HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Quick Reference Guide PCL/PJL (PCL Language) Bpl13205

• Main Menu
• Factory Default Print Environment Feature Settings (PCL)
  • JOB CONTROL
  • PAGE CONTROL
  • FONT SELECTION**
  • FONT MANAGEMENT
  • MACRO
    • Note: Feature support varies with each printer. See the PCL 5 Comparison Guide for specific featu...
  • PRINT MODEL
  • RECTANGULAR AREA FILL
  • RASTER GRAPHICS
  • TROUBLESHOOTING COMMANDS
  • STATUS READBACK
  • LINE AND FILL GROUP
  • CONFIGURATION AND STATUS GROUP
  • CHARACTER GROUP
  • VECTOR GROUP
  • POLYGON GROUP
• Job Control
  • Universal Exit Language
  • Configuration (AppleTalk)
  • Printer Reset
  • Number of Copies
  • Simplex/Duplex Print
  • Left (Long-Edge) Offset Registration
  • Top (Short-Edge) Offset Registration
    • Note: The printer ignores any commands sent to it that it does not support.
  • Duplex Page Side Selection
  • Job Separation
  • Output Bin
  • Unit of Measure
• Page Control
  • Page Size
  • Page Length (Obsolete—see Paper Size)
  • Paper (Media) Source
  • Page Orientation
  • Print Direction
  • Character Text Path Direction
  • Text Parsing Method
  • Left Margin
  • Right Margin
  • Top Margin
  • Clear Horizontal Margins
  • Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)
  • Vertical Motion Index (VMI)
  • Line Spacing
  • Text Length
  • Perforation Skip
• Cursor Positioning
  • Cursor positioning can be either absolute or relative. Absolute positioning specifies the cursor ...
  • Horizontal Cursor Positioning (in Columns)
  • Horizontal Cursor Positioning (in Decipoints)
  • Horizontal Cursor Positioning (PCL units)
  • Horizontal Cursor Positioning Control Codes
  • Vertical Cursor Positioning (Rows)
  • Vertical Cursor Positioning (Decipoints)
  • Vertical Cursor Positioning (PCL units)
  • Half Line-Feed
  • Vertical Cursor Positioning Control Codes
  • Line Termination
    • 0 - CR = CR,
    • LF = LF,
    • FF = FF
    • 1 - CR = CR+LF,
    • LF = LF,
    • FF = FF
    • 2 - CR = CR,
    • LF = CR+LF,
    • FF = CR+FF
    • 3 - CR = CR+LF,
    • LF = CR+LF,
    • FF = CR+FF
  • Push/Pop Cursor Position
• Font Selection
  • Any number of fonts may be printed per page, limited only by memory.
  • Symbol Set
    • 8M
    • - HP Math-8
    • 0N
    • - ISO 8859-1 Latin 1
    • 8U
    • - HP Roman-8
    • 0O
    • - OCR A
    • 10U
    • - PC-8
    • 1E
    • - ISO 4: United Kingdom
    • 1G
    • - ISO 21: German
    • 1U
    • - HP US Legal
    • 0U
    • - ASCII
    • 19U
    • - Windows ANSI
  • Spacing
  • Pitch
  • Height (Point Size)
  • Style
  • Stroke Weight
    • -7
    • - Ultra thin
    • 1
    • - Semi Bold
    • -6
    • - Extra Thin
    • 2
    • - Demi Bold
    • -5
    • - Thin
    • 3
    • - Bold
    • -4
    • - Extra Light
    • 4
    • - Extra Bold
    • -3
    • - Light
    • 5
    • - Black
    • -2
    • - Demi Light
    • 6
    • - Extra Black
    • -1
    • - Semi Light
    • 7
    • - Ultra Black
    • 0
    • - Medium
  • Typeface Selection
    • 0
    • - Line Printer
    • 8
    • - Prestige
    • 3
    • - Courier
    • 4099
    • - Courier (Scalable)
    • 4
    • - Helvetica
    • 4101
    • - CG Times
    • 6
    • - Gothic
    • 4148
    • - Univers
    • 7
    • - Script
    • 16602
    • - Arial
  • Font Selection by ID #
  • Select Default Font
  • Transparent Print Data
  • Underline
• Font Management
  • Font ID #
  • Font Control
  • Alphanumeric ID
    • Note: See the PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual for additional information about ...
• User-Defined Symbol Set
  • Symbol Set ID Code
  • Define Symbol Set
  • Symbol Set Control
  • Soft Font Creation
    • Font Descriptor
    • Character Code
    • Character Descriptor/Data
• Macros
  • Macro ID #
  • Macro Control
• Print Model
  • Source Transparency Mode
  • Pattern Transparency Mode
  • Pattern (Area Fill) ID
  • Select Current Pattern
  • Logical Operation
  • Pixel Placement
• Rectangular Area Fill Graphics
  • Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints or Dots)
  • Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints or Dots)
  • Set Pattern Reference Point
  • Pattern (Area Fill) ID (Pattern ID)
  • Fill Rectangular Area
  • User Defined Pattern
  • Pattern Control
• Raster Graphics
  • Start Raster Graphics
  • Y Offset
  • Compression Method
  • Transfer Raster Data by Plane
  • Transfer Raster Data by Row/Block
  • End Raster Graphics
  • Raster Graphics Resolution
  • Raster Graphics Presentation Mode
  • Source Raster Height
  • Source Raster Width
  • Destination Raster Width
  • Destination Raster Height
  • Scale Algorithm
• Color
  • Simple Color
  • Configure Image Data (CID)
  • Color Component One
  • Color Component Two
  • Color Component Three
  • Assign Color Index
  • Push / Pop Palette
  • Select Palette
  • Palette Control ID
  • Palette Control
  • Foreground Color
  • Render Algorithm
  • Download Dither Matrix
  • Color Lookup Tables
  • Gamma Correction
  • Viewing Illuminant
  • Monochrome Print Mode
• Status Readback
  • Set Status Readback Location Type
  • Set Status Readback Location Unit
    • Location Type
    • Location Unit
    • 0
    • #
    • =
    • *
    • Invalid location
    • 1
    • =
    • *
    • Currently selected
    • 2
    • =
    • *
    • All Locations
    • 3
    • =
    • 0
    • All internal
    • 4
    • =
    • 0
    • All downloaded
    • =
    • 1
    • Temporary downloaded
    • =
    • 2
    • Permanent downloaded
    • 5
    • =
    • 0
    • All cartridge
    • =
    • 1
    • Highest priority cartridge
    • :
    • :
    • n
    • Lowest priority cartridge
    • 7
    • =
    • 0
    • All SIMMs
    • =
    • 1
    • Highest priority SIMM
    • :
    • :
    • n
    • Lowest priority SIMM
  • Inquire Status Readback Entity
  • Free Space
  • Flush All Pages
  • Echo
• Picture Frame
  • Picture Frame Horizontal Size in Decipoints
  • Picture Frame Vertical Size in Decipoints
  • Set Picture Frame Anchor Point
  • HP-GL/2 Plot Horizontal Size
  • HP-GL/2 Plot Vertical Size
  • Enter HP-GL/2 Mode
  • Enter PCL Mode
• HP-GL/2
  • Configuration and Status Group
    • Default Values
    • Initialize
    • Input P1 and P2
    • Input Relative P1 and P2
    • Input Window
    • Rotate Coordinate System
    • Scale
  • Vector Group
    • Arc Absolute
    • Arc Relative
    • Absolute Arc Three Point
    • Bezier Absolute
    • Bezier Relative
    • Circle
    • Plot Absolute
    • Pen Down
    • Polyline Encoded
  • Vector Group (continued)
    • Plot Relative
    • Pen Up
    • Relative Arc Three Point
  • Polygon Group
    • Edge Rectangle Absolute
    • Edge Rectangle Relative
    • Edge Wedge
    • Edge Polygon
    • Fill Polygon
  • Polygon Group (continued)
    • Polygon Mode
    • Fill Rectangle Absolute
    • Fill Rectangle Relative
    • Fill Wedge
  • Line and Fill Attributes Group
    • Anchor Corner
    • Fill Type
      • Fill Type =
      • description
      • option1
      • option2
      • 1 and 2 =
      • Solid black
      • ignored
      • ignored
      • 3 =
      • Hatched
      • line spacing
      • angle
      • 4 =
      • Cross-hatched
      • line spacing
      • angle
      • 10 =
      • Shading
      • % shading
      • ignored
      • 11 =
      • User-defined
      • raster-fill index
      • ignored
      • 21 =
      • PCL Patterns
      • pattern type
      • ignored
      • 22 =
      • PCL User- defined
      • pattern ID
      • ignored
  • Line and Fill Attributes Group (continued)
    • Line Attributes
      • Attribute
      • =
      • Kind,
      • Value
      • - Description
      • Line Ends
      • =
      • 1,
      • 1
      • - Butt (default)
      • =
      • 2
      • - Square
      • =
      • 3
      • - Triangular
      • =
      • 4
      • - Round
      • Line Joins
      • =
      • 2,
      • 1
      • - Mitered (default)
      • =
      • 2
      • - Mitered/beveled
      • =
      • 3
      • - Triangular
      • =
      • 4
      • - Round
      • =
      • 5
      • - Beveled
      • =
      • 6
      • - No join applied
      • Miter Limit
      • =
      • 3,
      • 1 to 32,767 - Max. length of miter (miter length/pen width ratio) (default = 5)
    • Line Type
    • Pen Width
    • Raster Fill Definition
    • Symbol Mode
    • Select Pen
  • Line and Fill Attributes Group (continued)
    • Screened Vectors
      • screen type =
      • description
      • option 1
      • option 2
      • 0 =
      • No screening
      • ignored
      • ignored
      • 1 =
      • Shaded fill
      • % shading
      • ignored
      • 2 =
      • User defined
      • index no.
      • pen flag
      • 21 =
      • PCL Patterns
      • pattern type
      • ignored
      • 22 =
      • PCL User-defined Patterns
      • pattern ID
      • ignored
    • Transparency Mode
    • User Defined Line Type
    • Pen Width Unit Selection
  • Character Group
    • Alternate Font Definition
      • Kind
      • Attribute
      • Value
      • 1
      • Symbol Set
      • *
      • 2
      • Font spacing
      • 0 (fixed); 1 (prop.)
      • 3
      • Pitch
      • characters per inch
      • 4
      • Height
      • font point size
      • 5
      • Posture
      • 0 (upright); 1 (italic)
      • 6
      • Stroke Weight
      • 0 (medium); 3 (bold)*
      • 7
      • Typeface
      • *
    • Character Fill Mode
    • Character Plot
    • Absolute Label Direction
  • Character Group (continued)
    • Relative Label Direction
    • Define Label Terminator
    • Define Variable Text Path
    • Extra Space
    • Select Primary Font ID
    • Select Secondary Font ID
  • Character Group (continued)
    • Label
    • Label Origin
    • Label Mode
    • Select Alternate Font
    • Scalable or Bitmap Fonts
  • Character Group (continued)
    • Standard Font Definition
      • Kind
      • Attribute
      • Value
      • 1
      • Symbol Set
      • *
      • 2
      • Font spacing
      • 0 (fixed); 1 (prop.)
      • 3
      • Pitch
      • characters per inch
      • 4
      • Height
      • font point size
      • 5
      • Posture
      • 0 (upright); 1 (italic)
      • 6
      • Stroke Weight
      • 0 (medium); 3 (bold)*
      • 7
      • Typeface
      • *
    • Absolute Character Size
    • Character Slant
    • Relative Character Size
    • Select Standard Font
    • Transparent Data
  • Technical Drawing Extensions Group
    • Merge Control
    • Pixel Placement
  • Programming Hints
    • End-Of-Line Wrap
    • Display Functions
• PJL
  • Kernel
    • Universal Exit Language
    • Enter Language
    • Comment
  • Job Separation
    • Job
      • “job name”
    • End-Of-Job
  • Environment
    • Initialize
    • Reset
    • Default
    • Set
  • Status Readback
    • Inquire
    • Dinquire
  • Status Readback (continued)
    • Info
    • Echo
    • Ustatus
    • Ustatusoff
  • Device Attendance
    • Operator Message
    • Ready Message
    • Status Message
  • File System
    • FSDELETE
    • FSDOWNLOAD
    • FSINIT
    • FSMKDIR
  • PCL C O M M A N D S U M M A R Y
    • Cursor Positioning
    • Font Selection
    • Font Management
    • User-Defined Symbol Set
    • Font Creation
    • Macros
    • Print Model
    • Rectangular Area Fill Graphics
    • Raster Graphics
    • Color
    • Status Readback
    • Picture Frame
      • Config./Status Group (HP-GL/2)
      • Vector Group (HP-GL/2)
      • Polygon Group (HP-GL/2)
      • Line and Fill Attributes Group (HP-GL/2)
      • Character Group (HP-GL/2)
      • Technical Drawing Extensions Group (HP-GL/2)
      • Programming Hints
• Notes