2
"alphanumeric string"
Same as LRWLOCK, except the password limits
write-only access instead of read-write access.
NULL
(no password)
1
The macro or symbol set description is printed in the Description field of the Print Directory listing.
2
To password protect a device, the command modifier:value should be LRESOURCE :"device:".Thecolon(:)and
double quotes (" ") must be specified.