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Technical Reference
March 2006
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Contents
Introduction ......................................................................1-1
Overview.............................................................................................................1-1
Navigational Tips............................................................................. ...................1-4
Printing the File........................ ...........................................................................1-4
Bibliography........................................................................................................1-5
PCL Emulation..................................................................2-1
TOC-1
Contents
Selecting PCL Emulation....................................................................................2-1
Using SmartSwitch........................................................................................2-1
Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional..................................2-1
Using Your Software Program ......................................................................2-2
Page Formatting.................................................................................................2-3
Printable Areas..............................................................................................2-3
Lexmark C760 and C762..............................................................................2-4
Print Area Menu Item..........................................................................................2-5
Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C760 and C762........................2-7
Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark C760 and C7 622-9
Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark C760 and C762............................2-14
Command Structure.........................................................................................2-31
Control Codes.............................................................................................2-31
Commands..................................................................................................2-31
PCL Emulation Commands..............................................................................2-34
PCL Emulation Commands by Function.....................................................2-34
GL/2 Commands..............................................................................................2-56
Raster Image Graphics.....................................................................................2-60
Raster Compression Mode .........................................................................2-60
Macros..............................................................................................................2-67
Printer Job Language ......................................................3-1
PJL Command Notation.....................................................................................3-1
Kernel Commands..............................................................................................3-2
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Job Separation Commands................................................................................3-4
Environment Commands and Variables.............................................................3-7
Status Readback Commands...........................................................................3-54
Status Message Format...................................................................................3-61
Information Messages.................................................................................3-61
Auto-Continuable Conditions......................................................................3-63
Attendance Conditions................................................................................3-67
Operator Intervention - Paper Handling......................................................3-72
Operator Intervention - Paper Jams............................................................3-75
Service Errors.............................................................................................3-80
Device Attendance Commands........................................................................3-80
Unique PJL Commands....................................................................................3-82
File Commands for Flash or Disk................................................................3-86
File and Device Protection Commands............................................................3-93
Protecting a File or Device..........................................................................3-93
Unlocking a Protected File or Device..........................................................3-95
Re-Locking a Protected File or Device........................................................3-96
Unlocking a Protected File or Device for the Current Job...........................3-97
Recovering Lost Passwords........................................................................3-98
Contents
PostScript Emulation.......................................................4-1
Selecting PostScript Emulation ..........................................................................4-1
Using SmartSwitch........................................................................................4-1
Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional..................................4-1
Using Your Software Program ......................................................................4-2
Paper Tray Support.......................................................................................4-4
Envelope Size Support..................................................................................4-9
Envelope Tray Support ...............................................................................4-11
Supplemental Operator Summary...............................................................4-13
Page Device Parameters..................................................................................4-48
Interpreter Parameters .....................................................................................4-62
User Parameters.........................................................................................4-62
System Parameters.....................................................................................4-65
Device Parameters......................................................................................4-71
Status and Error Messages............................. ................................ ..... ..... .......4-92
Tagged Binary Not Active ...........................................................................4-92
Tagged Binary Active..................................................................................4-92
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Status Messages.........................................................................................4-93
Contents
Switching Languages ......................................................5-1
SmartSwitch .......................................................................................................5-1
Setting SmartSwitch for Different Interfaces.................................................5-2
Printer Job Language.........................................................................................5-2
Sniffing................................................................................................................5-3
Flash Memory and Disk................................................... 6-1
Resource Data Collection (Download Target)....................................................6-2
Storing Resources on Flash Memory or Disk................................................6-3
Viewing the Contents of Flash Memory and Disk...............................................6-3
Password Protection............ .... ..... ......................................................................6-7
Rewriting the Flash Content...............................................................................6-8
Accessing Files with PostScript Emulation.........................................................6-9
File Naming Conventions..............................................................................6-9
Device Search Order...................................................................................6-12
Performance.....................................................................................................6-13
Job Buffering....................................................................................................6-13
Creating a Partition.....................................................................................6-14
Enabling Job Buffering................................... ..... ..... ...................................6-14
Disabling Job Buffering...............................................................................6-15
Recovering from a Power Loss...................................................................6-15
Printer Specifications ......................................................7-1
Airflow Requirement....................................... ..... ..........................................7-1
Noise Emission Levels..................................................................................7-1
Electrical Specifications................................................................................7-2
Power Requirements.....................................................................................7-2
Physical Specifications..................................................................................7-3
......................................................................................................................7-3
Clearance Requirements..............................................................................7-3
Environmental Conditions.............................. ..... ..........................................7-4
Altitude Specifications...................................................................................7-4
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Atmospheric Pressure...................................................................................7-4
Contents
Printer Interfaces..............................................................8-1
Setting Up the Communications Port .................................................................8-2
Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows 95/98/Me..................8-2
Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows NT 4.0......................8-3
Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows 2000.........................8-4
Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows XP ............................8-5
Deciding Which Interface to Use........................................................................8-6
Parallel Interface.................................................................................................8-7
Standard Parallel Connector.........................................................................8-8
Using the INIT* Signal to Initialize.................................................................8-8
Computer-to-Printer Communications...........................................................8-8
Printer-to-Computer Communication (Advanced Status)............................8-13
Parallel Mode 1...........................................................................................8-14
Parallel Mode 2...........................................................................................8-15
Signal Descriptions.................................... .................................................8-15
Using the RS-232C Serial Interface............................................................8-18
Network Support...............................................................................................8-28
Input Buffer.......................................................................................................8-29
PCL Support .................................................................... A-1
PJL Support.....................................................................B-1
PostScript Support .........................................................C-1
Index................................................................................. X-1
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction
Overview
The following edition of the Technical Reference contains information about printer
commands and printer languages supported by the Lexmark C760 and C762 pri nters.
To determine which commands and languages your printer supports, see the
appendixes in the back of this document or see your printer documentation.
Introduction
If your printer is not included in this edit ion of the Technical Reference, it may be
available in another version. Vi sit the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/
publications for more informati on.
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Printed documentation is also availabl e for some Lexmark printers. Obtain the correct
part number from the following table, call 1-800-553-9727, and select option #1 to
order a Technical Reference for your printer .
Table 1-1: Technical Reference Documentation Available in Hard Copy
If you need a Technical Reference for the... Order Lexmark part number...
Optra™ K 11A4079
Optra N 11A9979
Optra SC 11C0905
Optra E310 12A2194
The Technical Reference is divided into the following:
Chapter 2: “PCL Emulation”
Shows how to select PCL emulat ion and discusses PCL emulation commands, GL/2
commands, and resident font and symbol set support.
Chapter 3: “Printer Job Language”
Contains detailed information abou t certain commands that cause the printer to ent er
PCL emulat ion, PostScript emulation, and Personal Printer Data Str eam (PPDS), and
many other types of commands.
Chapter 4: “PostScript Emulat ion”
Provides information about PostScript emulati on and explains PostScript emulation
supplemental operators.
Chapter 5: “Switching Languages”
Describes ways to switch printer languages and explains when you may want to
choose one method over another.
Chapter 6: “Flash Memory and Disk”
Provides information about using the flash memory and ha rd disk. It describes how to
manage printer memory, store resources (such as fonts and macros), and manage
files.
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Chapter 7: “Printer Specifications”
Lists printer specificati ons, including information about hardware and environmental
conditions.
Chapter 8: “Printer Interfaces”
Provides information on printer interfaces, including information about parallel and
serial interface, network support, and communication protocols.
See the tables in the three appendixes to determine if your printer supports a
particular PCL emulation, PJL, or PostScript emulation command. The appendixes
are:
Introduction
Appendix A: “PCL Support”
Appendix B: “PJL Support”
Appendix C: “PostScript Support”
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Navigationa l Tips
If you are not familiar with PDF files, the following tips may help you find the
information you need.
• To move forward and backward through this document:
— Select an option under View in the menu bar at the top of the page.
— Use the arrows in the toolbar at the top of the page, or the up arrow and
down arrow keys on the keyboard.
— Press the Page Up and Page Down keys on the keyboard.
— Use the scroll bar to the right of the page.
— Click the page number box on the status bar at the bottom of the page and
type the page you want.
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• To increase or decrease the magnification of the pages:
— Select the magnifying glass icon on the toolbar at the top of the page and
— Click the magnification box on the status bar and select an option from the
• To jump directl y to a particular section or key word in this document:
— Click one of the bookmarks in the overview window to the left of the page.
— Click a topic in the table of contents.
— Select Tools from the menu bar and then choose Find or Search.
— Click the binoculars icon on the toolbar and t hen type a word in the text box.
— Click a cross-reference to a figure, page number, or heading in the docu-
Printing the File
then draw a box around the area you want to view.
drop-down menu.
ment itself.
Although this book was designed primarily for onl ine viewing, you can print a hard
copy by clicking File on the toolbar, and then choosing Print. Make sure you’ve
selected the correct printer, range of pages, and number of copies bef ore you click
OK. You should be aware that if you print this document on a color printer, the color
you see on the paper may not match the color you see on your computer monitor.
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Bibliography
For detailed information about PCL emulation printer commands, PostScript
emulation printer commands and operators, and in terfaces, refer to the following
documentation:
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• Hewlett-Packard DeskJet Printer Family Technical Reference, C2121-90101
• Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4 Typography and Graphics, Random House
Electronic Publishing
• Hewlett-Packard PCL 5 Color Technical Reference Manual, 5961-0635
• Hewlett-Packard PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual,
5961-0509
• Hewlett-Packard PostScript SIMM Technical Reference, I/O Device
Operators and Parameters, C2080-90921
• Hewlett-Packard Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual,
5961H0512
• IBM Personal System/2 Hardware Inter face T echnical Ref erence , S68X- 2330
• Interface between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Communications
Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange, Electr onic Industries
Association, publications EIA RS-232C and EIA\TIA-232-E
• Network Printing Alliance Protocol, A Printer/Host Control Specification
Developed by the NPA, Level 1, Revisi on N
• PostScript Language Reference Manual (Third Edition), Adobe Systems
Incorporated, Addison-Wesley Publishing
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CHAPTER 2: PCL Emulation
When you select PCL emulation as the printer language, the printer supports the
Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet Printer Command Language. This chapter
shows how to select PCL emulation and discusses PCL emulation commands, along
with resident PCL emulation font and symbol set support.
T o determine which commands your print er supports, see Appendix A: “PCL Support”
on page A-1.
PCL
Selecting PCL Emulation
Using SmartSwitch
When SmartSwitch is enabled for bo th printer languages on an interf ace (for example,
Parallel, USB, Serial Op tion 1, or Network Option 1), the printer automatically swi tches
to the printer language being sent by your softwar e program. The printer is shipped
with SmartSwitch enabled for both printer languages in all interfaces. The printer
examines all print jobs and switches dynamically between PostScript emulation and
PCL emulation.
Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional
If SmartSwitch is set to Off for both printer languages, you can select PCL emulation
from your printer operator panel or from MarkVision™ Professional. See your printer
documentation for information on changing menu settings.
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Using Your Software Program
To select PCL emulation, use the Printer Job Language (PJL) Enter Language
Command. See “ENTER LANGUAGE Command” on page 3- 3 for more information.
See “Printer Job Language” on page 3-1 for the syntax and use of PJL.
Warning: When you change printer languages, you may lose some or all previously
downloaded resources, unless
are stored in flash memory or on disk.
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Resource Save is set to On or the resources
PCL
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Page Formatting
The printable areas and logi cal pages for PCL emulation (both portrait and landscape
orientation) are illustrated below. See the Legend that follows for definitions of areas
A through I.
Printable Areas
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PCL
Legend:
A Portrait physical page width and landscape physical page length
B Portrait physical page length and landscape physical page width
C Portrait logical page width
D Landscape logical page width
E Distance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in portrait
F Distance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in landscape
G Distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and logical page
H Distance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in
portrait, or distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and printable
area in landscape
I Distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and the printable area in
portrait, or distance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the
printable area in landscape
Note: The tables beginning on page 2-4 list the page sizes and dimensions of each
area labeled on the preceding diagram for all paper and envelope sizes your
printer supports. If information about your printer is not included in the
following tables, see page 1-1 for information on how to get a Technical
Reference for your printer.
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Lexmark C760 and C762
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envelope sizes the Lexmark C760 and C762 printer supports. For more information
about the printabl e areas and l ogical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas”
on page 2-3 .
Table 2-1: Lexmark C760 and C762 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
PCL
Paper/Envelope
Selection
Page Size
Parameters
13, 613 A5 148 x 210 5.83 x 8.27 3496 4960 3196 4720 142 118 0 100 100
12, 45, 612 JIS B5 Paper 182 x 257 7.2 x 10.1 4300 6070 4000 5830 150 120 0 100 100
26, 626 A4 (198 mm )
26, 626 A4 (203 mm )
1, 601 Executive 184 x 267 7.25 x 10.5 4350 6300 4050 6060 150 120 0 100 100
2, 602 Letter 216 x 279 8.5 x 11 5100 6600 4800 6360 150 120 0 100 100
3, 603 Legal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8400 4800 8160 150 120 0 100 100
4 or 10 Folio 216 x 330 8.5 x 13 5100 7800 4800 7560 150 120 0 100 100
15 Statement 139.7 x 215.9 5.5 x 8.5 3300 5100 3000 4860 150 120 0 100 100
101 Universal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14 150 120 0 100 100
6 or 11 11 x 17
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table2-12 on page 2-36.
3
The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software
application.
4
Paper ID 99 will be su ppo rted for backwa rd com patib ility with oth er Lexm ark p rinters . Paper ID 99 has th e same
logical paper size as ID 100 (compatible with HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx) but is 8 pels wider than the Lexmark
4039.
2
Name mm inches A B C D E F G H I
(Ledger)
Dimensions
3
210 x 297 8.3 x 11.7 4960 7014 4676 6778 142 118 0 80 80
3
210 x 297 8.3 x 11.7 4960 7014 4800 6778 80 118 0 80 80
431.8 x 279.4 17 x 11 6600 10200 6300 9960 150 120 0 100 100
Dimensions by Area (pels)
Paper
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Table 2-1: Lexmark C760 and C762 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
PCL
Paper/Envelope
Selection
Page Size
Parameters
90 DL 220 x 110 8.66 x 4.33 2598 5196 2314 4960 142 118 0 100 100
91 C5 229 x 162 9.02 x 6.38 3826 5408 2542 5172 142 118 0 100 100
4
, 100 B5 Envelope 250 x 176 9.84 x 6.93 4156 5904 3872 5668 142 118 0 100 100
99
600 Other
89 9 (Com 9) 225 x 98 8. 875 x 3.875 2326 5324 2024 5084 150 120 0 100 100
81 10 (Com 10) 241 x 105 9.5 x 4.125 2474 5700 2174 5460 150 120 0 100 100
80 7 3/4
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table2-12 on page 2-36.
3
The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software
application.
4
Paper ID 99 will be su ppo rted for backwa rd com patib ility with oth er Lexm ark p rinters . Paper ID 99 has th e same
logical paper size as ID 100 (compatible with HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx) but is 8 pels wider than the Lexmark
4039.
2
Name mm inches A B C D E F G H I
Envelope
(Mondarch)
Dimensions
Envelope
216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8400 4800 8160 150 120 0 100 100
Dimensions by Area (pels)
2326 4500 2024 4260 150 120 0 100 100
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Print Area Menu Item
The printable area is the area on a sheet of paper within whi ch a pel can be printed.
Logical page is a conceptual entity th at defines the area in which margins (top, b ottom,
left, right) may be set and the area in which the PCL cursor may be positioned.
The physical page border is the actual physical boundaries of a page.
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PCL
The Print Area menu item is available from the printer opera tor panel or through
MarkVision Professi onal. For some printers, Print Area suppor ts three values: Normal,
Whole Page, and Fit to Page. See your printer documentation for more information.
Legend:
PCL
Logical
Page
Area
Normal setting
Physical
Page
Border
PCL
Printable
Area
Only Portrait Orientation is shown for all settings.
Whole Page setting
The Normal setting, which is the factory default, means the printable area includes the
entire page except the narrow border around the edge of the page. This is the
nonprintable area. The printer me asures margin settings relative to the logical page.
For a more detailed explanation of the Normal setting, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-3.
The Whole Page setting only affects pages printed when using PCL emulation. If
Whole Page is selected, the PCL language sets the logical page area equal to the
physical page dimensions. Since the logical page dimensions and the physical page
dimensions are the same, in theory, the cursor may be positioned anywhere on the
page. However , the PCL language clips the i mage to the printable area. So, the Whole
Page setting is useful for printing scanned i mages that extend from edge to edge of a
page.
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Some printers offer the Fit to Page setting. When Fit to Page is selected, PCL
emulation or PostScript emulation for mats a page using a pr int able ar ea equal to t he
physical page, which is from one edge of the page to the other edge of the page. If
you use this setting, no cl ipping occurs. In Fit to Page, the PCL emul ation logical page
dimensions are equal to the physical page dimensions , as in the Whole Page se tt ing.
The printer holds this f ormatted image in memory , but when the page prints, t he image
is compressed a small amount in both horizontal and vertical directions, and then
centered on the physical pa ge for let ter-siz e paper only. This process creates a small
margin around the image. This artifi cial margin prevents pr inting from one edge to the
other, since doing so could contaminate the printer and cause printing problems.
The following illustrations show an image held in memory for printing from one edge
to the other and how the image would actually print based on the Fit to Page setting.
Notice that a small border appears at t he edges of the printed pa ge, and t he image is
slightly compressed.
PCL
Physical
Page
Edge
Formatted Image with Fit to Page Printed Image with Fit to Page
Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C760 and C762
Your printer has 91 resident fonts in PCL emulation, including 89 scalable fonts and
two bitmapped fonts.
Several parameters are used to select a font from the data stream. These include
symbol set, spacing, point or pitch, style, weight, and typeface number. For scalable
fonts, you can vary the size of a font by specifying pitch or point size. For bitmapped
fonts, you must choose the pitch or point size listed on the font sample pages. You can
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print the font sample pages using a PJL command (see “LPRINTPCLFONTS” on
page 3-83.), or through MarkVision Professional (network models only). See your
printer documentation for more information.
A symbol set defines which characters are available for a font and the code point for
each of these characters. Your printer supports 88 resident symbol sets. The tables
beginning on page 2-10 show the symbol sets available for each font in
PCL emulation. Not all fonts support all symbol sets.
You can select a font as the PCL emulation default through MarkVision Professional
(network models only). See your printer documentation for more information.
The fonts are divided into three maj or groups. The first 47 fonts (R0 to R46) shown on
the font sample pages are the standard PCL emulation fonts. The next 39 fonts (R47
to R85) are called Type 1 fonts and were originally defined for PostScript emulation,
but now also work in the PCL emulation. The final five fonts (R86 to R90) are
additional specialty PCL fonts. For a l ist of the 47 standa rd PCL emula tion fon ts, see
Table 2-2 on page 2-9. For a list of the 39 Type 1 fonts, see Table 2-3 on page 2-11.
For a list of t he five additional specialty PCL font s, see Table 2-7 on page 2-24. These
tables list both the f orwar d and ba ckward compat ibil ity font sel ecti on c ommands. For
more information on forward and backward compatibili ty, see page 2-9. For more
information on selecting symbol sets, see page 2-20.
For compatibility purposes, you can disable Type 1 fonts with the Printer Job
Language (PJL) LTYPE1FONTS command. The factory default for these fonts is
Enabled. See LTYPE1FONTS on page 3-47 for more information.
You can also select fonts using PJL commands. The selection parameter is the
number portion from the font identi fier shown on the f ont sample pages, such as 0 or
76 from font identifiers R0 or R76. Use t he PJL v alue s shown in t he tabl es beginni ng
on page 2-9 to sel ect a symbol set. If a symbol set does not have a PJL value, use the
symbol set ID to select the symbol set. A font selection can be either temporary or set
as the default.
Use the following PJL commands to select fonts: FONTSOURCE, FONTNUMBER,
PITCH, PTSIZE, SYMSET, SET, DEFAULT. See “Table 3-5: Common Variables for
PCL Emulation” on page 3-48 for more information about these commands.
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2-9
PCL
Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark C760
and C762
Your PCL emulation has forward and backward compatibility modes. The forward
compatibility mode is used to emulate the fonts in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s
LaserJet 4050. The backward compatibility mode is used for compatibility with the
Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 5 and the Lexmark family of printer s.
Standard PCL Emulation Fonts
The following table lists the font selection commands for forward and backward
compatibility mode for each of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts. Since the font
selection commands for the forward and back ward compatibilit y modes are identi cal,
they are listed together in the table.
Table 2-2: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward and Backward Compatibility Mode
Standard PCL Emulation Font Name
Courier 0004099
Courier Italic 0104099
Courier Bold 0034099
Courier Bold Italic 0134099
CG Times 1004101
CG Times Italic 1104101
CG Times Bold 1034101
CG Times Bold Italic 1134101
Univers Medium 1004148
Univers Medium Italic 1104148
Univers Bold 1034148
Univers Bold Italic 1134148
Times New Roman 10016901
Times New Roman Italic 11016901
Spacing Style Weight Typeface
Times New Roman Bold 10316901
Times New Roman Bold Italic 11316901
Arial 10016602
Arial Italic 11016602
Arial Bold 10316602
1
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
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PCL
Table 2-2: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands (Continued)
Forward and Backward Compatibility Mode
Standard PCL Emulation Font Name
Arial Bold Italic 11316602
Letter Gothic 0004102
Letter Gothic Italic 0104102
Letter Gothic Bold 0034102
Univers Condensed Medium 1404148
Univers Condensed Medium Italic1504148
Univers Condensed Bold 1434148
Univers Condensed Bold Italic 1534148
Garamond Antiqua 1004197
Spacing Style Weight Typeface
Garamond Kursiv 1104197
Garamond Halbfett 1034197
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett 1134197
CG Omega 1004113
CG Omega Italic 1104113
CG Omega Bold 1034113
CG Omega Bold Italic 1134113
Antique Olive 1004168
Antique Olive Italic 1104168
Antique Olive Bold 1034168
Albertus Medium 1014362
Albertus Extra Bold 1044362
Clarendon Condensed Bold 1434140
Marigold 1004297
Coronet 1104116
Line Printer 16 0000
POSTNET Barcode
Wingdings 10031402
1
1000
Symbol 10016686
1
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
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Type 1 Fonts
Thirty of the Type 1 fonts have different f ont selection parameters in the forward and
backward compatibility modes and nine of the fonts work only in the f orward
compatibility mode. With the appropriate printer driver installed and selected, your
software program selects these fonts.
The following table shows the font selection commands for for ward and backward
compatibility modes and indicates the font group for each font. All Type 1 fonts are
supported by both the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050 and the
Lexmark family of printers unless otherwise noted.
Table 2-3: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward Compatibility Mode Backward Compatibility Mode
Type 1 Font name
Spacing Style Weight Typeface Spacing Style Weight Typeface
PCL
Helvetica 1002458010061444
Helvetica Italic 1102458011061444
Helvetica Bold 1032458010361444
Helvetica Bold Italic 1132458011361444
Helvetica Narrow 1402458014061444
Helvetica Narrow Italic 1502458015061444
Helvetica Narrow Bold 1432458014361444
Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic 1532458015361444
Palatino Roman 1002459110061455
Palatino Italic 1102459111061455
Palatino Bold 1032459110361455
Palatino Bold Italic 1132459111361455
ITC Bookman Light 1 0 -3 24623 1 0 -3 61487
ITC Bookman Light Italic 1 1 -3 24623 1 1 -3 61487
ITC Bookman Demi 1022462310261487
ITC Bookman Demi Italic 1122462311261487
ITC Avant Garde Book 1002460710061471
ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique1102460711061471
ITC Avant Garde Demi
ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique
Century Schoolbook Roman 1002470310061463
1
Notice the values for forward and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.
2
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
3
This font is not implemented in the Lexmark family of printers.
1
1022460710361471
1
1122460711361471
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PCL
Table 2-3: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands (Continued)
Forward Compatibility Mode Backward Compatibility Mode
Type 1 Font name
Century Schoolbook Italic 1102470311061463
Century Schoolbook Bold 1032470310361463
Century Schoolbook Bold Italic1132470311361463
ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic1104509911061483
CourierPS
CourierPS Oblique
CourierPS Bold
CourierPS Bold Oblique
Times Roman
Times Italic
Times Bo ld
Times Bold Italic
Helvetica Light
Helvetica Light Oblique
Helvetica Black
Helvetica Black Oblique
SymbolPS
ITC Zapf Dingbats 1004510110061485
1
Notice the values for forward and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.
2
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
3
This font is not implemented in the Lexmark family of printers.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
Spacing Style Weight Typeface Spacing Style Weight Typeface
00024579
01024579
00324579
01324579
10025093
11025093
10325093
11325093
1 0 -3 24580 1 0 -3 61444
1 1 -3 24580 1 1 -3 61444
1052458010561444
1152458011561444
10045358
Your Lexmark printer defaults to the forward compatibility mode to enable a
Hewlett-Packard Company’s driver to select the forward compatibility fonts. The
Lexmark PCL driver uses the backward compati bil ity mode and temporar ily switche s
the printer to this mode. The PCL (PJL) commands to switc h the default compatibil ity
modes are:
Forward
Backward
ESC
%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM:PCL LFONTCOMPATIBILITY=PCL6
@PJL RESET
ESC
%-12345X
ESC
%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM:PCL LFONTCOMPATIBILITY=PCL5
@PJL RESET
ESC
%-12345X
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Specialty PCL Fonts
The following table lists the font selection commands for forward and backward
compatibility mode for each of the five specialty PCL fonts. Since the font selection
commands for the forward and backward compatibility modes are identical, they are
listed together in the table. These fonts ar e supported only in PCL 5, not in PCL XL.
Table 2-4: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
2-13
Forward and Backward Compatibility Mode
PCL
Standard PCL Emulation Font Name
C39 Narrow
C39 Regular
C39 Wide
OCR-A
OCR-B
1
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
1
1
1
1
1
Spacing Style Weight Typeface
10032774
10032772
10032777
00023584
00023590
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Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark C760 and C762
To determine if a font or typeface supports a symbol set, see the complete listing of
PCL emulation fonts and symbol sets in the following tables: “Table 2-5: PCL
Emulation Symbol Sets - Latin 1” on page 2-14, “Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol
Sets - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek” on page 2-19, and “Table 2-7: PCL
Emulation Symbol Sets - Specials” on page 2-24.
Table 2-5: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets - Lati n 1
Latin 1
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Courier ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Legal
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
Windows 98 Latin 1
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
LEGAL
WIN30
WINL1
ISOL1
ISOL9
1U9U19U0N9N
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC8
10U
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC8DN
11U
PC-850 Multilingual
PC850
12U
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
PC858
13U
PC-860 Portugal
20U
PC-861 Iceland
21U
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
23U
25U9J13P
PC-1004 OS/2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
ABICOMP International
14P8U4U0E10J
Roman-8
ROMAN8
Roman-9
Roman Extension
PS Text
MC Text
PSTEXT
12J7J13J
Desk Top
Ventura International
DESKTOP
VNINTL
Ventura US
VNUS
14J
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-5: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 1
Latin 1
2-15
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Times New Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letter Gothic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letter Gothic Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letter Gothic Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Condensed Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Legal
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
LEGAL
WIN30
1U9U19U
Windows 98 Latin 1
WINL1
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
ISOL1
ISOL9
0N9N10U
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC8
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
PC8DN
PC850
11U
12U
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
PC-860 Portugal
PC858
13U
20U
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-1004 OS/2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
ABICOMP International
Roman-8
Roman-9
Roman Extension
PS Text
MC Text
Desk Top
Ventura International
ROMAN8
21U
23U
25U
9J
13P
14P
8U4U0E
PSTEXT
10J
12J
DESKTOP
7J
VNINTL
13J
Ventura US
VNUS
14J
Univers Condensed Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Condensed Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Condensed Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Garamond Antiqua ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Garamond Kursiv ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Garamond Halbfett ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Omega ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-5: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 1
Latin 1
2-16
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
CG Omega Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Omega Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Omega Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Antique Olive ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Antique Olive Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Antique Olive Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Albertus Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Albertus Extra Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Clarendon Condensed Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Marigold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Coronet ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Legal
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
LEGAL
WIN30
1U9U19U
Windows 98 Latin 1
WINL1
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
ISOL1
ISOL9
0N9N10U
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC8
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
PC8DN
PC850
11U
12U
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
PC-860 Portugal
PC858
13U
20U
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-1004 OS/2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
ABICOMP International
Roman-8
Roman-9
Roman Extension
PS Text
MC Text
Desk Top
Ventura International
ROMAN8
21U
23U
25U
9J
13P
14P
8U4U0E
PSTEXT
10J
12J
DESKTOP
7J
VNINTL
13J
Ventura US
VNUS
14J
Helvetica Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Narrow ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Narrow Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Narrow Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Palatino Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-5: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 1
Latin 1
2-17
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Palatino Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Palatino Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Palatino Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Bookman Light ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Bookman Light Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Bookman Demi ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Bookman Demi Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Avant Garde Book ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Avant Garde Demi ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Century Schoolbook Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Legal
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
LEGAL
WIN30
1U9U19U
Windows 98 Latin 1
WINL1
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
ISOL1
ISOL9
0N9N10U
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC8
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
PC8DN
PC850
11U
12U
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
PC-860 Portugal
PC858
13U
20U
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-1004 OS/2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
ABICOMP International
Roman-8
Roman-9
Roman Extension
PS Text
MC Text
Desk Top
Ventura International
ROMAN8
21U
23U
25U
9J
13P
14P
8U4U0E
PSTEXT
10J
12J
DESKTOP
7J
VNINTL
13J
Ventura US
VNUS
14J
Century Sc hoolbook Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Century Sc hoolbook Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Century Sc hoolbook Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CourierPS ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CourierPS Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CourierPS Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CourierPS Bold Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-5: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 1
Latin 1
2-18
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Times Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times Bo ld ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Helvetica Light ✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓ ✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓
Helvetica Light Oblique ✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓ ✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓
Helvetica Black ✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓ ✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓
Helvetica Black Oblique ✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓ ✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓
Line Printer 16 ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
POSTNET Barcode ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Narrow ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Regular ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Legal
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
LEGAL
WIN30
1U9U19U
Windows 98 Latin 1
WINL1
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
ISOL1
ISOL9
0N9N10U
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC8
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
PC8DN
PC850
11U
12U
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
PC-860 Portugal
PC858
13U
20U
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-1004 OS/2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
ABICOMP International
Roman-8
Roman-9
Roman Extension
PS Text
MC Text
Desk Top
Ventura International
ROMAN8
21U
23U
25U
9J
13P
14P
8U4U0E
PSTEXT
10J
12J
DESKTOP
7J
VNINTL
13J
Ventura US
VNUS
14J
C39 Wide ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
OCR-A ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
OCR-B ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✓✓
Wingdings ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Symbol ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
SymbolPS ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Zapf Dingbats ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek
Latin 2 Latin 5 Latin 6 Cyrillic Greek
Typeface / Symbol
Set
Windows 98 Latin 2
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
PC-8 PC Nova
Windows 98 Latin 5
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)
PC-T urk ish (437 T)
Turkish-8
Windows 98 Latin 6 (Baltic)
ISO 8859-1 0 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)
Windows 98 Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Ukrainian
PCL
Windows 98 Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
Greek-8
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Courier ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman
Italic
WINL2
ISOL2
PC852
9E2N17U
✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
WINL5
ISOL5
24Q
27Q
5T5N16U
18U
PC8TK
9T8T19L
6N
26U
9R
10N
3R
10R
12R
13R
14R
9G
12N
11G
10G
12G
14G
8G
Times New Roman
Bold
Times New Roman
Bold Italic
Arial ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
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Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek
Latin 2 Latin 5 Latin 6 Cyrillic Greek
Typeface / Symbol
Set
Windows 98 Latin 2
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
PC-8 PC Nova
Windows 98 Latin 5
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)
PC-Turkish (437T)
Turkish-8
Windows 98 Latin 6 (Baltic)
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)
Windows 98 Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Ukrainian
Windows 98 Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
Greek-8
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Arial Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letter Gothic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed
Medium
Univers Condensed
Medium Italic
Univers Condensed
Bold
Univers Condensed
Bold Italic
Garamond Antiqua ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Kursiv ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Halbfett ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
WINL2
ISOL2
PC852
9E2N17U
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
WINL5
ISOL5
24Q
27Q
5T5N16U
18U
PC8TK
9T8T19L
6N
26U
9R
10N
3R
10R
12R
13R
14R
9G
12N
11G
10G
12G
14G
8G
Garamond Kursiv
Halbfett
CG Omega ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega Bold
Italic
Antique Olive ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
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Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek
Latin 2 Latin 5 Latin 6 Cyrillic Greek
Typeface / Symbol
Set
Windows 98 Latin 2
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
PC-8 PC Nova
Windows 98 Latin 5
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)
PC-Turkish (437T)
Turkish-8
Windows 98 Latin 6 (Baltic)
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)
Windows 98 Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Ukrainian
Windows 98 Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
Greek-8
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Antique Olive Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Antique Olive Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Albertus Medium ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Albertus Extra Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Clarendon
Condensed Bold
Marigold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Coronet ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Bold Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Narrow ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Narrow
Italic
Helvetica Narrow
Bold
WINL2
ISOL2
PC852
9E2N17U
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
WINL5
ISOL5
24Q
27Q
5T5N16U
18U
PC8TK
9T8T19L
6N
26U
9R
10N
3R
10R
12R
13R
14R
9G
12N
11G
10G
12G
14G
8G
Helvetica Narrow
Bold Italic
Palatino Roman ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Bold Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
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Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek
Latin 2 Latin 5 Latin 6 Cyrillic Greek
Typeface / Symbol
Set
Windows 98 Latin 2
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
PC-8 PC Nova
Windows 98 Latin 5
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)
PC-Turkish (437T)
Turkish-8
Windows 98 Latin 6 (Baltic)
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)
Windows 98 Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Ukrainian
Windows 98 Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
Greek-8
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
ITC Bookman Light ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Bookman Light
Italic
ITC Bookman Demi ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Bookman Demi
Italic
ITC Avant Garde
Book
ITC Avant Garde
Book Oblique
ITC Avant Garde
Demi
ITC Avant Garde
Demi Oblique
Century Sc hoolbook
Roman
Century Sc hoolbook
Italic
Century Sc hoolbook
Bold
WINL2
ISOL2
PC852
9E2N17U
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
WINL5
ISOL5
24Q
27Q
5T5N16U
18U
PC8TK
9T8T19L
6N
26U
9R
10N
3R
10R
12R
13R
14R
9G
12N
11G
10G
12G
14G
8G
Century Sc hoolbook
Bold Italic
ITC Zapf Chancery
Medium Italic
CourierPS ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
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Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek
Latin 2 Latin 5 Latin 6 Cyrillic Greek
Typeface / Symbol
Set
Windows 98 Latin 2
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
PC-8 PC Nova
Windows 98 Latin 5
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)
PC-Turkish (437T)
Turkish-8
Windows 98 Latin 6 (Baltic)
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)
Windows 98 Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Ukrainian
Windows 98 Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
Greek-8
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
CourierPS Oblique ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
CourierPS Bold ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
CourierPS Bold
Oblique
Times Roman ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times Bo ld ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times Bold Italic ✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Light ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Light
Oblique
Helvetica Black ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Black
Oblique
Line Printer 16 ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
POSTNET Barcode ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
WINL2
ISOL2
PC852
9E2N17U
✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
WINL5
ISOL5
24Q
27Q
5T5N16U
18U
PC8TK
9T8T19L
6N
26U
9R
10N
3R
10R
12R
13R
14R
9G
12N
11G
10G
12G
14G
8G
C39 Narrow ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Regular ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Wide ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
OCR-A ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
OCR-B ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Wingdings ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Symbol ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-6: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Latin 2, Latin 5, Latin 6, Cyrillic, Greek
Latin 2 Latin 5 Latin 6 Cyrillic Greek
Typeface / Symbol
Set
Windows 98 Latin 2
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
PC-8 PC Nova
Windows 98 Latin 5
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)
PC-Turkish (437T)
Turkish-8
Windows 98 Latin 6 (Baltic)
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)
Windows 98 Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Ukrainian
Windows 98 Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
Greek-8
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
SymbolPS ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Zapf Dingbats ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
WINL2
ISOL2
9E2N17U
PC852
WINL5
ISOL5
24Q
27Q
5T5N16U
18U
PC8TK
9T8T19L
6N
26U
9R
10N
3R
10R
12R
13R
14R
9G
12N
11G
10G
12G
14G
Table 2-7: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets - Specials
Specials
Typeface / Symbol Set
Ventura Mat h
PS Math
Math-8
Pi font
Microsoft Publishing
PC-911 Katakana
POSTNET Barcode
OCR-A
OCR-B
C39 Bar Code
(Upper Case)
C39 Bar Code
(plus Lower Case)
C39 Bar Code
(plus Human Readable)
Symbol
Wingdings
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
8G
PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Courier ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Courier Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Courier Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
VNMATH
6M
PSMATH
5M
MATH8
8M
PIFONT
15U
MSPUBL
6J
3K
9L
19M
15Y
0O
1O
9Y
109Y
209Y
579L
10L
14L
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Specials
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PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Courier Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Times ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Times Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Times Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Times Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Ventura Math
VNMATH
6M
PS Math
PSMATH
5M
Math-8
MATH8
8M
Pi font
Microsoft Publishing
PIFONT
MSPUBL
15U
6J
PC-911 Katakana
3K
POSTNET Barcode
15Y
OCR-A
OCR-B
0O
1O
C39 Bar Code
(Upper Case)
9Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Lower Case)
109Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Human Readable)
209Y
Symbol
19M
Wingdings
579L
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
9L
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L
PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats
14L
Times New Roman BoldItalic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Arial ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Arial Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Arial Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Arial Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Specials
2-26
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Univers Condensed Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Antiqua ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Kursiv ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Halbfett ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Antique Olive ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Ventura Math
VNMATH
6M
PS Math
PSMATH
5M
Math-8
MATH8
8M
Pi font
Microsoft Publishing
PIFONT
MSPUBL
15U
6J
PC-911 Katakana
3K
POSTNET Barcode
15Y
OCR-A
OCR-B
0O
1O
C39 Bar Code
(Upper Case)
9Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Lower Case)
109Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Human Readable)
209Y
Symbol
19M
Wingdings
579L
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
9L
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L
PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats
14L
Antique Olive Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Antique Olive Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Albertus Medium ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Albertus Extra Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Clarendon Condensed Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Marigold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Coronet ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Specials
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PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Helvetica Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Narrow ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Narrow Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Narrow Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Palatino Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Bookman Light ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Bookman Light Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Ventura Math
VNMATH
6M
PS Math
PSMATH
5M
Math-8
MATH8
8M
Pi font
Microsoft Publishing
PIFONT
MSPUBL
15U
6J
PC-911 Katakana
3K
POSTNET Barcode
15Y
OCR-A
OCR-B
0O
1O
C39 Bar Code
(Upper Case)
9Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Lower Case)
109Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Human Readable)
209Y
Symbol
19M
Wingdings
579L
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
9L
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L
PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats
14L
ITC Bookman Demi ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Bookman Demi Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Avant Garde Book ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Avant Garde Demi ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Century Schoolbook Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Century Sc hoolbook Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Century Sc hoolbook Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Specials
2-28
PCL
Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Century Sc hoolbook Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CourierPS ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CourierPS Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CourierPS Bold ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
CourierPS Bold Oblique ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times Roman ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times Bo ld ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Times Bold Italic ✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Light ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Light Oblique ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Ventura Math
VNMATH
6M
PS Math
PSMATH
5M
Math-8
MATH8
8M
Pi font
Microsoft Publishing
PIFONT
MSPUBL
15U
6J
PC-911 Katakana
3K
POSTNET Barcode
15Y
OCR-A
OCR-B
0O
1O
C39 Bar Code
(Upper Case)
9Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Lower Case)
109Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Human Readable)
209Y
Symbol
19M
Wingdings
579L
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
9L
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L
PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats
14L
Helvetica Black ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Helvetica Black Oblique ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
Line Printer 16 ✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
POSTNET Barcode ✘✘✘✘✘✘✓✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Narrow ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Regular ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✘✘✘✘✘
C39 Wide ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✘✘✘✘✘
OCR-A ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✓✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
OCR-B ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✓ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✘✘✘
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
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Table 2-7: PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued) - Specials
Specials
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Typeface / Symbol Set
PJL Value
Symbol Set ID
Wingdings ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✓✘✘✘
Symbol ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✓✘✘✘✘
SymbolPS ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✓✘✘✘✘
ITC Zapf Dingbats ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘✘✓✓✓
✓ Indicates Typeface supports the specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support the specified Symbol Set.
Ventura Math
VNMATH
6M
PS Math
PSMATH
5M
Math-8
MATH8
8M
Pi font
Microsoft Publishing
PIFONT
MSPUBL
15U
6J
PC-911 Katakana
3K
POSTNET Barcode
15Y
OCR-A
OCR-B
0O
1O
C39 Bar Code
(Upper Case)
9Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Lower Case)
109Y
C39 Bar Code
(plus Human Readable)
209Y
Symbol
19M
Wingdings
579L
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
9L
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L
PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats
14L
All fonts that support the Roman-8 (8U) symbol set also support the following
19 symbol sets.
Table 2-8: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Symbol Set ID Symbol Set / Typeface
1E ISO 4: United Kingdom
0U ISO 6: ASCII
0S ISO 11: Swedish for Names
0I ISO 15: Italian
2S ISO 17: Spanish
1G ISO 21: German
0D ISO 60: Norwegian Version 1
1F ISO 69: French
2U ISO 2: IRV (International Ref Version)
0F ISO 25: French
0G ISO: HP German
0K ISO 14: JIS ASCII
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Table 2-8: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued)
Symbol Set ID Symbol Set / Typeface
2K ISO 57: Chinese
3S ISO 10: Swedish
1S ISO: HP Spanish
6S ISO 85: Spanish
4S ISO 16: Portuguese
5S ISO 84: Portuguese
1D ISO 61: Norwegian Version 2
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Command Structure
This section introduces the different types of PCL emulation commands and their
structure, or syntax. It also demonstrates how you can link commands to abbreviate
them.
Control Codes
Control Codes are single-character instructions.
Table 2-9: Control Codes
Code Dec Hex Function Result
BS 8 08 Backspace Moves the cursor toward the left margin one horizontal space equal to
the last printed character
HT 9 09 Horizontal Tab Moves the cursor to the next defined tab stop
LF 10 0A Line Feed Advances the cursor to the same horizon tal pos iti on on th e fo llowing line
as determined by either the Vertical Motion Index (VMI) or Set Line
Spacing command
FF 12 0C Form Feed Advances the cursor to the same horizontal position at the top margin of
the next page
CR 13 0D Carriage Return Moves the cursor to the left margin
SP 32 20 Space Moves the cursor to the right one column
SI 15 0F Primary Font Selects the primary font
SO 14 0E Secondary Font Selects the secondary font
Commands
PCL commands are mult ibyte strings (also known as “escape sequence s”) that begin
with the Escape control code (
code notifies the printer t hat the chara cters th at follow are t o be interpre ted as part of
a command and are not control codes or data to be printed.
ESC
, ←, decimal 27, or hexadecimal 1B) . The
ESC
control
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Command Structure
Most PCL emulation commands have the following structure:
ESC
& a # C
Spaces have been added to this example for readability. The command parameter
variables are indicated by a number sign (#).
Table 2-10: Description of Command Structure
Element Description
ESC
& Parameterized character from American National Standard Code for Information
a Group character from ASCII table (ranging from 96 to 126 decimal) that specifies a
# Decimal character string value within specif ied numeric ran ges; may be preceded by
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Decimal 27 or hex 1B
Interchange (ASCII) table (ranging from 33 to 47 decimal)
group type of control
a + or - sign and contain a decimal point
PCL
C Termination character from ASCII table (ranging from 64 to 94 decimal)
Command Parameters
A command parameter sets the value for a comman d. This value stays cons tant until
either a different value reset s the command or a command resets the printer to the
default values. For example, after t he prin ter recei ves a comman d that sel ects a ri ght
margin beginning at column 63, the right margin of each printed page begi ns at
column 63. That margin stays constant until a right margin command with a different
value resets it or until the printer is reset.
Parameters for each command are listed in the command tables beginning on
page 2-34. Use the Symbol Set Tables to determine the decimal or h exadecimal value
for each parameter. To deter mine a de cimal or hex valu e, fi rs t loca te the value of the
parameter you require in the Symbol Set Table. The decimal value is the value shown
in the bottom of the cell or box with t hat parameter. To find a hex value, go straight up
the grid from the desire d parameter and r ead the value in the top headi ng. This i s the
first character of the hex value. Next, go straight across the grid to the left of the
parameter and read the value i n the left column headi ng. This is the second c haracter
of the hex value. For example,
of the three values ←, 1B, or 27 might be used in your application. Read your
documentation to determine which to use.) The example on the following page sets
the pitch of the primary font to 16.66 characters per inch.
ESC
(←) is coded 1B in Hex and 27 in decimal. (Any one
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Example:
ESC
(s16.66H
• Decimal: 27 40 115 49 54 46 54 54 72
• Hex: 1B 28 73 31 36 2E 36 36 48
Use the plus symbol (+) or the minus symbol (-) to selec t a posit ion relative to the
current cursor position. For exampl e:
ESC
&a6C Move to horizontal cursor position, column six
ESC
&a+6C Move six columns to the right of the current position
ESC
&a-6C Move six columns to the left of the current position
Linking Commands
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You can combine PCL emulation commands by linking them if the first 3 bytes of the
commands are identical. The combined, short form sends the first 3 bytes only once
in the string. To combine commands:
• Use the first 3 bytes (characte rs) of the command only once at the start of t he
command string.
• Make the last letter of each command in the string lowercase.
• Capitalize the last letter of the string.
For example, notice that the first 3 bytes of these two commands are the same:
ESC
(s10H Select 10 characters per inch
ESC
(s4099T Select Courier typeface
To combine these two commands, use this form:
ESC
(s10h4099T
which is 3 bytes shorter than the long form:
ESC
(s10H
ESC
(s4099T
You can combine more than two commands; for example, you can add Select Stroke
Weight Bold (
ESC
(s10h3b4099T
ESC
(s3B) to the previous two commands:
or in the long form:
ESC
(s10H
ESC
(s3B
ESC
(s4099T
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PCL Emulation Commands
See the following tables for a listing of th e commands grouped by funct ion.
To determine which commands your printer support s, see “Table A-1: PCL Emulation
Commands” on page A-1.
PCL Emulation Commands by Function
Table 2-11: Job Control
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
E Printer Reset
• Prints any partial pages.
• Resets printer environment to defaults.
• Deletes all temporary downloaded resources.
ESC
&d#A
0 = Collation off
1 ... 999 (number of Copies)
ESC
&l#X
# = number of Copies (1 to 32767)
Default = 1
ESC
&l#S
0 Single-Sided (Default)
1 Duplex Long-Edge Binding
2 Duplex Short-Edge Binding
100 Manual Duplex First Sides
101 Manual Duplex Seco nd Sides
ESC
&l#U
# = number of Decipoints
Range = -32767 to 32767
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
Default = 0
ESC
&l#Z
# = number of Decipoints
Range = -32767 to 32767
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
Default = 0
Number of Collated Copies
Turns collation of pages off or sets the number of collated copies.
Number of Copies
Affects the page currently in process and subsequent pages.
Simplex/Duplex Print
Long-edge or short -edge bin ding refers to the side of the physica l page
where binding occurs.
Long-Edge Offset Registration
Also known as Left Offset.
Adjusts placement of logic al page al ong the w idth of the ph ysic al page.
Short-Edge Offset Registration
Also known as Top Offset.
Adjusts placement of logical page along the length of the physical
page.
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Table 2-11: Job Control (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&u#D
Range = (96, 100, 120, 144, 150, 160, 180,
200, 225, 240, 288, 300, 3 60, 4 00, 450, 480,
600, 720, 800, 900, 120 0, 14 40, 180 0, 24 00,
3600, 7200)
Default = 300 units per inch
ESC
% — 12345X Universal Exit Language (UEL) / Start of PJL
Unit of Measure
Sets the size for the PCL Unit (units per inch).
The Unit of Measure defines the unit used in the following commands:
• Horizontal Cursor Position by PCL Unit (
• Vertical Cursor Position by PCL Unit (
• Horizontal Rectangle Size by PCL Unit (
• Vertical Rectangle Size by PCL Unit (
The Unit of Measure also affects the rounding of character
escapements and the Horizontal Motion Index.
Note: This command does not affect the interpretation of binary raster
data for bitmapped fonts, raster graphics, or user defined fill patterns.
This command terminates the curr ent prin ter lan gua ge and allow s
switching into PJL. For more information, see “UNIVERSAL EXIT
LANGUAGE Command” on page 3-2.
ESC
ESC
ESC
*p#X)
*p#Y)
ESC
*c#A)
*c#B)
PCL
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Table 2-12: Page Control
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&l#A
Paper
1 Executive
2 Letter
3 Legal
4, 10 Folio
6, 11 Ledger (11 x 17)
13, 25 A5 Paper
15 Statement
26 A4 Paper
27 A3 Paper
12, 45 B5 Paper
46 B4 Paper
101 Custom Paper/Universal
Envelopes
80 Monarch 7 3/4
81 Commercial 10
89 Commercial 9
90 DL
91 C5
99, 100 B5 Envelope
600 Other Envelope
ESC
&l#H
0 Active Source or Eject Page
1 Tray 1 (Default)
2 Manual Paper Feed
3 M anual Enve lope Feed
4Tray2
5Tray3
6 Optional Envelope Feeder
7Auto Select
8 Multipurpose Feeder
20 Tray 4
21 Tray 5
62 Optional Paper Source
ESC
&f#G
# = number of Decipoints
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
ESC
&f#F
# = number of Decipoints
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
Set Page Size
Selects the physical size of the paper, which also determines the
logical page dimensio ns . See th e tab les be gin nin g on page 2-4 for the
paper and envelope dimensions your printer supports.
If the requested pa ge size is not in the req uested sou rce or if no so urce
is requested, sources are checked for the requested size in the
following order: multipurpose feeder, tray 1, tray 2, tray 3, tray 4,
tray 5, and envelope feeder.
Notes:
• When the printer receives the page size command, any partially
formatted pages are printed, and the cursor position and margins
are reset.
• Duplex printing is not supported on any envelope.
• The size loaded in the active source is checked to see if it matches
the requested size. If the multipurpose feeder is configured as
Cassette or Manual, the same applies; howev er, if the multipurpose
feeder is configured as First and media is loaded in the
multipurpose feeder, then, regardless of media size, it is the source
used until it is empty.
Paper Source
Selects the paper feed source.
Note: If the paper source is changed for the back of a duplexed page,
a blank back page prints, the paper source changes, and the
information for the back side of the page is printed on the front side of
a page sent from the new paper source.
Set Universal Width
Sets the width of the Universal size in decipoints.
Set Universal Height
Sets the height of the Universal size in decipoints.
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Table 2-12: Page Control (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&f#O
0 Short-edge
1 Long-edge
ESC
&f#W [custom name]
# = number of bytes in the custom name
ESC
&l#O
0 Portrait (Default)
1 Landscape
2 Reverse Portrait
3 Reverse Landscape
ESC
&a#P
# = Degrees (0, 90, 180, 270)
Default = 0
ESC
&c#T
0 Horizonta l Printing
-1 Vertical Rotated Printing
ESC
&a#L
# = Column
Default = 0
ESC
&a#M
# = Column
Default = Logical Page Width
ESC
9 Clear Horizontal Margins
ESC
&l#E
# = number of lines
Default = 3 (1/2 inch)
ESC
&l1T Job Separ ation
Set Universal Feed Direction
Sets the feed direction of Universal size. Feed direction means which
side of the print media, either the short edge or the long edge, feeds
through the printer first.
Set Universal Custom Name
Sets the user-specified custom name for the Universal paper size
being used.
Select Orientation
Specifies the position of the logical page with respect to the physical
page.
Note: This setting resets margins, the number of printable lines per
page, and the cursor position.
Print Direction
Rotates the coordinate system counter-clockwise in 90° increments
with respect to the current orientation.
Note: Margins are not rotated or cleared.
Character Text Path Direction
Vertically rotates text for use in vertical writing, such as printing
Japanese text.
Set Left Margin
Sets the left margin to the left edge of the designated column.
Note: The column w idth is defin ed by the spac e character of th e active
font and the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI).
Set Right Margin
Sets the right margin to the right edge of the designated column.
Note: The column w idth is defin ed by the spac e character of th e active
font and the HMI.
Clears left and right margins.
Set Top Margin
Sets the number of lines betw een th e top of th e phys ical pa ge and fi rst
line of print. Line height is determined by the current Vertical Motion
Index (VMI) and/or line spacing value.
Note: Setting a top margin of 0 results in the first line of text falling
outside of the printable area.
This command is parsed and ignored.
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Table 2-12: Page Control (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&l#F
# = number of lines
Default = 60 or 64 (Country specific)
ESC
&l#G
0 Auto Select (uses the active bin)
1 S tandard Bin
2Bin 1 or Rear Bin
3Bin 1 or Rear Bin
4Bin 2
5Bin 3
6Bin 4
7Bin 5
8Bin 6
9Bin 7
10 Bin 8
11 Bin 9
12 Bin 10
ESC
&l#L
0 Off
1 On (Def ault)
ESC
&k#H
# = number of 1/120 inch increments
(Valid to 4 decimal places)
ESC
&l#C
# = number of 1/48 inch increments
(Valid to 4 decimal places)
Default = 8
Set Text Length
Sets the bottom margin length in lines, measured from the first line of
the page.
Text Length equals Logical Page Len gth —1 inch (—1/2 inch for top and
—1/2 inch for bottom).
Set Output Bin
Sets the exit path to direct paper to one of the output bins.
Skip Perforation
Perforation area includes the area from the bottom margin of the
current page to the top margin of the next page. When skipping
perforations, a line feed past the bottom margin ejects a page and
places the cursor at the top margin of the next page .
Set Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)
Sets the width of all characters for fixed-space fonts. Sets only the
width of the space for proportional spaced fonts.
Set Vertical Motion Index (VMI)
Sets Vertical Motion Index in 1/48 inch increments. The VMI
determines the vertical distan ce betw een lines .
Notes:
• For some printers, you can change the default VMI from the printer
operator panel or through MarkVision Professional by using the
Lines Per Page menu item. See your printer documentation for
more information.
• Use of this command alters any previous Set Line Spacing
command settings.
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Table 2-12: Page Control (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&l#D
1 1 li ne/inch
22 lines/inch
33 lines/inch
44 lines/inch
6 6 lines/inch (Default)
88 lines/inch
12 12 lines/inch
16 16 lines/inch
24 24 lines/inch
48 48 lines/inch
E
SC
&a#G
0Next Side
1 Front Side
2 Back Side
ESC
&l#P
# = number from 0 to 14
0 = default page length is used
(1 to 14 = new page length is set)
ESC
&k#W
5 Turn Text Scale Mode OFF
6 Turn Text Scale Mode ON
Set Line Spacing (Alternative Method)
Specifies VMI in lines per inch.
Notes:
• For some printers, you can change the default VMI from the printer
operator panel or through MarkVision Professional by using the
Lines Per Page menu item. See your printer documentation for
more information.
• Unsupported values are ignored.
• Use of this command alters any earlier VMI setting.
Duplex Page Side Selection
Specifies which physical page side to print next when duplex printing.
Note: When the duplex option is not installed, this command causes a
conditional page eject.
Set Page Length
Sets the logical page length in number of lines.
Notes:
• This command is sent at the beginning of a page in a print job and
prior to any printable data.
• When the command is sent, the current page is closed and printed.
• Unsupported values are ignored.
T ext Scale Mode
Allows 66 lines of text at s ix l ine s pe r inc h to pr int o n an effective page
length of 10 1/2 inches.
Notes:
• Unsupported values are ignored.
• The command is ignored when the printer is in landscape mode.
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Table 2-13: Alphanumeric ID
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&n#W [operation] [string]
# = number of data bytes that make up the
operation and string
Operation
operation = 100 or 1 byte = 0x64 or
For example:
100 Media Select
String
string = See Alphanumeric String list at
right
'd' ascii
Alphanumeric ID
Selects the media type using a character string. The string ID is case
sensitive and may be up to 511 bytes long.
The string ID specifie s the media type requested.
Media Type Alphanumeric String
Plain Paper Plain
Bond Bond
Transparency Transparency
Card Stock Card Stock
Labels Labels
Letterhead Letterhead
Pre-printed Preprinted
Colored Paper Color
Envelope Envelope
Custom Type 1 Custom Type 1 or User Type 1
Custom Type 2 Custom Type 2 or User Type 2
Custom Type 3 Custom Type 3 or User Type 3
Custom Type 4 Custom Type 4 or User Type 4
Custom Type 5 Custom Type 5 or User Type 5
Custom Type 6 Custom Type 6 or User Type 6
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For example, the following shows the command and parameters used
to select bond paper:
To select letterhead paper:
ESC
&n5WdBond
ESC
&n11WdLetterhead
Table 2-14: Cursor Positioning
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&a#C
# = number of Columns
ESC
&a#H
# = number of Decipoints
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
ESC
*p#X
# = number of PCL Units
1
Parameter preceded by + or - sign d enotes a rela tive c ursor mov e from the c urrent c ursor pos ition. Paramet er withou t a
sign denotes an absolute cursor move from the top left margin.
1
1
1
Horizontal Cursor Position (in Columns)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.
Note: The column w id th is de term ined by the space ch arac te r wid t h of
the active font or the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI), if set.
Horizontal Cursor Position (in Decipoints)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.
Horizontal Cursor Position (in PCL Units)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.
Note: PCL units are set by the Unit-of-Measure Command.
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Table 2-14: Cursor Positioning (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&a#R
# = number of Rows
ESC
&a#V
# = number of Decipoints
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
ESC
*p#Y
# = number of PCL Units
ESC
= Half Line-Feed
ESC
&k#G
0 CR=CR, LF=LF, FF=FF (Default)
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
ESC
&f#S
0 Push
1 Pop
1
Parameter preceded by + or - sign d enotes a rela tive c ursor mov e from the c urrent c ursor pos ition. Paramet er withou t a
sign denotes an absolute cursor move from the top left margin.
1
1
1
Vertical Cursor Position (in Rows)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the vertical axis.
Note: Row height is determined by either the Vertical Motion Index
(VMI) or the Set Line Spacing Command.
Vertical Cursor Position (in Decipoints)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the vertical axis.
Vertical Cursor Position (in PCL Units)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the vertical axis.
Note: PCL units are set by the Unit-of-Measure Command.
Moves the cursor down 1/2 line (1/2 of the current VMI).
Set Line Termination
Controls how the printer responds to the Carriage Return (CR), Line
Feed (LF), and Form Feed (FF) control codes.
Push / Pop Cursor Position
Sets up a cursor position stack for storing and recalling various cursor
positions. The stack can store up to 20 cursor positions.
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Note: For the commands listed in Table 2-15, font selection is based on all
parameters set following the best fit sele ction rules.
Table 2-15: Font Selection
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
(# (primary)
ESC
)# (secondary)
# = symbol set ID
Default = 10U (PC-8) or 12U
(PC-850), [Country specific]
ESC
(s#P (primary)
ESC
)s#P (secondary)
0 Fixed (Default)
1 Proportional
ESC
(s#H (primary)
ESC
)s#H (secondary)
# = characters per inch
Default = 10
ESC
(s#V (primary)
ESC
)s#V (secondary)
# = height in points (.25 to 999.75)
Default = 12
ESC
(s#S (primary)
ESC
)s#S (secondary)
0 Upright (Default)
1 Italic
4 Condensed
5 Condensed Italic
8 Compressed
24 Expanded
32 Outline
64 Inline
128 Shadowed
160 Outline Shadowed
Select Symbol Set
The line-draw characters are contained in the symbol set ID 10U, PC-8.
The non-U.S. characters are contained in symbol set ID 12U, PC-850.
Select Spacing
Selects a font with proportional or fixed spacing.
Select Pitch
Selects the number of characters per inch (cpi) for a fixed-space
bitmapped or monospaced scalable font. Valid to 2 decimal places.
Note: Pitch is not needed for proportional spaced fonts.
Height (Select Point Size)
Sets the font height in points. Valid to 2 decimal places.
Note: Point size is not needed for monospaced fonts. For fonts larger
than 12 points, it may be necessary to change the line spacing.
Select Style
Identifies the physic al traits of a cha racter and th e compos ition of the font
symbols.
Note: You can only use this command to select fonts currently available
in the printer. It cannot alter the appearance of the available fonts.
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Table 2-15: Font Selection (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
(s#B (primary)
ESC
)s#B (secondary)
-7 Ultra Thin
-6 Extra Thin
-5 Thin
-4 Extra Light
-3 Light
-2 Demi Light
-1 Semi Light
0 Medium (Default)
1 Semi Bold
2 Demi Bold
3 Bold
4 Extra Bold
5 Black
6 Extra Black
7 Ultra Black
ESC
(s#T (primary)
ESC
)s#T (secondary)
# Typeface identifier (0 - 65535)
Note: For a list of typeface numbers, see
Table 2-2 on page 2-9 and “Font and Symbol
Set Support for the Lexmark C760 and C762”
on page 2-7.
ESC
(#X (primary)
ESC
)#X (secondary)
# = Font ID (0 - 32767)
ESC
(3@ (primary)
ESC
)3@ (secondary)
ESC
&p#X[data]
# = number of data of bytes to print as text
ESC
&d#D
0,1 Fixed
2 Fixed - double
3Floating
4 Floating - double
ESC
&d@ Underline - Disable
Select Stroke Weight
Selects a font with a particular thickness.
Note: This command will not alter the stroke weight of an available font.
Select Typeface
Selects the best fit font design.
T o obtain th e typefac e values fo r downloade d fonts, p rint the fo nt list fro m
the printer operator panel or through MarkVision Professional. See your
printer documentation for more information.
On the printout, the typeface number is the last number on the font
selection command ex ampl e line. Th e examp le line is belo w the name o f
the font. In the following example, the typeface number is underlined:
RO Courier
<<ESC>>(<<symset>><<ESC>>(s0p<<pitch>>h0s0b4099T
Select Font by Font ID
Selects the font by the identification number.
Select Default Font
Sets all font selection characteristics to the Default Font.
Transparent Print Data
Prints the next number of bytes as text.
Select Underline Type (Enable)
Notes:
• Fixed underline is drawn 5 pels below cursor position.
• Floating underline position is determined by all the positions of the
characters with descenders in the fonts that are to be underlined.
• Underli ne thic k nes s is 1/1 00 inc h.
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Table 2-15: Font Selection (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&t#P
0, 1 1 byte characters
21 1 or 2 byte characters
31 1 or 2 byte characters
38 1 or 2 byte characters
1008 1, 2, or 3 byte characters (UTF-8)
ESC
&k#S
0 10.00 cpi
2 16.66 cpi
4 12.00 cpi
Table 2-16: User-Defined Symbol Set
T ext Parsin g Metho d
Communicates to the PCL parser whether character codes are
interpreted as 1-byte or 2-byte character codes.
Select Primary and Secondary Pitch
Selects the pitch for the primary and secondary font.
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Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#R
# = Symbol Set ID (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
(f#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
ESC
*c#S
0 Delete all (temporary and permanent)
1 Delete all temporary
2 Delete current (ID)
4 Make curre nt tempora ry
5 Make curre nt permane nt
Symbol Set ID Code
Sets the symbol set identific at ion for the symb ol set downloaded.
Define Symbol Set
Contains the data for the user-defined symbol sets.
Symbol Set Control
Manages user-defined symbol sets.
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Table 2-17: Font Creation
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#D
# = Font ID # (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
)s#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
ESC
*c#F
0 Delete all (temporary and permanent)
1 Delete all temporary
2 Delete previous font ID
3 Delete previous specified character
4 Make previous font ID temporary
5 Make previous font ID permanent
6 Copy current font
ESC
*c#E
# = Code Point (0 - 65536)
Default = 0
ESC
(s#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
Set Font ID
Sets the identification number for the font being downloaded.
Load Font Header
Downloads soft font header information.
Note: Set Font ID before using this command.
Caution: Font Control
Manages soft fonts.
Set Character Code
Sets the decimal code point associated with the next character
downloaded or deleted.
Load Character
Downloads character descriptor and data to the current character
code.
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Table 2-18: Macros
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&f#Y
# = Macro ID (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
&f#X
0 Start definition
1 End definition
2 Execute macro (previous mac ro ID)
3 Call macro (previous macro ID)
4 Enable overlay (previous macro ID)
5 Disable overlay
6 Delete all macros
7 Delete all temporary macros
8 Delete current macro ID
9 Make last ID temporary
10 Make last ID permanent
Set Macro ID
Sets the ID for the macro you have created on flash or disk.
Macro Control
Manages use of macros.
Notes:
• GL/2 comm and s are sup ported inside macros.
• Only ca ll and ex ecute macro comm ands are allow ed withi n a mac ro.
• A macro may call or execute another macro. This is called nesting.
A maximum of two nesting levels are allowed, for a total of three
levels.
See “Macros” on page2-67 for additional information.
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Table 2-19: Print Model
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#G
Gray Scale Fills
0 White (default)
1-2 2% gray
3-10 10% gray
11-20 15% gray
21-35 30% gray
36-55 45% gray
56-80 70% gray
81-99 90% gray
100 100% gray (Black)
Cross-Hatch Fills
1 Horizontal line
2Vertical line
3 Diagonal line
4 Diagonal line
5 Square grid
6 Diagonal grid
User-Defined Patterns
# = User-Defined Pattern ID
ESC
*v#N
0 Transparent (Default)
1 Opaque
ESC
*v#O
0 Transparent (Default)
1 Opaque
ESC
*l#O
# = logical operation, value (0 to 255)
Default = 252
ESC
*l#R
0 Grid Intersection (Default)
1 Grid Centered
ESC
*v#T
0 Solid Black (Default)
1Solid White
2 Gray Shading Pattern
3 Cross-Hatch Pattern
4 User Defined Pattern
9 True gray Level Fill
Area Fill ID
Selects pattern used to fill a rectangular area.
Note: This command is also used to set the user-defined pattern ID.
Source Transparency Mode
Affects copying of white pixels from the source onto the destination
image.
Pattern Transparency Mode
Affects copying of white pixels from the pattern onto the destination
image.
Logical Operation
Defines boolean operations to be performed on data already printed
and data about to be printed.
Pixel Placement
Determines how pixels are placed for a rectangular area fill and GL/2
objects.
Pixel Placement does not affect text or raster images.
Select Current Pattern
Selects pattern used when printing text and raster images.
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Table 2-20: User-Defined Pattern
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
ESC
*p#R
0 Rotate with print (Default)
1Fixed
ESC
*c#Q
0 Delete all patterns (temporary and
permanent)
1 Delete all temporary patterns
2 Delete pattern (last ID specified)
4 Make pattern of last ID # temporary
5 Make pattern of last ID # permanent
User-Defined Pattern
Downloads binary pattern data.
Set Pattern Reference Point
Sets the pattern reference point to the current cursor position for userdefined patterns.
Note: Default pattern reference point is the upper left corner of the
logical page.
Caution: Pattern Control
Manages the use of user-defined patterns.
Note: Use the Area Fill ID command (
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*c#G) to set the ID.
Table 2-21: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#H
# = Number of Decipoints (0 - 32767)
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
Default = 0, valid to 4 decimal places
ESC
*c#A
# = Number of PCL Units (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
*c#V
# = Number of Decipoints (0 - 32767)
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
Default = 0, valid to 4 decimal places
ESC
*c#B
# = Number of PCL Units (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
Horizontal Rectangle Size (in Decipoints)
Specifies the rectangle width in decipoints.
Horizontal Rectangle Size (in PCL Units)
Specifies the rectangle width in PCL units.
Note: The size of PCL Units is set by the Unit-of-Measure command.
Vertical Rectangle Size (in Decipoints)
Specifies the rectangle height in decipoints.
Vertical Rectangle Size (in PCL Units)
Specifies the rectangle height in PCL units.
Note: The size of PCL Units is set by the Unit-of-Measure command.
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Table 2-21: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#G
Gray Scale Fills
0 White (default)
1-2 2% Gray
3-10 10% Gray
11-2 0 15% Gray
21-35 30% Gray
36-55 45% Gray
56-80 70% Gray
81-99 90% Gray
100 100% Gray (Black)
Cross-Hatch Fills
1 Horizontal Line
2 Vertical Line
3 Diagonal Line
4 Diagonal Line
5 Square Grid
6 Diagonal Grid
User-Defined Patterns
# = User-Defined Pattern ID
ESC
*c#P
0 Black Fill (Default)
1White Fill
2Gray Fill
3 Pre-Defined Cross-Hatch
Pattern Fill
4 User-Defined Pattern
5 Current Pattern Fill
9 True gray Level Fill
Area Fill ID
Selects the pattern used to fill the rectangular area.
Note: This command is also used to set th e user-defined pattern ID.
Fill Rectangular Area
Fills a rectangular area defined by Horizontal and Vertical Rectangle
Sizes with the selected pattern.
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Table 2-22: Raster Graphics
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*t#R
75 75 dpi
100 100 dpi
150 150 dpi
200 200 dpi
300 300 dpi
600 600 dpi
1200 1200 dpi
ESC
*r#F
0 Rotate with print
3 Fixed (Default)
ESC
*r#S
# = Number of Input Pixels
ESC
*r#T
# = Number of Raster Lines
ESC
*r#A
0 Left Graphics Margin at 0 (Default)
1 Current Cursor Position
2 At logical left page limit with scaling
On
3 At current cursor position with
scaling On
ESC
*b#V[data]
# = Number of Data Bytes
ESC
*b#Y
# = Number of Raster Lines
Raster Resolution
Note: 200 dpi is only supported when the printer is operating in
600 dpi or 1200 dpi mode.
Raster Graphics Presentation
Sets the Raster Image Orientation in relation to the logical page.
Raster Width (Source)
Sets the width of the clip window for raster graphics.
Raster Height (Source)
Sets the height of the clip window for raster graphics.
Start Raster Graphics
Sets the left margin for raster graphics.
Transfe r Raste r Data by Plane
This command is used w hen the raster d ata is e ncoded by plane as
specified by the Simple Color command or the Configure Image
Data command. The command sends each plane in the row except
the last.
Y Offset
Moves the cursor position down by the specified number of raster
lines.
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Table 2-22: Raster Graphics (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*b#M
0 Uncoded (Default)
1 Run-Length Encoded
2 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
byte
3 Delta Row
5 Adaptive Compression
9 Replacement Delta Row
999 Zlib
1002 Group 4
1003 Group 3 one dimensional
1004 Group 3 two dimensional K=2
1005 Group 3 two dimensional K=4
1006 TIFF word (16 bit)
1007 TIFF double-word (32 bit)
1008 Adaptive compression (includes
TIFF word and TIFF double-word)
ESC
*b#W[data]
# = Number of Data Bytes
ESC
*rB End Raster Graphics (Version B)
ESC
*rC End Raster Graphics (Version C)
ESC
*t#H Raster Width (Destination)
Set Raster Compression Mode
Identifies the compression mode the host uses to transfer RIG data.
For instance, this command can be run-length encoding or TIFF
encoding.
Note: For further information, see “Raster Compression Mode” on
page 2-60 and “Group 3 and Group 4 Raster Compression” on
page 2-65.
Transfer Raster Data by Row/Block
Transf ers RI G dat a.
Note: After each command, the cursor position is moved to the
beginning of the next raster row.
Signals the end of the raster graphics transfer. If a Raster Height is
specified, the cursor is move d to th e firs t raster row past the Raster
Height.
Same as Version B, but:
• Resets the compression mode to uncoded.
• Setsthe left graphics margin to 0.
Sets the width of the destination raster.
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Table 2-22: Raster Graphics (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*t#V Raster Height (Destination)
Sets the height of the destination raster.
ESC
*g#W[data]
# - 8 (K-only) or 26 (KCMY)
Data
Byte 0 - 0x02 (constant)
Byte 1 - number of colors
0x01 - K only
0x04 - CMYK
Byte 2,3 - X res for K plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 4,5 - Y res for K plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 6,7 - K plane intensity levels
0x02 (1 bit/plane) or 0x04 (2 bits/plane)
Byte 8,9 - X res for C plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 10,11 - Y res for C plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 12,13 - C plane int ensity leve ls
0x02 (1 bit/plane) or 0x04 (2 bits/plane)
Byte 14,15 - X res for M plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 16,17 - Y res for M plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 18,19 - M plane intensity levels
0x02 (1 bit/plane) or 0x04 (2 bits/plane)
Byte 20,21 - X res for Y plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 22,23 - Y res for Y plane
0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600)
Byte 24,2 5 - Y plane intensity levels
0x02 (1 bit/plane) or 0x04 (2 bits/plane)
Set Raster Configuration
Sets the configuration of the destination raster.
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Table 2-23: Color Extensions
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&b#M
0 Print in mixed render algorithm
mode
1 Print using gray scale equivalent
ESC
&p#C
0 Delete all palettes except those
in stack (active palette is
deleted)
1 Delete all palettes in stack
(active palette not affected)
2 Delete palette specified by
Palette Control ID
6 Copy active palette to ID
specified by Palette Control ID
ESC
&p#I
0 to 32767 Palette ID number
ESC
&p#S
0 to 32767 Palette ID number
ESC
*l#W[data]
0 Resets or initializes the color
lookup tables for each primary
color to the unity curve
770, Data Data for color lookup table
ESC
*m#W[data]
7 to 32767, Data Data size and data of
byte-aligned binary data
that specifies a matrix or
matrices for the primary
colors
ESC
*o#W[data]
1 to 32767, Data Specifies lightness,
saturation, and image
scaling
ESC
*p#P
0 Push (Save) Palette
1 Pop (Restore) Palette
ESC
*r#U
-4 4 planes, device CMYK palette
-3 3 planes, device CMY palette
1 Single plane, K (black) palette
3 3 planes, device RGB palette
Monochrome Print Mode
Changes each color value to its gray scale equivalent.
Palette Control
Provides palette managemen t.
Palette Control ID
Indicates the ID number used by the Palette Control command.
Select Palette
Selects a new active palette by indicating the ID number.
Color Lookup Tables
Enables the color lookup tables and specifies the table to use.
Download Dither Matrix
Downloads a device dependent user-defined dither matrix.
Driver Configuration Command
Indicates the lightness, saturation, and scaling algorithm to be
applied to a job.
Push/Pop Palette
Saves (push) the current palette and then restores (pop) it from the
palette stack.
Simple Color
Creates a fixed-size palette. The color specification of the palette
cannot be modified.
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Table 2-23: Color Extensions (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*t#I
0 Gamma Correction Off
0.0 to 4.0 Gamma Number
ESC
*t#J Render Algorithm
ESC
*v#A
-32767.0 to 32767.0
ESC
*v#B
-32767.0 to 32767.0
ESC
*v#C
-32767.0 to 32767.0
ESC
*v#I
# = Palette Index
0 to 2n — 1 = Palette Index
ESC
*v#S
# = Palette Index
0 to 2n — 1 = Palette Index
ESC
*v#W[data] Configure Image Data
ESC
*i#W[data] Viewing Illuminant
Gamma Correction
Improves the perceptual correctness of color data sent from the
monitor to any other non-linear device by adjusting the brightness
and darkness.
Selects the algorithm used for dithering images and fills.
Color Component One
Indicates the first primary color specified by the Assign Color Index
command.
Color Component Two
Indicates the second primary color specified by the Assign Color
Index command.
Color Component Three
Indicates the third pri mary colo r spec ified by the Ass ign Colo r Index
command.
Assign Color Index
Designates the three current color components to the specified
palette index number. n represents the number of bits per index.
Foreground Color
Sets the foreground color to the specified index in the current
palette. n represents the current palette size.
Creates programmable palettes.
8, Data
Designates the relative white point used in determining a viewing
illuminant condition.
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Table 2-24: Status Readback
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*s#T
0 Invalid location (Default)
1 Use currently selected location
2 All locations
3 Internal (resident)
4 Downloaded entity
5Cartridge
7 User-installable flash
200 Disk
ESC
*s#U
0All
1 If download, temporary; otherwise,
highest priority
2 If download, permanent; otherwise,
next higher priority
ESC
*s#I
0Font
1Macro
2 User-defined pattern
3 Symbol set (for unbound scalable
fonts)
4 Font extended
ESC
*s1M Free Space
ESC
&r#F
0 Flush all complete pages
1 Flush all pages
ESC
*s#X
-32767 to 32767
Default = 0
Set Status Readback Location Type
Sets the status location type to the specified value.
The 5 value for Cartridge may be specified, but since your printer
does not support font cards or cartridges, the command is ignored.
The 7 value for User-installable flash is onl y val id when flash
memory is installed.
The 200 value is only valid when a hard disk is installed.
Set Status Readback Location Unit
Sets the status location unit to the specified value.
The location unit is used along with the location type to identify a
location for the Inquire Status Readback Entity command.
Note: The unit value is interpreted differently, depending on the
location type specified.
Inquire Status Readback Entity
Returns the requested information set by Set Status Readback
Location Type and Set Status Readback Location Unit.
Returns the total available memory and the largest available block
of memory.
Flush All Pages
Holds print jobs in the print buffer until the current job finishes
printing.
Echo
Returns # back to host computer.
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Table 2-25: Picture Frame
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
*c#X
# of Decipoints: 0 to 32767
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
ESC
*c#Y
# of Decipoints: 0 to 32767
(1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)
ESC
*c0T
0 Set Anchor Point to Cursor Position
ESC
*c#K
Size in inches: 0 to 32767
ESC
*c#L
Size in inches: 0 to 32767
ESC
%#B
0 Use Previous GL/2 Pen Position
1 Use Current PCL Cursor Position
ESC
%#A
0 Use Previous PCL Cursor Position
1 Use Current GL/2 Pen Position
Picture Frame Horizontal Size (in Decipoints)
Specifies the horizontal dimension of the picture frame used when
printing a GL/2 plot.
Picture Frame Ve rtical Size (in Decipoints)
Specifies the vertical dimension of the picture frame used when
printing a GL/2 plot.
Set Picture Frame Anchor Point
Sets the position of the picture frame anchor point to the cursor
position. The picture frame anchor point defines the location of the
upper left corner of the picture frame.
GL/2 Horizontal Plot Size
Specifies the horizontal scaling factor used when importing an
image into the picture frame.
GL/2 Vertical Plot Size
Specifies the vertical scaling factor used when importing an image
into the picture frame.
Enter GL/2 Language
Exits PCL emulation and uses GL/2 commands to print.
Enter PCL Emulation
Exits GL/2 mode and uses PCL emulation commands to print.
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Table 2-26: Miscellaneous Commands
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
&s#C
0 Enable
1 Disable (Default)
ESC
Y Display Functions On
End-Of-Line Text Wrap
Enabling End-Of-Line Text Wrap moves portions of lines that extend
into the unprintable area to the next line. Disabling drops the portion
extending into the unprintable area.
Prints all control codes and esca pe seq ue nce s rather than executing
them.
Notes:
• To prevent characters from falling outside the right margin (and not
printing), enable End-Of-Line Text Wrap (
• To see the control characters and other blank codepoints in symbol
set Roman8 (8U), set the symbol set to PC-8 (10U).
ESC
&s0C).
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Table 2-26: Miscellaneous Commands (Continued)
Command / Parameters Function / Result
ESC
Z Display Functions Off
Turns off Display Functions; resumes normal command processing.
ESC
z Print Test Page
Causes a test page to print.
ESC
*o#M(b)
-1 Ink Saver
0Normal
1Best
ESC
&l#M(b)
0 Plain Paper
1Bond
2 Coated Paper
3 Glossy Paper
4 Transparency
101 Photo Paper
102 Card Stock
103 Labels
104 Envelope
105 Letterhead
106 Preprinted
107 Colored Paper
108 Iron On
Print Quality
Selects the print quality setting for the page.
Paper Type
Selects the paper type setting for the page.
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GL/2 Commands
Note: GL/2 is not a stand-alone plotter emulat ion. It can only be enter ed from within
PCL emulation and cannot be used with software without a unique printer
driver written explicitly for GL/2.
The following tables list the GL/2 commands by group. To determine which GL/2
commands your printer supports, see “Table A-2: GL/2 Commands” on page A-6.
Table 2-27: Configuration Group
Command / Parameter Command Name
CO "text" Comment
DF; Default Values
IN (n); Initialize
IP (X
, YP1(, XP2, YP2)); Input P1 and P2
P1
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Table 2-27: Configuration Group (Continued)
Command / Parameter Command Name
IR (XP1, YP1(, XP2, YP2)); Input Relative P1 and P2
IW (X
, Y1, X2, Y2); Input Window
1
MC (mode(, opcode)); Logical Operation
PP (mode); Pixel Placement
RO (angle); Rotate Coordinate System
SC (X
min, Xmax
, Y
min
, Y
(, type(, left, bottom))); Scale
max
Table 2-28: Vector Group
Command / Parameter Command Name
AA X
AR X
AT X
BR X
BZ X
CI radius(, chord_angle); Circle
PA (X, Y(,...)); Plot Absolute
PD (X, Y(,...)); Pen Down
PE (flag(value) | coordinates (...)); Polyline Encoded
PR (X, Y(,...)); Plot Relative
PU (X, Y(,...)); Pen Up
RT X
WU (type); Pen Width Units
, Y
center
, Y
center
inter, Yinter
, X2, Y2, X3, Y3(,...); Bezier Relative
1, Y1
, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3(,...); Bezier Absolute
1
incr inter
, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Arc Absolute
center
, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Arc Relative
center
, X
, Y
(, chord_angle); Absolute Arc Three Point
end
, X
incr end
, Y
(, chord_angle); Arc Relative Three Point
incr end
, Y
end
incr inter
Table 2-29: Polygon Group
Command / Parameter Command Name
EA X, Y; Edge Rectangle Absolute
EP; Edge Polygon
ER X, Y; Edge Rectangle Relative
EW radius, start_angle, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Edge Wedge
FP (0); Fill Polygon, Odd/Even
FP 1; Fill Polygon, Non-Zero Winding
PM (mode); Polygon Mode
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Table 2-29: Polygon Group (Continued)
Command / Parameter Command Name
RA X, Y; Fill Rectangle Absolute
RR X, Y; Fill Rectangle Relative
WG radius, start_angle, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Fill Wedge
Table 2-30: Character Group
Command / Parameter Command Name
AD (kind, value(,...)); Define Alternate Font
CF (mode(, pen)); Character Fill
CP (spaces, lines); Character Plot
DI (run, rise); Absolute Direction
DR (run, rise); Relative Direction
DT (label_terminator(, mode)); Define Label Terminator
DV (path(, line)); Define Variable Text Path
ES (width(, height)); Extra Space
FI font_ID; Primary Font
FN font_ID; Secondary Font
LB char...char label_terminator; Label
LM (mode,[row number]) Label Mode
LO (position); Label Origin
LO 21; Uses PCL Label Origin
SA; Select Alternate Font
SB (mode); Scalable or Bitmapped Fonts
SD (kind, value(,...)); Define Standard Font
SI (width, height); Absolute Character Size
SL (tangent); Character Slant
SR (width, height); Relative Character Size
SS; Select Standard Font
TD (mode); Transparent Data
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Table 2-31: Line and Fill Attributes Group
Command / Parameter Command Name
AC (X, Y); Anchor Corner
CR (red
blue
black ref
FT (fill_type(, option1(, option2)); Fill Type
FT22, (PCL User-Defined Pattern ID); Fill Type
FT 9, level; Fill Type
LA (kind, value(,...));. Line Attributes
LT (pattern_number(, pattern_length(, mode))); Line Type
NP (number); Number of Pens
black ref
, blue
, red
white ref
white ref
);
, green
black ref
, green
white ref
,
Color Range
PC (pen (, red, green, blue)); Pen Color
PW (width(, pen)); Pen Width
RF (index(, width, height(, pen, ...))); Define Raster Fill
SM (character); Symbol Mode
SP (pen); Select Pen
SV (screen_type(, option1(, option2))); Screened Vectors
SV (9, level,) Screened Vectors
TM (width, height(, number...)); Threshold Matrix
TR (mode); Transparency Mode
UL (index(, gap,...gap)); User Defined Line
WU (type); Pen Width Units
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Raster Image Graphics
These commands utilize the raster area. Before sending data, set the presentation
mode, the resolution, the compression mode, the raster height and width, and start
raster graphics. These parameters are in effect until you overwrite them with a
different command or there is a printer reset.
To ensure that the printed image appears in the expected area, set width and height
parameters.
Raster Compression Mode
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PCL
The Raster Compression Mode command determines how raster data is coded. It
affects the amount of code required to create an image, and the efficiency of image
printing.
Syntax:
ESC
*b#M
Parameters:
0 Uncoded (default)
1 Run-Length Encoded
2 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Byte
3Delta Row
5 Adaptive Compression
9 Replacement Delta Row
999 Zlib
1002 Group 4
1003 Group 3 one dimensional
1004 Group 3 two dimensional K=2
1005 Group 3 two dimensional K=4
1006 TIFF word (16 bit)
1007 TIFF double-word (32 bit)
1008 Adaptive Compression (includes TIFF word and TIFF double-word)
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Uncoded Data
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PCL
Descriptions and examples of the dif ferent parameters appear on the following page s.
Each example draws the same square out line 64 bit s (8 by tes) wide b y 64 scan lines
long.
Uncoded Data is not compressed. Only those bytes needed to for m the image are
sent. Each bit represents a sing le dot. In the first byt e, bit 7 corresponds to the fir st dot
in the raster row, bit 5 to the third dot, and so forth.
Example:
ESC
*p300x300Y |Move the cursor to 1" x 1" (1 in. from top margin
and 1 in. from left edge of logical page)
ESC
*t100R |Set resolution to 100 dots per inch
ESC
*r0F |Rotate image to match current orientation
ESC
*b0M |Set compression mode to Uncoded
ESC
*r1A |Start raster graphics at curr ent positi on
ESC
*b8W 'FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF'x |Raster data uncompressed
ESC
*b8W '80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01'x
ESC
*b8W '80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01'x
...
ESC
*b8W '80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01'x
ESC
*b8W 'FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF'x
ESC
*rB |End graphics
|Repeat to provide 64 total scan lines
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Run-Length Encoded Data
Run-Length Encoded Data is interpreted in pairs of bytes. The first byte:
• Acts as a counter, or control byte.
• Indicates how many times to repeat the data in the second byte.
• Can be from 0 (no repetition) to 255.
• The second byte is the data byte.
Example:
ESC
*p300x600Y |Move cursor to 1" x 2"
ESC
*b1M |Set compression to Run-Length
ESC
*r1A |Start raster graphics at curr ent positi on
ESC
*b2W '07FF'x |Run-Length: 8x'FF'x
ESC
*b6W '0080 0500 00 01'x |1x'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1x'01'x
ESC
*b6W '0080 0500 00 01'x |1x'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1x'01'x
... |...
ESC
*b6W '0080 0500 00 01'x |1x'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1x'01'x
ESC
*b2W '07FF'x |8x'FF'x
ESC
*rB |End graphics
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Tagged Image File Format
TIFF “Packbits” contain a control byte (a signed number) that indicates whether the
raster data bytes are to be repeated (up to 127 times) or printed as encoded data.
• For control values of 0 through 127, the next (Control+1) byte(s) is uncoded.
• For control values of -1 through -127 ('FF'x - '81'x), the next byte is repeated
(Abs(Control)+1) times.
Example:
ESC
*p300x900Y |Move cursor to 1" x 3"
ESC
*b2M |Set compression to TIFF
ESC
*r1A |Start Raster Graphics at current position
ESC
*b2W 'F9FF'x | TIFF: 8x'FF'x
ESC
*b6W '0080 FB00 00 01'x |1:'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1: '01'x or
ESC
*b9W '07800000 0000000001'x |8: '8000000000000001'x
... |...
ESC
*b6W '0080 FB00 00 01'x |1:'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1: '01'x
ESC
*b2W 'F9FF'x |8x'FF'x
ESC
*rB |End graphics
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Delta Row
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PCL
Delta Row is a compression mode that identifi es and transmits only those bytes
different from the ones in a preceding row. The control byte consists of two parts:
• High 3 bits: Number of bytes to replace +1 (1 to 8).
• Low 5 bits: Offset fro m last unmodif ied byt e (0- 30); if th e of fs et is 31, the nex t
byte(s) is added to the offset until the next byte is not 255.
Example:
ESC
*p300x1200Y |Move cursor to 1" x 4"
ESC
*b3M |Set compression to Delta Row
ESC
*r1A |Start raster graphics at curr ent positi on
|Num Offset
ESC
*b9W 'E0FFFFFF FFFFFFFFFF'x |'111 00000'b=8 at 0: 'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'x
ESC
*b9W 'E0800000 0000000001'x |8 at 0: '8000000000000001'x
ESC
*b0W |No bytes change
...
ESC
*b0W |No bytes change
ESC
*b9W 'E0FFFFFF FFFFFFFFFF'x |8 at 0: '8FFFFFFFFFFFFFF'x
ESC
*rB |End graphics
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Adaptive Compression
Adaptive compression allows the combined use of compression methods 0 through 3
(Uncoded, Run-Length Encoded, TIFF, and Delta Row). It also allows the printing of
empty rows (all zeros) or duplicate rows.
• The Transfer Raster Dat a command size includes all rows (scan lines).
• Scan Mode and SizeH,L are three-byte primary control strings: CountH and
CountL.
Table 2-32: Adaptive Compression Control Strings
Scan Mode CountH,CountL Data
0 Data sizeH,L Uncoded raster scan data
1 Data sizeH,L Size of Run-length enco ded data (hi gh,low)
2 Data sizeH,L Size of Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) data
(high,low)
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PCL
3 Data SizeH,L Size of Delta Row data (high,low)
4 NumberH,L of empty
rows
5 NumberH,L of duplicate
rows
254 Data SizeH,L TIFF word
255 Data SizeH,L TIFF double-word
None
None
Example:
ESC
*p300x1500Y |Move cursor to 1" x 5"
ESC
*b5M |Set the compression to Adaptive Compression
ESC
*b29W |Raster Data: 29 bytes follow
'03 0009'x 'E0FFF FFFFFFFFFFFFF 'x | Delta Row: 8 at 0: 'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFh'x
'01 0006'x '0080 FB0 0 0001'x | Run Length: 1:'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1:'01'x
'05 0035'x | Duplicate rows: 61 times
'02 0002'x 'F9FF 'x | TIFF: 8x'FF'x
ESC
*rB |End graphics
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Zlib
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Zlib is a generic compressi on method. It refer s t o a stand ard f or compre ssi on as well
as the library that implements the standard.
The zlib compression method uses the deflat e algorithm. This same algorithm is used
by more widely known compression utilities such as PKZIP and GZIP.
Compressed data is a series of variably- sized blocks. An encoder determin es how to
break the data into blocks and finds the best compression method to use for each
block.
An encoder works based on the followin g principles. The encoder create s a dictionary
containing different characters in a set of data. Short strings of bits represent more
commonly occurring characters, and long strings of bits represent less frequently
used characters. A pro babili ty tr ee determines whi ch charac ter s are f requentl y used.
Repeated patterns in a string of characters are identified and stored, so the string
doesn’t have to be stored multiple times.
PCL
A three-bit zlib header is added to the beginning of a block to describe the type of
compression used and indicates whether the block i s a final bl ock. Other informat ion
in the header includes checksums, compression algori thm used, and the level of
compression. In compression all chec ksums are set to zero and in decompression the
checksums are ignored.
The memory required for zlib compre ssi on and decompres si on is i ndependent of t he
size of the data to be compressed or decompressed.
The number 999 does not conflict with other compression types, so it is used to
represent zlib compression. See page 2-60 for more information.
Group 3 and Group 4 Raster Compression
Since Group 4 images do not use line endings, the width of the image must be
specified using the Raster Width command (
The compressed image data is sent to the printer using the Transfer Raster Data
command (
Transfer Raster Data command is 32K bytes. Images larger than 32K byt e s must be
broken up and sent using multiple commands. It doe s not matter where the image is
broken, or how many Transfer Rast er Data commands are used. Once the image is
started (with a Transfer Raster Data command), no other commands are allowed until
the entire image has been sent.
ESC
*b#W). The maximum number of bytes that can be sent using the
ESC
*r#S).
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PCL
The following example prints a Group 4 image file that is 256 bits wide and 9,645 bytes
long:
ESC
*b1002M |Set Raster Compression to Group 4
ESC
*r256S |Define width of image in input bits
ESC
*r1A |Start Raster Graphics at current positi on
ESC
*b9645W |9,645 bytes of a Group 4 image
...[Group 4 image data]...
ESC
*rB |End Raster Graphics
All lines of data must be the same length. If they are not, zeroes (0) must be added to
attain the same length.
Note: If the uncompressed image extends beyond the logical page dimensions or
beyond the raster width specified in the Raster Width command (
image is clipped at print time.
ESC
*r#S), the
Additional Compression Modes
When the compression mode is 1008 (Lexmark Adaptive), TIFF word and doubleword can be printed using compression scan modes 254 and 255 respectively. This
compression method sends a raster image as a block of raster data.
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Macros
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PCL
When creating a macro, first assign it an ID number. If this number is identical to an
existing macro ID in RAM, the old macro is deleted when you specify the Macro
Control Start Definition. Next, start the macro definition, send the contents of the
macro, and stop the macro definition.
Note: Although a macro may be called or executed from within another macro
(nesting), a macro cannot be defined within another macro definition. Each
macro must be defined separately.
Example:
This example creates a macro to print the Wigit Corp. l ogo, then calls the l ogo macro
in the body of a letter.
ESC
&f1Y |Set the macro ID to 1
ESC
&f0X |Start the macro definition
ESC
&a+72H |Relative move right 1/10 inch (+72/720th)
ESC
(8U |Select Roman-8 symbol set
ESC
(s1p18v0s3b4101T |Select CG Times 18 point bold
W |Print W
ESC
&a-21.6H |Relative move left 0.03 inch
ESC
(s12v1S |Select (CG Times) 12 point (bold) italic
igit |Print igit
ESC
&a+72H |Relative move right 1/10 inch
ESC
(s18v0S |Select 18 point and turn off italic
C |Print C
ESC
(s12v1S |Select 12 point italic
orp. |Print orp.
ESC
&a+72H |Relative move right 1/10 inch
ESC
&f1X |End of macro definition
ESC
&f10X |Make Macro ID 1 permanent
...
...
From:
ESC
&f1y3X |Set the macro ID to 1 and call the macro
|Print the header From:
... |Print the letter
Thank you for ... |Print the closing
ESC
&f1y3X |Set the macro ID to 1 and call the macro
...
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PJL
CHAPTER 3: Printer Job Language
Your printer supports complete Printer Job Language (PJL) commands, including
certain commands that cause the printer to enter PCL emulation, Post Script
emulation, and Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS).
To determine which commands your printer s upports, see Appendi x B: “PJL Support”
on page B-1.
PJL Command Notation
The syntax for each supported PJL command is listed in this chapter. The following
character codes are used throughout the chapter to illustrate the syntax of each PJL
command.
Table 3-1: PJL Command Notation
Character
Code
<ESC> Escape Character 0x1B 27
<LF> Line Feed Character 0x0A 10
<CR> Carriage Return Character 0x0D 13
<FF> Form Feed Character 0x0C 12
<HT> Horizontal Tab 0x09 9
<UEL> Universal Exit Language 0x1B 25 2D 31
Description Hex Code Decimal Code
32 33 34 35 58
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Notes:
• Parameters enclosed in square brackets ([ ] ) are opt ional and not r equi red
for command execution.
• The PJL interpreter requires uppercase for the
mands except the Universal Exit Language (UEL) command. The rest of
the PJL command is not case sensitive. The UEL command is case sensitive.
• All PJL commands except UEL must be terminated with a line feed character (<LF>).
Kernel Commands
3-2
PJL
@PJL prefix for all PJL com-
UNIVERSAL EXIT LANGUAGE Command
The Universal Exit Language (UEL) command terminates the current printer language
and allows dynamic switching into PJL.
Syntax:
<ESC>%-12345X
Notes:
• If the printer receives this command while in PCL emulation, it performs a
Printer Language Reset (
• If the printer receives this command while in PostScri pt emulation, it perfor ms
an End-of-Job (EOJ) command before exiting PostScript emulation (Ctrl-D).
The PJL commands must immediately follow the UEL command (that is, the
UEL syntax must be immediately followed by the
ESC
E) before exiting PCL emulation.
@PJL of the next PJL command).
X in the
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PJL
ENTER LANGUAGE Command
This command causes the printer to enter the specified language, such as
PCL emulation, PostScript emulation, or PPDS.
Syntax:
@PJL ENTER LANGUA GE = language[<CR>]<LF>
Notes:
• language is PCL, PCL3, PCLXL, PostScript, or PPDS.
• You can use uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case. (@PJL must be uppercase;
all others can be mixed or lowercase.)
Example:
@PJL ENTER LANGUA GE = PostScript[<CR>]<LF>
enters PostScript emulation.
COMMENT Command
This command lets you add descriptive comments to your PJL job.
Syntax:
@PJL COMMENT words[<CR>]<LF>
Notes:
• When the printer receives this command, it is ignored.
• The words parameter can be any combination of printable characters,
spaces, and horizontal tabs.
• The COMMENT command is terminated by the line feed character (<LF>).
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Job Separation Commands
Your printer supports the PJL JOB and EOJ commands. When the printer receives a
JOB command, the print timeout is multiplied by 10; when the printer receives a PJL
EOJ command, the print timeout is reset to the user default. The
appears on the printer oper ator panel display or t hrough MarkVisi on Professional until
an EOJ command is received or until the print timeout expire s.
Your printer also supports the PASSWORD parameter for the PJL JOB command.
JOB Command
3-4
PJL
Waiting message
The host computer can use the JOB command to separat e print data into various parts
or jobs. Specifically, the JOB command signifies to the printer the start of a print job.
Use the EOJ command to signify the end of a job. In addition, use the JOB/EOJ pair
to accomplish the following:
• Provide a job name (the name displays on the printer operator panel or
through MarkVision Professional).
• Indicate which pages of the job should be printed.
• Monitor the job status as it prints.
Syntax:
@PJL JOB [NAME = "job name"] [START = first page]
[END = last page] [PASSWORD = number][<CR>]<LF>
Notes:
• The JOB command should only be used in conjunction with the EOJ
command.
• After receiving a JOB command, the printer does not process a UEL
command as a PJL job boundary until it receives the correspo nding EOJ.
Instead, UELs occurring within a JOB/EOJ pair are processe d as printer
language resets (for example, PCL
ESC
E).
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Parameters:
NAME = "job name"
Use the NAME parameter to assign a character string name to a particular job.
The name may be any combination of printable chara cters, spaces or horiz ontal
tabs up to a maximum of 80 characters, spaces, or tabs. The
enclosed in double quotes, as indicated by the command syntax.
START = first page
Use the START parameter in conjunction with the END parameter to skip the
printing of a particular portion of the job. The emulator discards pages of a job
until the page specified by this parameter is reached. The
from 1 to 2,147,483,647. Omission of the START parameter causes the printer
to start printing with page 1 of the job.
job name must be
first page range is
END = last page
Use the END parameter in conjunction with the START parameter to skip the
printing of a parti cular por tion of the job. The emulator discards all pages of a job
after the
to page 1 of the print job and its range is from 1 to 2,147,483,647. Omission of
the END parameter causes the printer to print all pages to the end of the job.
PASSWORD = number
A system administrator can control which jobs, and therefore which users, are
allowed to modify the printer default or NVRAM variables by decl aring a PJL
password. With a PJL password declared, the PASSWORD parameter with the
correct PASSWORD number must be specified in order to modify the default
printer environment.
A PJL JOB command with the correct PASSWORD must be issued before any
PJL command can modify an NVRAM setting. The PJL EOJ command
terminates the job and disables any further modification of NVRAM. If a PJL
password is declared and the wrong PASSWORD number is specified on the
PJL JOB command, the printer will delay one half of a second before processi ng
the next command.
last page has been printed. The specification of last page is relative
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PJL
For detailed information on PJL password protection, see “File and Device
Protection Commands” on page 3-93.
Note: Setting a default PJL password disables the us e of PJL DEFAULT and
INITIALIZE commands. (See “DEFAULT Command” on page 3-8 and
“INITIALIZE Command” on page 3-11.)
EOJ Command
The EOJ command signifies the end of a print job.
Syntax:
@PJL EOJ [NAME = "job name"][<CR>]<LF>
Note:
Only use the EOJ command in conjunction with the JOB command.
Parameter:
NAME = "job name"
Use the NAME parameter to assign a character string name to a particular job.
The name may be any combination of printable charac ters, spaces , or horizontal
tabs up to a maximum of 80 characters, spaces, or tabs. The NAME string may
be different from the NAME st ring spe cif ied i n the JOB comma nd. The
must be enclosed in double quotes.
job name
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Environment Commands and Variables
This section describes the pr inter environment variables and the PJL commands used
to modify or query the variables.
Note: The word common applies to those variables common to both your prin ter
and the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet printers.
Table 3-2: Environment Variable Categories
Beginning
Categories
Common Variables for Both Printer Languages 3-12
Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages 3-19
Common Variables for PCL emulation 3-48
on Page ...
PJL
Printer Unique Variables for PCL emulation 3-49
Common Variables for PostScript emulation 3-51
Printer Unique Variables for PostScript emulation 3-52
Printer Unique LRESOURCE Variables 3-53
The following commands modi fy the envi ronment variables, and are des cribed in this
section:
• DEFAULT
• SET
• INITIALIZE
• RESET
The following commands query the environment variables, and are described in
“Status Readback Commands” on page 3-54.
• INQUIRE
• DINQUIRE
• INFO
• ECHO
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PJL
DEFAULT Command
This command modifies the defaul t setting for the specifi ed environment var iable and
stores the setting in the printer NVRAM. The new setting is acti vated with the
occurrence of the next PJL reset condition.
Syntax:
@PJL DEFAULT [com mand modifier:value] variable=value[<CR>]<LF>
[command modifi er:value]
The [command modifier:value] parameter specifies the type of PJL variables
to be modified. The variables supported are listed in the tables beginning on
page 3-12.
• A [command modifier:value] parameter is not required for variables listed in
the tables “Common Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page 3-12,
and “Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page 3-19.
• LPARM:PCL is used with variables specific to PCL emulation. (See the tables
“Common Variables for PCL Emulation” on page 3-48, and “Printer Unique
Variables for PCL Emulation” on page 3-49.)
• LPARM:POSTSCRIPT is used for variables specific to PostScript e mulation. (See
the tables “Common Variables for PostScript Emulation” on page 3-51, and
“Printer Unique Variables for PostScript Emulation” on page 3-52.)
• LRESOURCE:"device:filename.filetype" is required for LRESOURCE
variables. (See the table “Printer Unique LRESOURCE Variables” on
page 3-53.)
Values for "
device flash, flash1, disk, or disk1 (case insensitive)
filename A unique identifi er for a file , such as the macro ID for a PCL
device:filename.filetype" are:
macro, the symbol set ID for a PCL symbol set, the font ID
for a PCL font, and so on. The
filename is case sensitive.
filetype An identifier that categorizes the file, such as p5macro for
PCL macros or
“Table 3-22: Variables for Flash and Disk File and
Password Commands” on page 3-87 for a complete list of
the supported file types. The
p5symset for PCL symbol sets. See
filetype is case sensitive.
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PJL
variable=value
The supported variables and values are list ed in the tables beginning on page 3-12.
Note: Variables may be modified by the DEFAULT command, except those marked
Read Only. Some variables may only be modified using the PJL SET
command. These variables cannot be modified using the DEFAULT
command. They are marked Set Only.
SET Command
This command modifies the current setting for the specified environment variable. The
new setting is active immediately, and remains active until the next occurrence of a
PJL reset condition.
Use the SET command to modify any currently defined environment variable that
cannot be set using the desired printer language. For example, use the PJL SET
command to set Print Quality Enhancement Technology (PQET) or Page Protect,
which cannot be set within a printer language such as PCL emulation.
Syntax:
@PJL SET [command modifier:value] variable= value[<CR>]<LF>
where
[command modifi er:value]
The [command modifier:value] parameter specifies the type of PJL variables
to be modified. The variables supported are listed in the tables beginning on
page 3-12.
• A [command modifier:value] is not required for variables lis ted in the tables
“Common Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page 3-12, and “Printer
Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page 3-19.
• LPARM:PCL is used with variables specific to PCL emulation. (See the tables
“Common Variables for PCL Emulation” on page 3-48, and “Printer Unique
Variables for PCL Emulation” on page 3-49.)
• LPARM:POSTSCRIPT is used for variables specific for PostScript emulation.
(See the tables “Common Variables for PostScript Emulation” on page 3-51,
and “Printer Unique Variables for PostScript Emulation” on page 3-52.)
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PJL
• LRESOURCE:"device:filename.filetype" is required for LRESOURCE
variables. (See “Table 3-9: Printer Unique LRESOURCE Variables” on
page 3-53.)
Values for "
device flash, flash1, disk, or disk1 (case insensitive)
filename A unique identifi er for a file , such as the macro ID for a PCL
filetype An identifier that categorizes the file, such as p5macro for
variable=value
The supported variables and values are list ed in the tables beginning on
page 3-12.
Note: Variables may be modified by the DEFAULT command, except those marked
Read Only. Some variables may only be modified using the PJL SET
command. These variables cannot be modified using the DEFAULT
command. They are marked Set Only.
device:filename.filetype" are:
macro, the symbol set ID for a PCL symbol set, the font ID
for a PCL font, and so on. The
PCL macros or
table beginning on page 3-87 for a complete list of the
supported file types. The
p5symset for PCL symbol sets. See the
filename is case sensitive.
filetype is ca s e se n s itive.
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PJL
INITIALIZE Command
This command restores both the current and default environment variables to their
factory default values and updates the printer NVRAM. This command affects all of
the variables listed in “Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages” on
page 3-12 through “Table 3-8: Printer Unique Variables for PostScript Emulation” on
page 3-52, except the following:
• All read only variables
• PASSWORD
• LANG
• LRESOURCESAVE
• LDOWNLOADTARGET
• LPPDS
• LHONORINIT
• LUSDEFAULTS
• PARALLEL
• RESOURCESAVE
Note: This command does not affect LRESOURCE variables listed i n
“Table 3-9: Printer Unique LRESOURCE Variables” on page 3-53.
Syntax:
@PJL INITIALIZE[<CR>]<LF>
RESET Command
This command resets the current environment variables to the settings stored in the
printer NVRAM. Therefore, any variables modifi ed by the PJL SET command are
returned to their default value after execution of the PJL RESET command.
Syntax:
@PJL RESET[<CR>]<LF>
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PJL
Common Variables for Both Printer Languages
Note: The word common applies to those variables common to both your prin ter
and the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet printers.
The following common variabl es are supported for both PCL emulation and PostScript
emulation, unless otherwise noted. Therefore, the [
parameter should not be specified.
To determine which variables your printer supports, see “Table B-1: Common
Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page B-1.
Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages
Variable Function Selections Factory Default
command modifier:value]
AUTOCONT
(DEFAULT only)
BINDING Duplex Bind LONGEDGE, SHORTEDGE LONGEDGE
BITSPERPIXEL Image
CLEARABLEWARNINGS
(READ only)
Auto Continue 0, 5 to 255, OFF, ON
A value of 0 or OFF indicates Auto Continue is
disabled. A value of ON indicates Auto Continue is set
to 30.
INQUIRE or DINQUIRE on the Auto Continue va riable
returns a numeric value.
Note: If a val ue greater th an 255 is spe cified by a SET
or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 255.
1, 2, 4, Auto
Enhancement
Technology and
Image
Enhancement
Technology Type
Auto Continue
from operator
panel non-fatal
warning messages
A value of 1 indicates the Image Enhancement
Technology setting is set to Off. A value of 2 or 4
indicates the Image Enhancement Technology setting
is set to On.
INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of Image
Enhancement Technology as follows:
• If Image Enh ancemen t Technology is set to Off, 1 is
returned.
• If Image Enhancement Technology is set to On, 2
or 4 is returned depending on the Image
Enhancement Technology Type setting. If Image
Enhancement Technology Type is set to On, the
numerical value of BITSPERPIXEL is returned. If
Image Enhancement Technology Type is set to
Auto, a value of 2 o r 4 is returned depen ding o n the
amount of total memory installed.
JOB, ON
If Auto Continue is set to On, JOB is returned.
If Auto Continue is set to Off, ON is returned.
0
1
ON
COPIES Number of copies
of each page
1 to 999
Note: If a val ue greater th an 999 is spe cified by a SET
or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 999.
1
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
CPLOCK
(DEFAULT only)
Disables menus ON, OFF
ON disables the printer operator panel menus.
OFF enables menus.
OFF
DENSITY Print Darkness 1 to 5
• 1 = Lightest
• 2 = Lighter
•3 = Normal
•4 = Darker
•5 = Darkest
To determine the default value of your printer, see
“Table B-1: Common Variables for Both Printer
Languages” on pageB-1.
DUPLEX Duplex ON, OFF OFF
ECONOMODE Toner Saver ON, OFF OFF
FORMATTERNUMBER
(READ only)
FORMLINES Lines per page 1 to 255
Unique printer
identifier
The value of the NVRAM serial number field is
returned.
The NVRAM serial number field is set to the printer
serial number. In order to guarantee that a unique
identifier exists in this field , the printe r writes a random
alphanumeric string in to this fiel d whenever th e critical
byte area in NVRAM is re-initialized.
Note: If a val ue greater th an 255 is spe cified by a SET
or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 255.
2, 3, 4
(Model specific)
Set by printer
manufacturer
60, 64
(Country specific)
HOLD
(SET only)
HOLDKEY
(SET only)
Print and Hold ON, OFF, STORE, PROOF
The HOLD variable interacts with the HOLDKEY and
HOLDTYPE variables. For more information, see
HOLDTYPE on page 3-14.
Print and Hold PIN “PIN”
PIN is a text string consistin g of exactly fou r numerals .
Only the numerals 1 through 6 are valid.
Note: A null (“ “) string is an acceptable value and
indicates no PIN is specified.
The HOLDKEY variable interacts with the HOLD and
HOLDTYPE variables. For more information, see
HOLDTYPE as follows.
OFF
NULL
(no PIN)
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
HOLDTYPE
(SET only)
Print and Hold
Type
PUBLIC, PRIVATE
The HOLD, HOLDKEY, and HOLDTYPE variables
interact with each other as follows:
• When HOLD is set to On, HOLDKEY is set to a
valid PIN, and HOLDTYPE is set to Private,
Confidential Print capability is available.
• When HOLD is set to On, HOLDKEY is set to “ ”,
and HOLDTYPE is set to Public, Repeat Print
capability is available.
• When HOLD is set to St ore, HOLDKEY is se t to “ ”,
and HOLDTYPE is set to Public, Reserve Print
capability is available.
• When HOLD is set to Proof, HOL DKEY is set to “ ”,
and HOLDTYPE is set to Public, Verify Print
capability is available.
• Print and Hold capabilities are not available with
any other possible combination of HOLD,
HOLDKEY, and HOLDTYPE settings.
PUBLIC
IMAGEADAPT
(DEFAULT only)
INTRAY2 Tray lock - Tray 2 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED
INTRAY3 Tray lock - Tray 3 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED
INTRAY4 Tray lock - Tray 4 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED
INTRAY5 Tray lock - Tray 5 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED
INTRAY1SIZE
(SET only)
INTRAY2SIZE
(SET only)
INTRAY3SIZE
(SET only)
INTRAY4SIZE
(SET only)
INTRAY5SIZE
(SET only)
Resolution
reduction
Tray 1 installed
size, default
formatting size
Tray 2 installed
size, default
formatting size
Tray 3 installed
size, default
formatting size
Tray 4 installed
size, default
formatting size
Tray 5 installed
size, default
formatting size
ON, OFF ON
A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4,
JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER,
LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, COM10, COM9,
MONARCH, DL, C5, B5, OTHERENVELOPE,
STATEMENT
A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4,
JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER,
LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, STATEMENT
A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4,
JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER,
LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, STATEMENT
A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4,
JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER,
LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, STATEMENT
A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4,
JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER,
LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, STATEMENT
LETTER, A4
(Country specific)
LETTER, A4
(Country specific)
LETTER, A4
(Country specific)
LETTER, A4
(Country specific)
LETTER, A4
(Country specific)
JOBNAME
(SET only)
Print and Hold
Jobname
“jobname”
jobname is a text string truncated to 24 characters.
Note: A null (“ ”) string is an acceptable value and
indicates no Print and Hold Jobname is specified.
NULL
(No jobname)
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
JOBOFFSET Offset Pages ON, OFF, BETWEENJOBS, BETWEENCOPIES
INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of Offset
Pages as follows:
• If Offset Pages is set to Off, OFF is returned.
• If Offset Pages is set to Between Jobs or Between
Copies, ON is returned.
Offset refers to stacking entire print jobs or copies of
the same print jo b in tw o se para te groups in an output
bin.
LANG
(DEFAULT only)
Default display
language
DANISH, GERMAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH,
ITALIAN, DUTCH, NORWEGIAN, SWEDISH,
PORTUGUESE, FINNISH, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN,
POLISH, HUNGARIAN, TURKISH, CZECH
OFF
Country specific
LOWTONER
(DEFAULT only)
MANUALFEED
(READ only)
MEDIATYPE Default paper
MPTRAY
(DEFAULT only)
Toner Alarm ON, OFF, CONTINUE, STOP
Manual feed
selection
source, default
formatting size
Multipurpose
feeder
configuration
A value of ON or CONTINUE indicates the Toner
Alarm setting is set Off. The value of OFF or STOP
indicates the Toner Alarm setting is Single.
INQUIRE or DINQUIRE return s the value of the Toner
Alarm as follows:
• If Toner Alarm is set to Off, CONTINUE is returned.
• If Toner Alarm is set to Single, STOP is returned.
• If Toner Alarm is set to Continuous, STOP is
returned.
OFF
Printer always returns OFF.
PLAIN, COATED, GLOSSY, PHOTO,
GREETINGCARD, IRONON, BOND,
TRANSP ARENCY, CARDSTOCK, LABELS,
LETTERHEAD, PREPRINTED, COLORED,
ENVELOPE, CUSTOMTYPE1, CUSTOMTYPE2,
CUSTOMTYPE3, CUSTOMTYPE4, CUST OMTYPE5,
CUSTOMTYPE6, “name”
name is a variable that allows for custom naming of
custom print material types. The text string is
truncated to 24 characters.
CASSETTE, MANUAL, FIRST
Sets the configuration of the Multipurpose Feeder.
ON, CONTINUE
(Model specific)
OFF
PLAIN
CASSETTE
ORIENTATION Print orientation PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE
This variable does no t affect PostScript emulation.
PORTRAIT
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
OUTBIN Output Bin UPPER, LOWER, OPTIONALOUTBIN1,
OPTIONALOUTBIN2, OPTIONALOUTBIN3,
OPTIONALOUTBIN4, OPTIONALOUTBIN5,
OPTIONALOUTBIN6, OPTIONALOUTBIN7,
OPTIONALOUTBIN8, OPTIONALOUTBIN9,
OPTIONALOUTBIN10, “name”
name is a variable that allows for custom naming of
optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24
characters.
A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Output Bin setting
returns:
DINQUIRE or
Output Bin setting INQUIRE value
UPPER
Standard Bin UPPER
Bin 1 OPTIONALOUTBIN1
Bin 2 OPTIONALOUTBIN2
Bin 3 OPTIONALOUTBIN3
Bin 4 OPTIONALOUTBIN4
Bin 5 OPTIONALOUTBIN5
Bin 6 OPTIONALOUTBIN6
Bin 7 OPTIONALOUTBIN7
Bin 8 OPTIONALOUTBIN8
Bin 9 OPTIONALOUTBIN9
Bin 10 OPTIONALOUTBIN10
“name” “name”
PAGEPROTECT Page Protect AUTO, ON
A value of ON indi cates the Page Pro tect s etting is set
On. The value of AUTO indicates the Page Protect
setting is set Off.
INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of the Page
Protect as follows:
• If Page Protect is set Off, AUTO is returned.
• If Page Protect is set On, ON is returned.
PAPER Default paper
source, default
formatting size
Paper: A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER,
JISB4, JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO,
LEDGER, LEGAL, LETTER, STATEMENT, 11X17
Envelopes: COM10, COM9, MONARCH, DL, C5, B5,
OTHERENVELOPE
AUTO
LETTER, A4
(Country specific)
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
PARALLEL
(DEFAULT only)
(Port Specific)
Parallel Protocol SLOW, FAST
A value of SLOW indicates the Parallel Protocol
setting is Standard. The value of FAST indicates the
Parallel Protocol setting is FASTBYTES.
INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of the
Parallel Protocol as follows:
• If Parallel Protocol is set as Standard, SLOW is
returned.
• If Parallel Protocol is set as Fastbytes, FAST is
returned.
FAST
PASSWORD
(DEFAULT only)
PERSONALITY
(Port specific)
POWERSAVE
(DEFAULT only)
Default password
for PJL NVRAM
security
SmartSwitch
settings
Power Save
feature
0 to 65535
Locks the printer operator panel to keep the user
defaults from changing. See your printer
documentation for more information.
The Default PJL password is 0.
If the PJL password is not equal to 0, a DINQUIRE or
INQUIRE on the PASSWORD variable returns
ENABLED. If the PJL password is equal to 0, a
DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the PASSWORD variable
returns DISABLED. See the PASSWORD parameter
of the JOB command on page 3-5 for more
information.
PCL, POSTSCRIPT, AUTO
PERSONALITY controls the SmartSwitch settings for
the interface link on which the PJL command is
received.
If AUTO is sent, both
Smartswitch
If PCL is sent,
SmartSwitch
If POSTSCRIPT is sent,
OFF and
When queried, AUTO is returned if both SmartSwitch
settings are ON. If one SmartSwitch setting is OFF,
the printer language who se SmartSwitc h setting is ON
is returned. If both SmartSwitch settings are OFF, the
default printer language is returned.
ON, OFF
ON enables the power-saving feat ure.
OFF disables the power-saving feature.
Note: Some printer models released in the year 2000
or later designated as Energy Star printers cannot
have Power Saver disa ble d.
menu settings are set to ON.
is set to ON.
PS SmartSwitch is set to ON.
PS SmartSwitch and PCL
PS SmartS wi t c h is s et to OF F a nd PCL
PCL SmartSwitch is set to
0
AUTO
ON
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
POWERSAVETIME
(DEFAULT only)
Power Save time,
in minutes
0 to 120 (Model specific)
0 to 240 (Model specific)
(0 indicates the Power Saver Time feature is
disabled.)
The time the printer remains idle before it enters
Power Save mode when POWERSAVE is On.
Note: If a value greater tha n 120 or 240 is specified by
a SET or DEF AUL T co mmand, the va lue is change d to
120 or 240 based on the printer model.
20
QTY
(SET only)
REPRINT Jam Recovery ON, OFF, AUTO AUTO
RESOLUTION Print Resolution 300, 600, 1200 600
RESOURCESAVE
(DEFAULT only)
RET Print Quality
Collation Collated Copies
(QTY)
Resource Save ON, OFF, AUTO
Enhancement
Technology
(PQET)
0 to 999
Used to request the number of collated copies of a
print job.
If Collation - Collated Co pies (QTY) is n ot equal to 0, a
DINQUIRE or INQUIRE returns the numeri cal sett ing
for QTY. If Collation - Collated Copies (QTY) is set to
Off, a DINQUIRE or INQUIRE returns 0.
Note: If a val ue greater th an 999 is spe cified by a SET
or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 999.
ON indicates Resource Save is set On.
OFF and AUTO indicate Resource Save is set to Off.
See “Table B-1: Common Variables for Both Printer
Languages” on pageB-1 for the default value of your
printer.
OFF, DARK, MEDIUM, LIGHT, ON
If this value is set through PJL, the same value is
returned on a PJL inquiry.
DARK, MEDIUM, LIGHT, and ON values indicate that
PQET is On. OFF indicates PQET is Off.
0
OFF, AUTO
(Model specific)
ON
TIMEOUT Print timeout,
in seconds
0 to 255
The time the printer remains idle before the job is
forced to print.
Note: If a val ue greater th an 255 is spe cified by a SET
or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 255.
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
USERNAME
(SET only)
WIDEA4 A4 width NO, YES
Print and Hold
Username
“username”
username is a text string truncated to 24 characters.
Note: A null (“ “) string is an acceptable value and
indicates no Print and Hold Username is specified.
NO indicates the A4 width is 198 mm.
YES indicates the A4 width is 203 mm.
NULL
(No username)
NO
Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages
The following variables are unique to some Lexmark printers and are supported for
both PCL emulation and PostScript emulation. Therefore, the [
modifier:value
] parameter should not be specified.
command
To determine which variables your printer supports, see “Table B-2: Printer Unique
PJL Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page B-4.
Table 3-4: Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages
Variable Function Selections Factory Default
LACTIVEBINRESET
(DEFAULT only)
LADVANCEDSTATUS
(DEFAULT only)
(Port specific)
LALARMCONTROL
(DEFAULT only)
LAUTOCRLF Auto CR after LFON, OFF OFF
LAUTOLFCR Auto LF after CRON, OFF OFF
LBLANKPAGES Blank Pages DONOTPRINT, PRINT
Active Bin
Reset
Advanced
Status
Alarm Control OFF, SINGLE, CONTINUOUS SINGLE
MANUAL, AUTOMATIC MANUAL
ON, OFF
ON enables parallel bidirectional support.
OFF disables parallel bidirectional support.
Note: Some printers have a f ixed value of
DONOTPRINT.
ON
DONOTPRINT
LBONDLENGTH
(DEFAULT only)
LBONDLOADING
(DEFAULT only)
Bond Length NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL
Bond Paper
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OFF, DUPLEX OFF
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
LBONDOUTBIN
(DEFAULT only)
Assign
Type/ Bin - Bond
UPPER, LOWER, DISABLED, OPTIONALOUTBIN1,
OPTIONALOUTBIN2, OPTIONALOUTBIN3,
OPTIONALOUTBIN4, OPTIONALOUTBIN5,
OPTIONALOUTBIN6, OPTIONALOUTBIN7,
OPTIONALOUTBIN8, OPTIONALOUTBIN9,
OPTIONALOUTBIN10, “name”
name is a variable that allows for custom naming of
optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24
characters.
Specifies a selected output bin for jobs printed on
bond paper.
A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Assign Type/Bin Bond setting returns:
Assign Type/Bin - DINQUIRE or
Bond setting INQUIRE value
UPPER,
DISABLED
(Model specific)
Standard Bin UPPER
Bin 1 OPTIONALOUTBIN1
Bin 2 OPTIONALOUTBIN2
Bin 3 OPTIONALOUTBIN3
Bin 4 OPTIONALOUTBIN4
Bin 5 OPTIONALOUTBIN5
Bin 6 OPTIONALOUTBIN6
Bin 7 OPTIONALOUTBIN7
Bin 8 OPTIONALOUTBIN8
Bin 9 OPTIONALOUTBIN9
Bin 10 OPTIONALOUTBIN10
“name” “name”
LBONDTEXTURE
(DEFAULT only)
LBONDWEIGHT
(DEFAULT only)
LBWLOCK Black & White
LCANCEL Cancel Control ON, OFF ON
LCARDSTOCKLENGTH
(DEFAULT only)
LCARDSTOCKLOADING
(DEFAULT only)
Bond Texture SMOOTH, NORMAL, ROUGH ROUGH
Bond Weight LIGHT, NORMAL, HEAVY NORMAL
ON, OFF OFF
Lock
Card Stock
Length
Card Stock
Paper Loading
NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL
OFF, DUPLEX OFF
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Variable Function Selections Factory Default
LCARDSTOCKOUTBIN
(DEFAULT only)
Assign
Type/ Bin Card Stock
UPPER, LOWER, DISABLED, OPTIONALOUTBIN1,
OPTIONALOUTBIN2, OPTIONALOUTBIN3,
OPTIONALOUTBIN4, OPTIONALOUTBIN5,
OPTIONALOUTBIN6, OPTIONALOUTBIN7,
OPTIONALOUTBIN8, OPTIONALOUTBIN9,
OPTIONALOUTBIN10, “name”
name is a variable that allows for custom naming of
optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24
characters.
Specifies a selected output bin for j obs printed o n card
stock.
A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Assign Type/Bin Card Stock setting returns:
Assign Type/Bin - DINQUIRE or
Card Stock setting INQUIRE value
UPPER,
DISABLED
(Model specific)
Standard Bin UPPER
Bin 1 OPTIONALOUTBIN1
Bin 2 OPTIONALOUTBIN2
Bin 3 OPTIONALOUTBIN3
Bin 4 OPTIONALOUTBIN4
Bin 5 OPTIONALOUTBIN5
Bin 6 OPTIONALOUTBIN6
Bin 7 OPTIONALOUTBIN7
Bin 8 OPTIONALOUTBIN8
Bin 9 OPTIONALOUTBIN9
Bin 10 OPTIONALOUTBIN10
“name” “name”
LCARDSTOCKTEXTURE
(DEFAULT only)
LCARDSTOCKWEIGHT
(DEFAULT only)
LCOLLATION Collation Mode ON, OFF
LCOLORCORRECTION Indicates which
LCOLOREDLENGTH
(DEFAULT only)
Card Stock
Texture
Card Stock
Weight
color target the
printer
emulates
Colored Paper
Length
SMOOTH, NORMAL, ROUGH NORMAL
LIGHT, NORMAL, HEAVY NORMAL
If Collation is ON, the pages of the print job are
collated. For example, if the job contains three pages
and two copies are requested, collated output prints
pages 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. If collation is set to OFF,
uncollated output prints pag es 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.
NONE, DISPLAY, SWOP, OFF, AUTO, VIVID,
DUOTONE, MANUAL
See “Table B-2: Printer Unique PJL Variabl es for Both
Printer Languages” on page B-4 for the default value
of your printer .
NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL
OFF
AUTO, VIVID
(Model specific)
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