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

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Main Menu
Factory Default Print Environment Feature Settings (PCL)
Job Control
Page Control
Cursor Positioning
Font Selection
Font Management
User-Defined Symbol Set
Macros
- Macro ID #
- Macro Control
Print Model
Rectangular Area Fill Graphics
Raster Graphics
Color
Status Readback
Picture Frame
HP-GL/2
PJL
Notes

PCL/PJL ReferenceSetHP

PCL 5

Printer Language

Technical

Quick Reference

Guide

Printed on

Recycled Paper

Hewlett-Packard Co.

Printed in USA

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Factory Default Print Environment Feature Settings (PCL)

JOB CONTROL

• NUMBER OF COPIES* = 1

• DUPLEX* = Off (Simplex)

• BINDING* = Long-Edge

• TRAY LOCK= All trays unlocked

• JOB SEPARATION = OFF

• MANUAL FEED* = OFF

• REGISTRATION (left = 0, top = 0)

• OUTPUT BIN = Upper

• UNITS OF MEASURE = 300 Units/Inch

PAGE CONTROL

• PRINT DIRECTION = 0

• CHARACTER TEXT PATH DIRECTION* = 0

• TEXT PARSING METHOD* = 0

• ORIENTATION* = Portrait

• PAGE SIZE* = Letter

• PAPER (MEDIA) SOURCE = Main Source (Printer Specific)

• VERTICAL MOTION INDEX * = 8 (6 lpi)

• HORIZONTAL MOTION INDEX = 12 (10 cpi)

• TOP MARGIN = 1/2" (150 dots or 3 lines)

• TEXT LENGTH = 60 lines

• LEFT MARGIN = Left logical page boundary

• RIGHT MARGIN = Right logical page boundary

• PERFORATION SKIP = On

• LINE TERMINATION = CR=CR, LF=LF, FF=FF

FONT SELECTION**

• SYMBOL SET* = ROMAN-8 ***

• SPACING = Fixed

• PITCH = 10 cpi

• HEIGHT = 12 point

• STYLE = Upright

• STROKE WEIGHT = Medium

• TYPEFACE = Courier

• UNDERLINING MODE = Off

FONT MANAGEMENT

• FONT ID = 0

• CHARACTER CODE = 0

• SYMBOL SET ID = 0

MACRO

• MACRO ID = 0

Note: Feature support varies with each printer. See the

PCL 5

Comparison Guide

for specific feature support information.

* For these items, select User Default values using the printer driver or

control panel (or remote control panel for LaserJet 4L, 5L, and 5P).

** The font characteristics are determined by the default font. The default

font can be the factory default font or the user selected default font from

the control panel or from a font cartridge with a default font.

*** PC-8 is the default symbol set for the LaserJet 5L and 5Si/5SiMx

printers.

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Factory Default Print Environment Feature Settings (PCL)

(continued)

PRINT MODEL

• SOURCE TRANSPARENCY MODE = 0 (Transparent)

• PATTERN TRANSPARENCY MODE = 0 (Transparent)

• CURRENT PATTERN = Solid (Black)

• PATTERN REFERENCE POINT = 0,0

• PATTERN ROTATION = 0

RECTANGULAR AREA FILL

• HORIZONTAL RECTANGLE SIZE = 0

• VERTICAL RECTANGLE SIZE = 0

• PATTERN (AREA FILL) ID = 0

RASTER GRAPHICS

• RESOLUTION = 75 dpi

• PRESENTATION = 3

• COMPRESSION MODE = 0

• LEFT GRAPHICS MARGIN = 0

• RASTER WIDTH = Logical Page

• RASTER HEIGHT = N/A

TROUBLESHOOTING COMMANDS

• END-OF-LINE WRAP = OFF

• DISPLAY FUNCTIONS = OFF

STATUS READBACK

• CURRENT LOCATION TYPE = 0

• CURRENT LOCATION UNIT = 0

Factory Default Print Environment Feature Settings

(HP-GL/2)

LINE AND FILL GROUP

• LINE TYPE = Solid

• LINE TYPE REPEAT LENGTH = 4% of the diagonal distance from P1

to P2.

• LINE CAP = Butt

• LINE JOIN = Mitered

• MITER LIMIT = 5

• PEN WIDTH = 0.35mm

• PEN WIDTH SELECTION MODE = Metric

• SELECTED PEN = No pen

• FILL TYPE = Solid (bi-directional)

• USER-DEFINED LINE TYPE = Eight standard line types

• ANCHOR CORNER = (0,0) plotter units

• USER-DEFINED FILL TYPES = Solid fill

• TRANSPARENCY MODE = On (transparency)

• SCREENED VECTOR = No screening

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Factory Default Print Environment Feature Settings

(HP-GL/2) (continued)

CONFIGURATION AND STATUS GROUP

• SCALE MODE = Off

• WINDOW = PCL default picture frame (PCL default logical page, less

1/2 inch at the top and bottom)

• COORDINATE SYSTEM ORIENTATION = Same as PCL default

logical page

• P1,P2 Lower left, upper right corners of picture frame

CHARACTER GROUP

• SYMBOL SET = Roman-8

• FONT SPACING = Fixed

• PITCH = 10 cpi

• HEIGHT = 12 point

• POSTURE = Upright

• STROKE WEIGHT = Medium

• TYPEFACE = HP-GL/2 stick

• CHARACTER DIRECTION = Horizontal

• CHARACTER DIRECTION MODE = Absolute

• CHARACTER SIZE = Size transformation off

• CHARACTER SIZE MODE = Absolute

• CHARACTER WIDTH = N/A

• CHARACTER HEIGHT = N/A

• CHARACTER SLANT = 0

• EXTRA HORIZONTAL SPACE = 0

• EXTRA VERTICAL SPACE = 0

• CHARACTER FILL MODE = No edging, solid fill

• LABEL ORIGIN = 1

• LABEL TERMINATOR = Etx

• TRANSPARENT DATA MODE = Off

• PRIMARY FONT ID = 0

• SECONDARY FONT ID = 0

• SCALABLE OR BITMAP FONT = Select scalable only

VECTOR GROUP

• PLOTTING MODE = Absolute

• PEN STATE = Up

POLYGON GROUP

• POLYGON BUFFER = Cleared

• POLYGON MODE = Off

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Job Control

Universal Exit Language

Causes the printer to exit the current language and return control to PJL.

? % – 1 2 3 4 5 X

Configuration (AppleTalk)

Allows the user to configure the printer I/O to receive PCL jobs over

AppleTalk I/O.

? & b # W [Key]<sp>[value]

# = Number of bytes of [key]/[value] data (count space <sp>).

Printer Reset

Restores the User Default Environment, deletes temporary fonts and

macros, and prints any remaining data.

? E

Number of Copies

Prints the specified number (#) of copies of each page.

? & l # X

# = Number of copies (1 to 99 for III/IIID; 1 to 32,767 for

IIISi, 4 family and 5 family)

Simplex/Duplex Print

Prints front side of a page or both sides (front and back - in either of two

binding modes).

? & l # S

# = 0 - Single side (Simplex)

1 - Duplex, long-edge binding

2 - Duplex, short-edge binding

Left (Long-Edge) Offset Registration

Adjusts the position of the logical page across the width of the page.

? & l # U

# = Number of decipoints (1/720 inch)

[+ or – specifies the plus or minus move

direction (for example, # = –10).]

Top (Short-Edge) Offset Registration

Adjusts the position of the logical page across the length of the page.

? & l # Z

# = Number of decipoints (1/720 inch)

[+ or – specifies the plus or minus move

direction (for example, # = –10).]

Note: The printer ignores any commands sent to it that it does not

support.

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Job Control (continued)

Duplex Page Side Selection

Prints the logical page on the specified physical page side.

? & a # G

# = 0 - Select next side

1 - Select front side

2 - Select back side

If a non-duplex printer receives this command, it performs a page eject.

Job Separation

Toggles the printer's job separation mechanism.

? & l 1 T

Output Bin

Selects the output paper bin for paper output.

? & l # G

# = 0 - Automatic selection

1 - Upper Output Bin (for the LaserJet 5Si,

printer top/face-down bin—bin #1)

2 - Rear Output Bin (for the LaserJet 5Si, printer

left/face-up bin—bin #2; this bin is not available

when the High Capacity Output (HCO) is attached)

3 - Selects Bin #3 (HCO face-up bin)

4 - Selects Bin #4 (HCO #1 face-down bin)

5 - Selects Bin #5 (HCO #2 face-down bin)

6 - Selects Bin #6 (HCO #3 face-down bin)

7 - Selects Bin #7 (HCO #4 face-down bin)

8 - Selects Bin #8 (HCO #5 face-down bin)

9 - Selects Bin #9 (HCO #6 face-down bin)

10 - Selects Bin #10 (HCO #7 face-down bin)

11 - Selects Bin #11 (HCO #8 face-down bin)

Unit of Measure

Establishes the unit of measure for the PCL unit.

? & u # D

# = Number of units/inch (96, 100, 120, 144, 150, 160, 180, 200,

225, 240, 288, 300, 360, 400, 450, 480, 600, 720, 800, 900,

1200, 1440, 1800, 2400, 3600, 7200)

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Page Control

Page Size

Designates the physical paper size which in turn defines the logical page.

? & l # A

# = 1 - Executive (7.25" x 10.5")

2 - Letter (8.5" x 11")

3 - Legal (8.5" x 14")

6 - Ledger (11" x 17")

25 - A5 paper (148mm x 210mm)

26 - A4 paper (210mm x 297mm)

27 - A3 (297mm x 420mm)

45 - JIS B5 paper (182mm x 257mm)

46 - JIS B4 paper (250mm x 354mm)

71 - Hagaki postcard (100mm x 148mm)

72 - Oufuku-Hagaki postcard (200mm x 148mm)

80 - Monarch Envelope (3 7/8" x 7 1/2")

81 - Commercial Envelope 10 (4 1/8" x 9 1/2")

90 - International DL (110mm x 220mm)

91 - International C5 (162mm x 229mm)

100 - International B5 (176mm x 250mm)

101 - Custom (size varies with printer)

Correct paper tray must be installed for selected paper size.

Page Length (Obsolete—see Paper Size)

Selects the logical page length in lines (one logical page per physical page)

? & l # P

# = Number of Lines

Paper (Media) Source

Designates one of four paper sources for paper feed.

? & l # H

# = 0 - Print current page (paper source remains unchanged)

1 - Feed paper from main paper source

2 - Feed paper from manual input

3 - Feed envelope from manual input

4 - Feed paper from alternate paper source

5 - Feed from optional large paper source

6 - Feed envelope from envelope feeder *

7 - Autoselect

8 - Feed paper from Tray 1 (right side tray)

20 - 39 - High Capacity Input (HCI) Trays 2-21

* Must be used in conjunction with Paper Size.

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Page Control (continued)

Page Orientation

Designates the logical page position with respect to the physical page.

? & l # O

# = 0 - Portrait

1 - Landscape

2 - Reverse Portrait

3 - Reverse Landscape

Print Direction

Rotates the logical page coordinate system counterclockwise in 90 degree

increments with respect to the orientation of the current logical page.

? & a # P

# = Degrees of rotation (0, 90, 180, 270)

Character Text Path Direction

Specifies the direction text is printed on the page, providing a means of

printing using either a horizontal or vertical text path.

? & c # T

# = 0 - Horizontal printing

= –1 - Vertical rotated printing

Text Parsing Method

Specifies PCL parsing method as either 1-byte or 2-byte characters

codes.

? & t # P

# = 0, 1 - All character codes processed as one-byte characters

= 21 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters

(see

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

)

= 31 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters

(see

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

)

= 38 - Characters codes processed as two-byte characters (see

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

)

Left Margin

Sets the left margin to the left edge of the specified column.

? & a # L

# = Column number

Right Margin

Sets the right margin to the right edge of the specified column.

? & a # M

# = Column number

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Page Control (continued)

Top Margin

Designates number of lines between top of logical page to top of text area.

? & l # E

# = Number of lines

Clear Horizontal Margins

Resets left and right margins to their default settings.

? 9

Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)

Designates the distance between columns. (The value field # is valid to 4

decimal places.)

? & k # H

# = Number of 1/120 inch increments

Vertical Motion Index (VMI)

Designates the distance between rows. (The value field # is valid to 4

decimal places.)

? & l # C

# = Number of 1/48 inch increments between rows

Line Spacing

Sets the number of lines printed per inch (an alternate method for

designating VMI).

? & l # D

# = 1 - 1 line/inch

2 - 2 lines/inch

3 - 3 lines/inch

4 - 4 lines/inch

6 - 6 lines/inch

8 - 8 lines/inch

12 - 12 lines/inch

16 - 16 lines/inch

24 - 24 lines/inch

48 - 48 lines/inch

Text Length

Designates the length of the text area in lines.

? & l # F

# = Number of lines

Perforation Skip

Causes printing to skip from the end of the text area to the top of the next

text area (top margin of new page).

? & l # L

# = 0 - Disabled

1 - Enabled

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Cursor Positioning

Cursor positioning can be either absolute or relative. Absolute positioning

specifies the cursor move distances referenced from the left edge of the

logical page and the top margin. Relative positioning specifies cursor

move distances referenced from the current cursor position. Relative

moves are indicated by using signed numbers (e.g. # = +15 or –122);

absolute moves are indicated by unsigned numbers (e.g. # = 15 or 122).

Horizontal Cursor Positioning (in Columns)

Moves the cursor to a new column on the current line (column width

determined by current HMI setting).

? & a # C

# = Column number

Horizontal Cursor Positioning (in Decipoints)

Moves the cursor to a new position along the x-axis.

? & a # H

# = Decipoint position (1/720 inch), valid to 2 decimal places.

Horizontal Cursor Positioning (PCL units)

Moves the cursor to a new position along the x-axis.

? * p # X

# = Number of PCL units

Horizontal Cursor Positioning Control Codes

CR - Carriage-Return

Moves the cursor to the left margin on the current line.

(Operation of CR may be modified—see Line Termination command.)

SP - Space

Moves the cursor one column right on the current line for fixed-space font

or moves the cursor the HMI distance for proportional fonts when space

is a non-printing character.

BS - Backspace

Moves the cursor left, the distance of the last printed character, on the

current line for fixed-space fonts. For proportionally-spaced fonts,

backspace moves the cursor back along the current line the distance

required to center the overstrike character over the last printed character.

Subsequent BS command moves the width of the last printed character.

HT - Horizontal Tab

Moves the cursor to the next tab stop on the current line. (Tab stops are

set every 8th column.)

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Cursor Positioning (continued)

Vertical Cursor Positioning (Rows)

Moves the cursor to a new row in the same column (row distances are

determined by the VMI setting).

? & a # R

# = Row number

Vertical Cursor Positioning (Decipoints)

Moves the cursor to a new vertical position along the y-axis.

? & a # V

# = Decipoint position (1/720 inch), valid to 4 decimal places.

Vertical Cursor Positioning (PCL units)

Moves the cursor to a new dot position along the y-axis.

? * p # Y

# = Number of PCL units

Half Line-Feed

Moves the cursor to the same character position one-half line down

(distance moved depends on current VMI).

? =

Vertical Cursor Positioning Control Codes

LF - Line Feed

Moves the cursor to the same horizontal position on the next line.

FF - Form Feed

Moves the cursor to the same horizontal position at the top of the next text

area.

Line Termination

Controls the way the printer interprets CR, LF, and FF control codes.

? & k # G

Push/Pop Cursor Position

Allows the cursor position to be stored and recalled for later use.

(Up to 20 positions may be pushed onto the stack)

? & f # S

# = 0 - Push (Store cursor position)

1 - Pop (Recall a cursor position)

# = 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

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Font Selection

Any number of fonts may be printed per page, limited only by memory.

Symbol Set

Designates the set of symbols or characters contained in a font.

? ( ID Primary

? ) ID Secondary

ID = Symbol Set identifier

Common examples:

See Table C-1 in the

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

for more symbol sets.

Spacing

Designates either a fixed or proportionally spaced font.

? ( s # P - Primary

? ) s # P - Secondary

# =0 - Fixed spacing

1 - Proportional spacing

Pitch

Designates the horizontal spacing of a fixed spaced font in terms of the

number of characters per inch.

? ( s # H - Primary

? ) s # H - Secondary

# = Pitch in characters/inch

Height (Point Size)

Designates the height of the font in points.

? ( s # V - Primary

? ) s # V - Secondary

# = Height in points

ID = 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

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Font Selection (continued)

Style

Designates the font style.

? ( s # S - Primary

? ) s # S - Secondary

# = 0 - Upright

1 - Italic

4 - Condensed

5 - Condensed Italic

8 - Compressed, Extra Condensed

24 - Expanded

32 - Outline

64 - Inline

128 - Shadowed

160 - Outline Shadowed

Stroke Weight

Designates the thickness or weight of the stroke that composes the

characters of a font.

? ( s # B - Primary

? ) s # B - Secondary

Typeface Selection

Designates the design of the font.

? ( s # T - Primary

? ) s # T - Secondary

See Table C-2 and C-3 in the

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

for more typeface

values.

Font Selection by ID #

Selects a soft font using its specific ID #.

? ( # X - Designates soft font as primary

? ) # X - Designates soft font as secondary

# = Font Identification number (ID #; 0 through 32767)

# = -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

# = 0 - Line Printer 8 - Prestige

3 - Courier 4099 - Courier (Scalable)

4 - Helvetica 4101 - CG Times

6 - Gothic 4148 - Univers

7 - Script 16602 - Arial

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Font Selection (continued)

Select Default Font

Sets all font characteristics (except orientation) to those of the default font.

? ( 3 @ Default primary font characteristics

? ) 3 @ Default secondary font characteristics

Transparent Print Data

Provides printing access to all characters in a font including those defined

as unprintable.

? & p # X [transparent data ]

# = Number of bytes of transparent print data.

Underline

Controls automatic text underlining.

? & d # D

# = 0 - Underline On

3 - Floating Underline On

? & d @ - Underline Off

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Font Management

Font ID #

Specifies an identification number (ID #) for use in subsequent font

management commands.

? * c # D

# = ID # (0 through 32767)

Font Control

Provides the means for manipulating soft fonts within the printer.

? * c # F

# = 0 - Delete all soft fonts

1 - Delete all temporary soft fonts

2 - Delete soft font (last ID specified)

3 - Delete Character Code (last ID and character code)

4 - Make soft font temporary (last ID specified)

5 - Make soft font permanent (last ID specified)

6 - Copy/Assign current invoked font as temporary

Alphanumeric ID

Specifies alphanumeric String IDs for fonts, macros, and media types.

Specifies media selection by the type of media and supports enhancements

for the printer disk drive.

? & n # W [operation][string]

# = Number of bytes of string data

Operations

0 - Set the current Font ID to the given String ID.

1 - Associates current Font ID to font with supplied

String ID.

2 - Selects the font referred to by the String ID as primary.

3 - Selects the font referred to by the String ID as

secondary.

4 - Sets the current Macro ID to the String ID.

5 - Associates the current Macro ID to the supplied

String ID.

20 - Deletes the font association named by the current

Font ID.

21 - Deletes the macro association named by the current

Macro ID.

100 - Media select

Note: See the

PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual

for

additional information about the Font Descriptor command and the

Character Descriptor command data fields.

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User-Defined Symbol Set

Symbol Set ID Code

Assigns an identification code to a user-defined symbol set.

? * c # R

# = Symbol set ID code.

Define Symbol Set

Downloads symbol set definition data for a user-defined symbol set.

? ( f # W [symbol set definition data]

# = Number of symbol set definition bytes.

Symbol Set Control

Provides a means for manipulating user-defined symbol sets.

? * c # S

# = 0 - Delete user-defined symbol sets (temporary

and permanent)

1 - Delete all temporary symbol sets

2 - Delete symbol set (last symbol set ID code specified)

4 - Make symbol set temporary (last symbol set

ID code specified)

5 - Make symbol set permanent (last symbol set

ID code specified)

Soft Font Creation

Font Descriptor

Downloads the font descriptor to the printer.

? ) s # W [ font descriptor data ]

# = Number of font descriptor data bytes

Character Code

Establishes the decimal character code that will be associated with the

next character downloaded or deleted.

? * c # E

# = Decimal character code

Character Descriptor/Data

Downloads the character descriptor and character data.

? ( s # W [binary data bytes]

# = Number of binary data bytes

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Macros

Macro ID #

Specifies an ID # for a macro for use in subsequent macro commands.

? & f # Y

# = Macro ID # (0 through 32767)

Macro Control

Provides the mechanism for definition, invocation, and deletion of macros.

? & f # X

# = 0 - Start macro definition (for last ID specified)

1 - Stop macro definition

2 - Execute macro (for last ID specified)

3 - Call macro (for last ID specified)

4 - Enable macro for automatic overlay

(for last ID specified)

5 - Disable automatic overlay

6 - Delete all macros

7 - Delete all temporary macros

8 - Delete macro (for last ID specified)

9 - Make macro temporary (for last ID specified)

10 - Make macro permanent (for last ID specified)

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Print Model

Source Transparency Mode

Sets the source image's transparency mode to transparent or opaque.

? * v # N

# = 0 - Transparent (default)

1 - Opaque

Pattern Transparency Mode

Sets the pattern's transparency mode to transparent or opaque.

? * v # O

# = 0 - Transparent (default)

1 - Opaque

Pattern (Area Fill) ID

Specifies the level of shading, type of cross-hatch, or user-defined pattern

to select via Select Pattern command. See the following page for command

description.

Select Current Pattern

Identifies the type of pattern to be applied to the source.

? * v # T

# = 0 - Solid Black (default)

1 - Solid White

2 - Shading Pattern

3 - Cross-Hatch Pattern

4 - User-Defined Pattern

Logical Operation

Specifies the logical operation (ROP3) to be performed.

? * l # O

# = 0 - 255 (for specific operations refer to the

PCL 5

Comparison Guide

for the logical operation values)

Pixel Placement

Determines how pixels are rendered in images.

? * l # R

# = 0 - Grid intersection (default)

1 - Grid centered

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Rectangular Area Fill Graphics

Horizontal Rectangle Size (Decipoints or Dots)

Specifies the rectangular fill area width in decipoints or dots.

? * c # H - Decipoints

# = Number of decipoints (1/720 inch)

? * c # A - Dots

# = Number of dots (see Unit of Measure Command)

Vertical Rectangle Size (Decipoints or Dots)

Specifies the rectangular fill area height in decipoints or dots.

? * c # V - Decipoints

# = Number of decipoints (1/720 inch)

? * c # B - Dots

# = Number of dots (see Unit of Measure Command)

Set Pattern Reference Point

Sets pattern reference point to cursor position and will either keep pattern

fixed or rotate with print direction changes.

? * p # R

# = 0 - Rotate patterns with print direction

1 - Keep patterns fixed

Pattern (Area Fill) ID (Pattern ID)

Specifies the level of shading or type of cross-hatch to select via Fill

Rectangular Area command.

? * c # G

If Shading fill is selected: OR, if Cross-Hatch Pattern

fill is selected:

# = 1 thru 2 = 1-2% shade

3 thru 10 = 2-10% shade

11 thru 20 = 11-20% shade

21 thru 35 = 21-35% shade

36 thru 55 = 36-55% shade

56 thru 80 = 56-80% shade

81 thru 99 = 81-99% shade

100 = 100% shade

OR, if User-Defined Pattern

# = # of Pattern

Range = 0-32767

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Rectangular Area Fill Graphics (continued)

Fill Rectangular Area

Causes the defined rectangular area to be filled with the specified rule

pattern.

? * c # P

# = 0 - Solid area fill

1 - Solid white area fill

2 - Shading fill

3 - Cross-hatch pattern fill

4 - User-defined pattern

5 - Current pattern

User Defined Pattern

Downloads binary data that defines a user-defined pattern.

? * c # W [pattern data]

# = 0 - Number of pattern data bytes

Pattern Control

Provides a means for manipulating user-defined (soft) patterns.

? * c # Q

# = 0 - Delete all patterns (temporary and permanent)

1 - Delete all temporary patterns

2 - Delete pattern (last pattern ID specified)

3 - Reserved

4 - Make pattern temporary (last pattern ID specified)

5 - Make pattern permanent (last pattern ID specified)

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Raster Graphics

Raster Graphics Resolution

Designates the graphics resolution for raster data operations.

? * t # R

# = 75 - 75 dots-per-inch

100 - 100 dots-per-inch

150 - 150 dots-per-inch

200 - 200 dots-per-inch

300 - 300 dots-per-inch

600 - 600 dots-per-inch

Raster Graphics Presentation Mode

Specifies the presentation of the raster image on the logical page.

? * r # F

# = 0 - image printed in the current print direction.

3 - image printed along the width of physical page.

Source Raster Height

Specifies the height in raster rows (pixels) of the raster picture area.

? * r # T

# = Height in raster rows

Source Raster Width

Specifies the width in pixels of the raster picture area.

? * r # S

# = width in pixels of the specified resolution

Destination Raster Width

Specifies the width in decipoints of the destination raster picture when

raster scaling.

? * t # H

# = Width in decipoints

Destination Raster Height

Specifies the height in decipoints of the destination raster picture when

raster scaling.

? * t # V

# = Height in decipoints

Scale Algorithm

Selects an algorithm for enhancing details when down-scaling color

images having light or dark backgrounds.

? * t # K

# = 0 Enhances color source image having a light background

# = 1 Enhances color source image having a dark background

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Raster Graphics (continued)

Start Raster Graphics

Specifies the left raster graphics margin.

? * r # A

# = 0 - sets left graphics margin at X-position 0.

1 - sets left graphics margin to the current column

(current X-position).

2 - Turn on scale mode (start raster at logical page left

boundary)

3 - Turn on scale mode (start raster at cursor position)

Y Offset

Moves the cursor vertically the specified number of raster lines from the

current line in the picture area.

? * b # Y

# = Number of raster lines of vertical movement.

Compression Method

Determines how the printer interprets (decodes) the binary data in the

Transfer Raster Data command.

? * b # M

# = 0 - Unencoded (default)

1 - Run-length encoding

2 - Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) revision 4.0

3 - Delta Row

5 - Adaptive Compression

Transfer Raster Data by Plane

Transfers a plane of raster data to the printer.

? * b # V [data]

# = Number of bytes in the plane data

Transfer Raster Data by Row/Block

Transfers a row of raster graphics to the printer.

? * b # W [binary data bytes]

# = Number of bytes in the raster row

End Raster Graphics

Signifies the end of a raster graphic image transfer.

? * r B- All LaserJet printers III and newer

? * r C- All LaserJet printers IIISi and newer (Preferred)

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Color

Simple Color

Creates a fixed-size palette whose color specifications cannot be

modified.

? * r # U

# = -3 - 3 planes, device CMY palette

1 - Single plane black and white palette

3 - 3 planes, device RGB palette

Configure Image Data (CID)

The CID command provides configuration information for palette creation

and raster data transmission in a single escape sequence by:

• designating the color space of the default palette,

• designating the size of the palette to be created,

• providing data for the resolution of color-space specific values into

device-specific values,

• designating the format of raster data, and

• designating how primary components are combined to yield the raster

presentation.

? * v # W [binary data]

# = Number of data bytes

Color Component One

Specifies the first component of any new color entry of the palette.

? * v # A

# = First component

Color Component Two

Specifies the second component of any new color entry of the palette.

? * v # B

# = Second component

Color Component Three

Specifies the third component of any new color entry of the palette.

? * v # C

# = Third component

Assign Color Index

Assigns the three current color components to the specified palette index

number.

? * v # I

# = Index number

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Color (continued)

Push / Pop Palette

Pushes or pops the palette from the palette stack. The last item pushed is

the first item popped.

? * p # P

# = 0 - Push (save) palette

= 1 - Pop (restore) palette

Select Palette

Selects a new active palette by ID. The previously active palette is

unchanged.

? & p # S

# = Palette ID number

Palette Control ID

Specifies the ID to be used by the Palette Control command.

? & p # I

# = Palette ID number

Palette Control

Provides a mechanism for copying and deleting palettes.

? & p # C

# = 0 Delete all palettes except those in the stack (active

palette deleted)

= 1 Delete all palettes in the stack (active palette is not

affected)

= 2 Delete palette specified by Palette Control ID

= 6 Copy the active palette to the ID specified by the

Palette Control ID

Foreground Color

Sets the foreground color to the specified index of the curent palette.

? * v # S

# = Palette Index number

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Color (continued)

Render Algorithm

Selects an algorithm for rendering page marking entities on a given page.

? * t # J

# = 0 Continuous tone detail 300 lpi (device-best dither)

= 1 Snap to primaries

= 2 Snap black to white, color to black

= 3 Device-best dither

= 4 Error diffusion

= 5 Monochrome device-best dither

= 6 Monochrome error diffusion

= 7 Cluster ordered dither

= 8 Monochrome cluster ordered dither

= 9 User-defined dither

= 10 Monochrome user-defined dither

= 11 Ordered dither

= 12 Monochrome ordered dither

= 13 Noise ordered dither

= 14 Monochrome noise ordered dither

= 15 Continuous tone smooth 150 lpi

= 16 Monochrome continuous tone detail 300 lpi

= 17 Monochrome continuous tone smooth 150 lpi

= 18 Continuous tone basic 100 lpi

= 19 Monochrome continuous tone basic 100 lpi

Download Dither Matrix

Specifies a single dither matrix for all three primaries, or three matrices

(one for each primary) which may have different sizes and contents.

? * m # W [binary data]

# = Number of bytes in the data field

Color Lookup Tables

Enables and specifies color lookup tables.

? * l # W [binary data]

# = Number of bytes in the data field

Gamma Correction

Specifies the gamma correction to be applied equally for each primary.

? * t # I

# = Gamma number

Viewing Illuminant

Specifies the relative white point used in the determination of a viewing

illuminant condition.

? * i # W [binary data]

# = Number of bytes in the data field

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Color (continued)

Monochrome Print Mode

Designates either the current rendering mode or a fast gray-scale

equivalent.

? & b # M

# = 0 Print in mixed render algorithm mode

# = 1 Print everything in gray equivalent

Status Readback

Set Status Readback Location Type

Sets the location type for an inquire entity status request.

? * s # T

# = 0 - Invalid Location

1 - Currently Selected

2 - All Locations

3 - Internal

4 - Download entity

5 - Cartridge

7 - SIMMs

Set Status Readback Location Unit

Sets the location unit for an inquire entity status request.

? * s # U

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

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Status Readback (continued)

Inquire Status Readback Entity

Identifies the entity type and causes the printer to create a status

response.

? * s # I

# = 0 - Font

1 - Macro

2 - User-defined pattern

3 - Symbol set

4 - Font extended

Free Space

Returns the amount of total available user memory and the largest block

available.

? * s 1 M

Flush All Pages

Suspends accepting I/O data until all pages currently in printer are

printed.

? &r # F

# = 0 - Flush all complete pages

1 - Flush all pages

Echo

Echoes the value field value back to the host.

? * s # X

# = Echo value (-32767 to 32767)

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Picture Frame

Picture Frame Horizontal Size in Decipoints

Specifies the horizontal dimension of the area to be allocated for rendering

an HP-GL/2 plot.

? * c # X

# = Horizontal size in decipoints

Picture Frame Vertical Size in Decipoints

Specifies the vertical dimension of the area to be allocated for rendering

an HP-GL/2 plot.

? * c # Y

# = Vertical size in decipoints

Set Picture Frame Anchor Point

Sets the picture frame anchor point to current PCL cursor position.

? * c 0 T

HP-GL/2 Plot Horizontal Size

Specifies the horizontal size of the HP-GL/2 drawing being imported into

PCL.

? * c # K

# = Horizontal size in inches

HP-GL/2 Plot Vertical Size

Specifies the vertical size of the HP-GL/2 drawing being imported into

PCL.

? * c # L

# = Vertical size in inches

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode

Causes printer to begin interpreting the incoming data stream as HP-GL/2

commands instead of PCL commands.

? % # B

# = 0 - Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position

1 - Use current PCL cursor position for HP-GL/2 pen

position

2 - Use current PCL dot coordinate system and old

HP-GL/2 pen position

3 - Use current PCL dot coordinate system and the

current PCL cursor position

Enter PCL Mode

Causes printer to return to PCL mode from HP-GL/2 mode.

? % # A

# = 0 - Return cursor to previous PCL position

1 - Use current HP-GL/2 pen position for cursor position

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HP-GL/2

Configuration and Status Group

Default Values

Sets most programmable HP-GL/2 features to default conditions.

DF [;]

Initialize

Sets all programmable HP-GL/2 features to default conditions.

IN [;]

Input P1 and P2

Establishes new or default locations for the scaling points P1 and P2.

IP [XP1, YP1 [XP2, YP2]] [;]

XP1, YP1 = P1 location coordinates

XP2, YP2 = P2 location coordinates

Input Relative P1 and P2

Establishes P1 and P2 locations in relation to the PCL Picture Frame.

IR [XP1, YP1 [XP2, YP2]] [;]

XP1, YP1 = P1 location as percentage of PCL Picture Frame

XP2, YP2 = P2 location as percentage of PCL Picture Frame

Input Window

Sets up a window (soft-clip limits).

IW [ XLL, YLL, XUR, YUR][;]

XLL = X coordinate (lower left)

YLL = Y coordinate (lower left)

XUR = X coordinate (upper right)

YUR = Y coordinate (upper right)

Rotate Coordinate System

Rotates the HP-GL/2 coordinate system.

RO [ angle ] [;]

angle = 0, 90, 180, or 270

Scale

Establishes a user-unit coordinate system.

SC [ X1, X2, Y1, Y2 [,type [,left, bottom ] ] ] [;]

type = 2 (point factor)

SC XMIN, XFACTOR, YMIN, YFACTOR, type [;]

X1,Y1 = User-unit coordinates for P1

X2,Y2 = User-unit coordinates for P2

type = 0 (Anisotropic) or 1 (isotropic)

left, bottom = Positions isometric area within P1/P2 limits

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Vector Group

Arc Absolute

Draws an arc using absolute coordinates.

AA XCTR,YCTR,sweep angle [,chord angle] [;]

Arc Relative

Draws an arc using relative coordinates.

AR XINCR,YINCR,sweep angle[,chord angle] [;]

Absolute Arc Three Point

Draws an arc from the current pen location through two absolute points.

AT XINTRM,YINTRM,XEND,YEND [,chord angle] [;]

Bezier Absolute

Draws a Bezier curve using absolute coordinates.

BZ X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3 [;]

Bezier Relative

Draws a Bezier curve using relative coordinates.

BR X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3 [;]

Circle

Draws a circle with a specified radius.

CI radius [,chord angle] [;]

Plot Absolute

Enables movement to absolute coordinate locations (with respect to the

origin [ 0,0]).

PA [ X, Y... [,X,Y ] ] [;]

Pen Down

Lowers the logical “pen” to the page.

PD [ X, Y... [,X,Y ] ] [;]

Polyline Encoded

Encodes common HP-GL/2 commands to increase throughput.

PE [flag] [val] | coord pair... [flag] [val] | coord pair ;

PE;

Flag = < – pen up

> – fractional data

= – absolute

7 – 7-bit data7

: – Select pen

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HP-GL-2

Vector Group (continued)

Plot Relative

Enables movement relative to the current pen location.

PR [ X,Y... [,X,Y ] ] [;]

Pen Up

Lifts the logical “pen” from the page.

PU [ X,Y...[ ,X,Y ] ] [;]

Relative Arc Three Point

Draws an arc from the current pen location through two relative points.

RT XINCR INTRM,YINCR INTRM,XINCR END,

YINCR END[,chord angle] [;]

Polygon Group

Edge Rectangle Absolute

Outlines a rectangle defined with absolute coordinates.

EA X,Y [;]

X,Y = Coordinates of opposite corner of rectangle.

Edge Rectangle Relative

Outlines a rectangle defined with relative coordinates.

ER X,Y [;]

X,Y = Coordinates of opposite corner of rectangle.

Edge Wedge

Defines and outlines a wedge-shaped polygon.

EW radius,start angle,sweep angle[,chord angle] [;]

Edge Polygon

Outlines the polygon resident in the polygon buffer.

EP [;]

Fill Polygon

Fills the polygon specified in the polygon buffer with the current fill type.

FP [fill method][;]

fill method = 0 - Odd/Even fill

1 - Non-zero winding fill

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Polygon Group (continued)

Polygon Mode

Allows creation of user-defined polygons in the polygon buffer.

PM polygon definition [;]

polygon definition = 0 (Clears polygon buffer and enters

polygon mode)

1 (Closes current polygon or subpolygon

and remains in polygon mode)

2 (Closes current polygon or subpolygon

and exits polygon mode)

Fill Rectangle Absolute

Fills a rectangle specified with absolute coordinates.

RA X,Y [;]

X,Y = Coordinates of opposite corner of rectangle.

Fill Rectangle Relative

Fills a rectangle specified with relative coordinates.

RR X,Y [;]

X,Y = Coordinates of opposite corner of rectangle.

Fill Wedge

Defines and fills a wedge-shaped polygon.

WG radius,start angle,sweep angle[,chord angle] [;]

Line and Fill Attributes Group

Anchor Corner

Specifies the starting point for fill patterns.

AC [ X,Y] [;]

Fill Type

Selects the pattern to use when filling polygons.

FT [ fill type[,option1[,option2 ] ] ] [;]

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

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Line and Fill Attributes Group (continued)

Line Attributes

Specifies how line ends and joins are shaped.

LA [ kind, value...[,kind, value ] ] [;]

Line Type

Selects the line pattern to use for drawing lines.

LT [ line type[,pattern length[,mode ] ] ] [;]

mode = 0 (relative mode – interprets pattern length as

percentage of diagonal distance between P1 and P2.

= 1 (absolute – interprets the pattern length parameter

in mm.

Pen Width

Specifies a new pen width.

PW [ width [,pen ] ] [;]

Raster Fill Definition

Defines a pattern for use as area fill.

RF [ index[,width, height, pen number [,...pen

number ] ] ][;]

Symbol Mode

Draws a symbol (character) at each coordinate location.

SM [ character][;]

Select Pen

Selects a pen for plotting.

SP [ pen] [;]

pen = 0 (white)

1 (black)

Default is no pen.

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)

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Line and Fill Attributes Group (continued)

Screened Vectors

Selects type of area fill for vectors (lines, hatch lines, arcs, circles, edges

of polygons, rectangles, and wedges).

SV [ screen type [,option1[,option2]]][;]

Transparency Mode

Defines how the white areas of the source graphics image affect the

destination graphics image.

TR [ n][;]

n = 1 (Transparency mode=on [ default])

0 (Transparency mode=off)

User Defined Line Type

Defines a line pattern.

UL [ index[,gap1, . . . ,gapn ] ][;]

index = Line pattern number. [1–8]

gap = Percentage of pattern length for that portion (first

gap is a pen-down move).

Pen Width Unit Selection

Specifies whether pen width is defined in millimeters or as a

percentage of P1/P2 distance.

WU [ type] [;]

type = 0 (millimeters)

= 1 (percentage of P1/P2 distance)

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

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HP-GL/2

Character Group

Alternate Font Definition

Specifies an alternate font for labeling.

AD [ kind, value...[,kind, value ] ] [;]

* See tables in Appendix C of the

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

Character Fill Mode

Specifies how outline fonts will be rendered.

CF [ fill mode [,edge pen*]] [;]

fill mode = 0 (solid fill and edged)

1 (edging with specified pen [or current pen if edge

pen parameter not specified]; characters filled if

can't be edged)

2 (fill with current fill type; characters are not

edged)

3 (fill with current fill type; edge characters with

the specified pen or current pen if edge pen

parameter is not specified)

edge pen = pen number to be used for edging.

* Using 0 means edge in pen 0.

Character Plot

Moves the pen the specified number of character “cells” from the current

pen location.

CP [ spaces, lines] [;]

Absolute Label Direction

Specifies the slope of labels independent of P1 and P2 locations.

DI [ run,rise ][;]

run = the X-component of the label direction or COSINE of

the angle

rise = the Y-component of the label direction or SINE of the

angle

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 *

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Character Group (continued)

Relative Label Direction

Specifies the slope of labels relative to P1 and P2 locations.

DR [ run,rise] [;]

run = percentage of distance between P1X and P2X

rise = percentage of distance between P1Y and P2Y

Define Label Terminator

Defines the character that “turns off” labeling.

DT [ lblterm [,mode ] ];

lblterm = character to be used as terminator

mode = 0 (print label terminator)

1 (do not print terminator)

Define Variable Text Path

Specifies the label path as right, left, up, or down.

DV [ path [,line ] ] [;]

path = 0 (0 degrees – right)

1 (-90 degrees – down)

2 (-180 degrees – left)

3 (-270 degrees – up)

line = 0 (-90 degrees – normal line feed)

1 (+90 degrees – reverse line feed)

Extra Space

Increases or reduces space between characters and lines of text.

ES [ width [,height ] ] [;]

width = number (or fractional number) of character spaces

height = number (or fractional number) of lines

Select Primary Font ID

Selects as primary a font previously assigned a PCL font ID number.

FI font ID [;]

font ID = Font ID number assigned in PCL mode.

Select Secondary Font ID

Selects as secondary a font previously assigned a font ID number.

FN font ID [;]

font ID = Font ID number assigned in PCL mode.

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Character Group (continued)

Label

Prints text using the currently selected font.

LB text . . . text lblterm [;]

text . . . text = Any characters.

lblterm = Label terminator (default Ext or defined with

DT command).

Label Origin

Specifies the positioning of the characters within a label.

LO [ position] [;]

position = Number indicating label position relative to

current cursor position (see command description

PCL5 Technical Reference Manual

Label Mode

Determines how LB (Label) and SM (Symbol Mode) interpret characters.

Most often used for printing a 2-byte character set such as Kanji.

LM [mode,[row number]:]

mode = determines the interpretation mode as follows:

0 Interprets each byte as a character (8-bit mode).

1 Interprets the next two bytes as a character (16-bit mode).

2 Same logic as mode 0 except that vertical substitutes are

used if found in a VT segment of the current font.

3 Same logic as mode 1 except that vertical substitutes are

used if found in a VT segment of the current font.

row number = indicates the first byte while the LB or SM

instruction supplys the second byte. Used only in mode 0 when a

16-bit character set is selected.

Select Alternate Font

Selects the font designated by AD.

SA [;]

Scalable or Bitmap Fonts

Specifies the type of fonts to be used for labels.

SB [ n] [;]

n = 0 (Scalable fonts [default])

= 1 (Bitmap and scalable fonts)

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Character Group (continued)

Standard Font Definition

Specifies the standard font for printing labels.

SD [ kind, value...[,kind, value ] ] [;]

* See tables in Appendix C of the

PCL 5 Comparison Guide

Absolute Character Size

Specifies an absolute character size (in centimeters).

SI [ width, height] [;]

Character Slant

Specifies the slant at which labels are printed.

SL [ tangent of angle] [;]

tangent of angle = Tangent of slant angle (measured from

vertical)

Relative Character Size

Specifies character size as a percentage of the P1/P2 distance.

SR [ width, height] [;]

Select Standard Font

Selects the font designated by SD for printing labels.

SS [;]

Transparent Data

Specifies whether control characters perform their function or are printed

as characters.

TD [ mode] [;]

mode = 0 (Normal)

1 (Transparent)

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 *

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Technical Drawing Extensions Group

Merge Control

Specifies the logical operation (ROP3) to be performed.

MC[mode[,opcode]];

mode = 0 - opcode value ignored (ROP set to 252 [default])

1 - opcode value used as ROP value

opcode = logical operation (ROP3 value)

Pixel Placement

Specifies either grid intersection or grid-centered pixel placement.

PP[mode];

mode = 0 - grid intersection (default)

1 - grid centered

Programming Hints

End-Of-Line Wrap

Defines action that occurs when text reaches right margin: perform a

carriage return or do not perform carriage return (truncate data).

? & s # C

# = 0 - Enables End-Of-Line Wrap

1 - Disables End-Of-Line Wrap

Display Functions

Causes all escape sequences and control codes to be printed instead of

executed.

? Y –Enables Display Functions

? Z –Disables Display Functions

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PJL

Kernel

Universal Exit Language

Terminates operation of current language and returns control to PJL.

Every job should begin and end with this command.

<ESC> % –12345X

Enter Language

Causes PJL to enable the specified language.

Comment

Allows one line of comment text to be entered in PJL.

@PJL COMMENT

comment text . . .

[CR] <LF>

Job Separation

Job

Indicates the start of a print job, resets the page count and allows naming

of the job; supports non-printing mode. Also, used for providing the pass-

word for PJL security.

End-Of-Job

Tells printer the job has completed, resets the page count.

@PJL EOJ [NAME = “job name”] [<CR>] <LF>

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE

PCL

POSTSCRIPT

others











[CR] <LF>=

@PJL JOB

[NAME= ]

[START= ]

[END= ]

[PASSWORD = ]











[CR] <LF>

“

job name

”

first page

last page

number

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PJL

Environment

Initialize

Resets current and default PJL variables to factory default values.

@PJL INITIALIZE [<CR>]<LF>

Reset

Resets current PJL variables to default values.

@PJL RESET [<CR>]<LF>

Default

Sets default value for environment variables.

@PJL DEFAULT [LPARM :

personality

| IPARM :

port

]

~ variable = value [<CR>] <LF>

Set

Sets the environment variable for the duration of a PJL job.

@PJL SET [LPARM :

personality

| IPARM :

port

]

~ variable = value [<CR>] <LF>

Status Readback

Inquire

Requests the current value for an environment variable.

@PJL INQUIRE [LPARM :

personality

| IPARM :

port

]

~ variable [<CR>] <LF>

Response

@PJL INQUIRE [LPARM :

personality

| IPARM :

port

]

~ variable<CR><LF>

value <CR><LF>

<FF>

Dinquire

Requests the default value for a specified environment variable.

@PJL DINQUIRE [LPARM :

personality

| IPARM :

port

]

~ variable [<CR>] <LF>

Response

@PJL DINQUIRE [LPARM :

personality

| IPARM :

port

]

~ variable<CR> <LF>

value <CR><LF>

<FF>

~ - Indicates that the following data is part of the preceding line.

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PJL

Status Readback (continued)

Info

Request a specified category of printer information.

@PJL INFO

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