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• Lexmark™ C720
Introduction
• Lexmark C750
• Lexmark C910
• Lexmark E320
• Lexmark E322
• Lexmark J110
• Lexmark T420
• Lexmark T520
• Lexmark T522
• Lexmark T620
• Lexmark T622
• Lexmark W812
• Lexmark W820
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Introduction
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The Technical Reference is divided into the foll owing:
Chapter 2: PCL Emulation
Shows how to select PCL emulation and discusses PCL emulation commands, GL/2
commands, and resident font and symbol set support.
Chapter 3: Printer Job Language
Contains detailed inf ormation about certain commands that cause t he printer to enter
PCL emulation, P ostScript emulation, and P ersonal Printer Data Stream (PPDS), and
many other types of commands.
Chapter 4: PostScript Emulation
Provides information about PostScript emulation 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.
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Chapter 6: Flash Memory and Disk
Provides inf ormation about using the flash memory and hard disk. It describes how to
manage printer memory, store resources (such as f onts and macros), and manage
files.
Chapter 7: Printer Specifications
Lists printer specifications, 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.
Introduction
See the tables in the three appendixes to determine if your printer supports a
particular PCL emulation, PJL, or P ostScript emulation command. The appendix es
are:
Appendix A: PCL Support
Appendix B: PJL Support
Appendix C: PostScript Support
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Navigational Tips
If you are not familiar with PDF files, the following tips may help you find the
information you need.
• To move f orward and backward thr ough this document:
– Select an option under View in the menu bar at the top of the page.
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down arrow keys on the keyboard.
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– Use the scroll bar to the right of the page.
– Click the page nu mber bo x on the st atus bar at the bo ttom of th e page and
type the page you want.
1-4
Introduction
• 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 magnifi cation box on the status bar and select an option from the
• To jump directly to a particular section or key word in thi s document:
– Click one of the bookmarks in the overview window to the left of the page.
– Click a topic in the document’s table of contents.
– Select Tools from the menu bar and then choose Find or Search.
– Click the binoculars i con on the toolbar and then typ e a word in the te xt bo x.
– Click a cross-reference to a figure, page number, or heading in the
Printing the File
then draw a bo x around the area you want to view.
drop-down menu.
document itself.
Although this book was designed primarily for online viewing, y ou can print a hard
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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 interfaces, refer to the following
documentation:
1-5
Introduction
• 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-P ackar d Po stScript SIMM Technical Reference , I/O Device Oper ators
and Paramet ers, C2080-90921
• Hewlett-Packard Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual,
5961H0512
• IBM Personal System/2 Hardware Interface Technical Reference, 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, Revision 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.
To determine which commands your printer supports, see Appendix A: PCL Support.
PCL
Selecting PCL Emulation
Using SmartSwitch
When SmartSwitch is enabled f or both printer languages on an interf ace (f or example ,
Paral lel, USB, Serial Option 1, or Network Option 1), the printer automa tically switches
to the printer language being sent by y our software appl ication. 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 em ulation and
PCL emulation.
Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional
If SmartSwitch is set to Off for bot h printer languages, you can select PCL emulation
from your printer operator panel or from MarkVision™ Professional. Refer to your
printer user documentation fo r information on changing menu settings.
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Using Your Software Application
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.
Page Formatting
2-2
Resource Save is set to On or the resources
PCL
The printable areas and logi cal pages f or 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:
APortrait physical page width and landscape physical page length
BPortrait physical page length and landscape physical page width
CPortrait logical page width
DLandscape logical page width
EDistance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in portrait
FDistance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in landscape
GDistance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and logical page
HDistance 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
IDistance 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 tabl es beginni ng 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 f or your printer.
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Lexmark C720
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark C720 printer supports. For more information about the
printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-1: Lexmark C720 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-4
PCL
Paper/
Selection
Page Size
2
Parm
13, 25, 613A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.273496496031964720142 1180100 100
12, 45, 612JISB5182 x 2577.2 x 10.14300607040005830150 1200100 100
26, 626A4 (198 mm)
26, 626A4 (203 mm)
1, 601Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.54350630040506060150 1200100 100
2, 602Letter216 x 2798.5 x 115100660048006360150 1200100 100
3, 603Legal216 x 3568.5 x 145100840048008160150 1200100 100
101Universal216 x 3568.5 x 145100840048008160150 1200100 100
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.332598519623144960142 1180100 100
91C5229 x 1629.01 x 6.383826540835425172142 1180100 100
99, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.93 4156590438725668142 1180100 100
600Other Envelope216 x 356 8.5 x 145100840048008160150 1200100 100
899 (Com 9)225 x 98 8.875 x 3.875 2326532420245084150 1200100 100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 105 9.5 x 4.1252474570021745460150 1200100 100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
3
The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software application.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
3
3
Envelope Dimensions
Paper
210 x 2978.3 x 11.74960701446766778142 118080100
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800677880118080100
Envelope
Dimensions by Area (pels)
1
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about the Print Area menu item, see
to
page 2-13.
Print Area menu item is set
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Lexmark C750
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark C750 printer supports. For more information about the
printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-2: Lexmark C750 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-5
PCL
SelectionPaper/Envelope DimensionsDimensions by Area (pels)
Page Size
2
Parm
13, 613A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.27349649603196 4720 1421180100100
12, 45, 612JI S B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.1430060704000 5830 1501200100100
26, 626A4 (198 mm)
26, 626A4 (203 mm)
1, 601Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.5435063004050 6060 1501200100100
2, 602Letter216 x 2798.5 x 11510066004800 63601501200100100
3, 603Legal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81601501200100100
4 or 10Folio216 x 3308.5 x 13510078004800 7560 1501200100100
15Statement139.7 x 215.95.5 x 8.5330051003000 48601501200100100
101Universal216 x 3568.5 x 14510085004800 82601501200100100
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.33259851962314 49601421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.38382654083542 51721421180100100
4
99
, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.93415659043872 5668 1421180100100
600Other Envelope229 x 3569.02 x 14541284004800 8160 1501200100412
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.875232645002024 42601501200100100
899 (Com 9)225 x 988.875 x 3.875232653242024 50841501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.125247457002174 5460 1501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
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 supported for backward compatibility with other Lexmark printers. Paper ID 99 has the same logical
paper size as ID 100 (compatible with HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx) but is 8 pels wider than the Lexmark 4039.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
Paper
3
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144676 6778 14211808080
3
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800 67788011808080
Envelope
1
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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Lexmark C910
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark C910 printer supports. For more information about the
printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-3: Lexmark C910 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-6
PCL
SelectionPaper/Envelope DimensionsDimensions by Area (pels)
Page Size
2
Parm
13, 613A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.27349649603196 4720 1421180100100
12, 45, 612JI S B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.1430060704000 5830 1501200100100
26, 626A4 (198 mm)
26, 626A4 (203 mm)
46JIS B4257 x 36410.1 x 14.3607086005786 8364 1421180100100
27A3297 x 42011.7 x 16.5701499206730 96841421180100100
1, 601Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.5435063004050 60601501200100100
2, 602Letter216 x 2798.5 x 11510066004800 63601501200100100
3, 603Legal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81601501200100100
4 or 10Folio216 x 3308.5 x 13510078004800 7560 1501200100100
6 or 1111 x 17 (Ledger)279 x 43211 x 176600102006300 99601501200100100
15Statement139.7 x 215.95.5 x 8.5330051003000 48601501200100100
101Universal297 x 43211.7 x 177014102006730 99601421200100100
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.33259851962314 49601421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.38382654083542 51721421180100100
4
99
, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.93415659043872 5668 1421180100100
600Other Envelope297 x 29711.7 x 11.7701470146730 67781421180100100
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.875232645002024 42601501200100100
899 (Com 9)225 x 988.875 x 3.875232653242024 50841501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.125247457002174 5460 1501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
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 supported for backward compatibility with other Lexmark printers. Paper ID 99 has the same logical
paper size as ID 100 (compatible with HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx) but is 8 pels wider than the Lexmark 4039.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
Paper
3
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144676 6778 14211808080
3
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800 67788011808080
Envelope
1
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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2-7
Lexmark E320 and E322
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark E320 and E322 printer supports. For more information
about the printabl e areas and lo gic al pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas”
on page 2-2.
Table 2-4: Lexmark E320 and E322 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
PCL
SelectionPaper/Envelope Dimensions Dimensions by Area (pels)
Page Size
2
Parm
13, 613A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.27349649603196 47201421180100100
12, 45, 612JIS B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.1430060704000 58301501200100100
26, 626A4 (198 mm)
26, 626A4 (203 mm)
1, 601Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.5435063004050 6060 1501200100100
2, 602Letter216 x 2798.5 x 11510066004800 63 601501200100100
3, 603Legal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81601501200100100
101Universal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81601501200100100
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.33259851962314 49 601421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.38382654083542 51 721421180100100
4
99
, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.93415659043872 56681421180100100
600O th er Envelope216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81601501200100100
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.875232645002024 42601501200100100
899 (Com 9)225 x 988.875 x 3.875232653242024 5084 1501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.125247457002174 54601501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
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 supported for backward compatibility with other Lexmark printers. Paper ID 99 has the same logical
paper size as ID 100 (compatible with HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx) but is 8 pels wider than the Lexmark 4039.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
Paper
3
3
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144676 677814211808080
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800 67788011808080
Envelope
1
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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Lexmark J110
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark J110 printer supports. For more information about the
printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-5: Lexmark J110 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-8
PCL
Selection
Paper/
Envelope Dimensions
Dimensions by Area (pels)
1
Page Size Parm2NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
Paper
13, 25A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.27349649603196 46601501500150150
12, 45JIS B5182 x 2577.2 x 10.1430060704000 5770150 1500150150
26A4210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800 6714801500150150
1Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.5435063004050 6000150 1500150150
2Letter216 x 2798. 5 x 11510066004800 63001501500150150
3Legal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81001501500150150
101Universal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 8100150 1500150150
Envelope
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.33259851962298 48961501500150150
91C5229 x 1629.01 x 6.38382654083526 51081501500150150
99, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.934156590438565604 1501500150150
600Ot her En velope229 x 356 9.02 x 14510084004800 40501501500150150
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 98 7.5 x 3.875 232645002026 4200150 1500150150
899 (Com 9)225 x 98 8.875 x 3.875232653242026 5024150 1500150150
8110 (Com 10)241 x 105 9.5 x 4.125247457002174 5400150 1500150150
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
3
The distance from the left edge between the physical page border and the printable area in landscape orientation for all
sizes is 300 pels . The distanc e from the botto m edge betwe en the ph ys ical page border an d the printab le area f or all si zes is
300 pels.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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Lexmark T420
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Le xmark T f amily of printers supp orts. For more inf ormation about
the printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-6: Lexmark T Family Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-9
PCL
Paper/
Selection
Page Size
2
Parm
13A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.273496 4960 3196 4720 1421180100100
12, 45JIS B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.14300 6070 4000 5830 1501200100100
26A4 (198 mm)
26A4 (203 mm)
1Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.54350 6300 4050 6060 1501200100100
2Letter216 x 2798.5 x 115100 6600 4800 6360 1501200100100
3Legal216 x 3568.5 x 145100 8400 4800 8160 1501200100100
4 or 10Folio216 x 3308.5 x 135100 7800 4800 7560 1501200100100
15Statement139.7 x 215.95.5 x 8.53300 5100 3000 48601501200100100
101Universal
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.332598 5196 2314 4960 1421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.383826 5408 3542 5172 1421180100100
99, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.934156 5904 3872 56681421180100100
600Other Envelope229 x 3569.02 x 145100 8400 4800 81601501200100
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.8752326 4500 2024 42601501200100100
899 (Com 9)225 x 988.875 x 3.875 2326 5324 2024 50841501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.1252474 5700 2174 54601501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
3
The distance from the bottom edge in landscape orientation for Other Envelope is 412 pels.
4
Universal size A and B dimensions can be defined. Then, other dimensions (C - I) are derived from A and B.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
3
3
4
Envelope Dimensions
Paper
198 x 2977.8 x 11.74960 7014 4676 6778 142118080100
203 x 2978.0 x 11.74960 7014 4800 677880118080100
216 x 3568.5 x 145100 8500 4800 8260 1501200100100
Envelope
Dimensions by Area (pels)
1
3
100
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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Lexmark T520, T522, T620, and T622
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Le xmark T f amily of printers supp orts. For more inf ormation about
the printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-7: Lexmark T Family Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-10
PCL
Paper/
Selection
Page Size
2
Parm
13A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.273496 4960 3196 4720 1421180100100
12, 45JIS B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.14300 6070 4000 58301501200100100
26A4 (198 mm)
26A4 (203 mm)
1Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.54350 6300 4050 6060 1501200100100
2Letter216 x 2798.5 x 115100 6600 4800 6360 1501200100100
3Legal216 x 3568.5 x 145100 8400 4800 8160 1501200100100
4 or 10Folio216 x 3308.5 x 135100 7800 4800 7560 1501200100100
15Statement139.7 x 215.95.5 x 8.53300 5100 3000 48601501200100100
101Universal
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.332598 5196 2314 4960 1421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.383826 5408 3542 5172 1421180100100
99, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.934156 5904 3872 56681421180100100
600Other Envelope229 x 3569.02 x 145412 8400 4800 81601501200100
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.8752326 4500 2024 42601501200100100
899 (Com 9)225 x 988.875 x 3.875 2326 5324 2024 50841501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.1252474 5700 2174 54601501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
3
The distance from the bottom edge in landscape orientation for Other Envelope is 412 pels.
4
Universal size A and B dimensions can be defined. Then, other dimensions (C - I) are derived from A and B.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
3
3
4
Envelope Dimensions
Paper
198 x 2977.8 x 11.74960 7014 4676 6778142118080100
203 x 2978.0 x 11.74960 7014 4800 677880118080100
216 x 3568.5 x 145100 8500 4800 8260 1501200100100
Envelope
Dimensions by Area (pels)
1
3
100
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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Lexmark W812
The follsnailowing table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark W812 printer supports. For more information about the
printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-8: Lexmark W812 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-11
PCL
SelectionPaper/Envelope DimensionsDimensions by Area (pels)
Page
Size
2
Parm
13, 25A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.2734964960319647201421180100100
12, 45JIS B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.143006070400058301501200100100
26A4 (198 mm)
26A4 (203 mm)
46JIS B4257 x 36410.1 x 14.360708600578683641421180100100
27A3297 x 42011.7 x 16.570149920673096841421180100100
1Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.543506300405060601501200100100
2Letter216 x 2798.5 x 1151006600480063601501200100100
3Legal216 x 3568.5 x 1451008400480081601501200100100
4 or 10Folio216 x 3308.5 x 1351007800480075601501200100100
6 or 1111 x 17 (Ledger)279 x 43211 x 17660010200630099601501200100100
15Statement139.7 x 215.9 5.5 x 8.533005100300048601501200100100
101Universal
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.3325985196231449601421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.3838265408354251721421180100100
600Other Envelope176 x 2507 x 9.842005880390056401501200100100
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.87523264500202442601501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.12524745700217454601501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
3
The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software application.
4
Universal size A and B dimensions can be defined. Then, other dimensions (C - I) are derived from A and B.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
Paper
3
3
4
210 x 2978.3 x 11.74960701446766778142118080100
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800677880118080100
297 x 50811.7 x 207014 120006730 11760 1501200100100
Envelope
1
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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Lexmark W820
The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and
envel ope sizes the Lexmark W820 printer supports. For more information about the
printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
Table 2-9: Lexmark W820 Paper and Envelope Dimensions
2-12
PCL
SelectionPaper/Envelope DimensionsDimensions by Area (pels)
Page
Size
2
Parm
13, 25A5148 x 2105.83 x 8.27349649603196 4720 1421180100100
12, 45JIS B5 Paper182 x 2577.2 x 10.1430060704000 58301501200100100
26A4 (198 mm)
26A4 (203 mm)
46JIS B4257 x 36410.1 x 14.3607086005786 83641421180100100
27A3297 x 42011.7 x 16.5701499206730 96841421180100100
1Executive184 x 2677.25 x 10.5435063004050 6060 1501200100100
2Letter216 x 2798.5 x 11510066004800 63601501200100100
3Legal216 x 3568.5 x 14510084004800 81601501200100100
4 or 10Folio216 x 3308.5 x 13510078004800 75601501200100100
6 or 1111 x 17 (Ledger)279 x 43211 x 176600102006300 99601501200100100
15Statement139.7 x 215.9 5.5 x 8.5330051003000 4860 1501200100100
101Universal
90DL220 x 1108.66 x 4.33259851962314 49601421180100100
91C5229 x 1629.02 x 6.38382654083542 51721421180100100
99, 100B5 Envelope250 x 1769.84 x 6.93415659043872 56681421180100100
600Other Envelope229 x 3569 .02 x 14578651005486 48601501200100100
807-3/4 Monarch191 x 987.5 x 3.875232645002024 42601501200100100
899 (Com 9)225 x 988.875 x 3.875232653242024 50841501200100100
8110 (Com 10)241 x 1059.5 x 4.125247457002174 54601501200100100
1
Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.
2
Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-33 on page 2-55.
3
The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software application.
4
Universal size A and B dimensions can be defined. Then, other dimensions (C - I) are derived from A and B.
NamemminchesABCDEFGHI
Paper
3
3
4
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144676 6778142118080100
210 x 2978.3 x 11.7496070144800 677880118080100
297 x 43211.7 x 177014 102006730 99601501200100100
Envelope
1
Note: The e xplanatio n of the printab le area assumes the
Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-13.
to
Print Area menu item is set
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Print Area Menu Item
The printable area is the area on a sheet of paper within which a pel can be printed.
Logical page is a conceptual entity that defi nes the area in which margins (top , bottom,
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.
The
Print Area menu item is available from the printer operator panel or through
MarkVision Professional. For some printers , Print Area supports three values: Normal,
Whole Page, and Fit to Page. Refer to your printer user documentation for more
information.
2-13
PCL
Legend:
PCL
Logical
Page
Area
Normal setting
Physical
Page
Border
PCL
Printable
Area
Only Portrait Orientation shown for all settings
Whole Page setting
The Normal setting, which is t he factory def ault, means the printable area i ncludes the
entire page except the narrow border around the edge of the page. This is the
nonprintable area. The printer measures margin settings relative to the logical page.
For a more detailed explanation of the Normal setting, see “Printable Areas” on
page 2-2.
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2-14
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 dimens ions. Since the logical page dimensions and the physical page
dimensions are the same, in theory, the cursor may be positioned an ywhere on the
page. Howe v er, the PCL language clips the image to the printab le area. So , the Whole
Page sett ing is useful f or printing scanne d images that e xtend from edge to edg e of a
page.
Some printers offer the Fit to Page setting. When Fit to Page is selected, PCL
emulation or P o stScript emul ation formats a page using a printable area equal to the
physical page, which is from one edge of the page to the ot her edge of the page. If you
use this setting, no clipping occurs. In Fit to Page, the PCL emulation logical page
dimensions are equal to the physical page dimensions, as in the Whole Page sett ing .
The printer holds this f ormatted image in memory , but when t he page prints, the image
is compressed a small amount in both horizontal and vertical directions, and then
centered on the physical page f or lett er-siz e paper onl y. This process creates a small
margin around the image. This artificial margin pre ven ts printing from one edge to the
other, since doing so could contaminate the printer and cause printing problems.
PCL
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 o n the Fit to Page setting.
Notice that a small border appears at t he edges of the printed page , and t he image is
slightly compressed.
Physical
Page
Edge
Formatted Image with Fit to PagePrinted Image with Fit to Page
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2-15
PCL
Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark E320
Your printer supports 13 fonts in PCL emulation, including 12 scalable fonts and one
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. Print the font
sample pages to view the specific par ameters for each font. For scalable fonts, you
can vary the size of a font by specifying pitch or point size. F or bitmapped fonts, you
must choose the pitch or point size lis ted on the f ont sample pages. You can print the
font sample pages from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision. Refer to
your printer user documentation for more information.
A symbol set defines which characters are availa ble for a font and the code point for
each of these characters. The tables beginning on page 2-20 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 from the print er operator panel or
through MarkVision. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.
You can also select f onts using PJL commands. The selection para meter is the
number portion from the font identifi er sho wn on t he font sample pages, such as 0 or
76 from font identifi ers R0 or R76. Use the PJL v a lues sho wn in the tables beginning
on page 2-20 to select a symbol set. If a symbol set does not have a PJL value, use
the symbol set ID to select the symbol set. A f ont selection can be eit her temporary or
set as the default.
Use the followi ng PJL comman ds to sel ect 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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Selecting Symbol Sets for Lexmark E320
To determine if a font or typeface supports a symbol set, see the complete listing of
PCL emulation fonts a nd symbol sets in the f ollo wing tab les: Tabl e 2-13: “Key 26 PCL
Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-20, T ab le 2-14: “Additional PCL Emulation Symbol
Sets” on page 2-23, and Table 2-16: “ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-26.
Table 2-10: Key 26 PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Typeface / Symbol Set
✓ Indicates Typeface
supports the specified
Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does
not support the specified
Symbol Set.
ISO 8859-1 5 Latin 9
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
Roman-8
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1
Legal
Desk Top
PS Te xt
Ventura International
2-16
Ventura US
Microsoft Pu blishing
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
Windows 3.1 Latin 1
MC Text
PCL
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-Turkish (437T)
Windows 3.1 Latin 2
Windows 3.1 Latin 5
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PS Math
Ventura Math
Math-8
Pi font
PJL Value
Two-character Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set ID
Courier✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman BoldItalic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Line Printer 16✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ISOL9
PC858
ROMAN8
PC8
PC8DN
PC850
ISOL1
E9
R8PCPDPME1LGDTTSVI
9N
13U
8U
10U
11U
12U
0N1U7J
LEGAL
DESKTOP
PSTEXT
VNINTL
VNUS
MSPUBL
WIN30
WINL1
12J
PC852
PC8TK
WINL2
WINL5
ISOL2
ISOL5
PSMATH
VNMATH
MATH8
VUPBWOW1MCPEPTWEWTE2E5MSVMM8PI
10J
13J
14J
6J9U19U
12J
17U
9T9E5T2N5N5M6M8M15U
PIFONT
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Table 2-11: Additional PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Typeface / Symbol Set
✓ Indicates Typeface
supports specified
Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does
not support specified
Symbol Set.
Windows Baltic
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic
PC-1004 OS/2
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-860 Portugal
ABICOMP International
PC Ukrainian
PCL
Windows Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
Greek-8
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
PC-911 KATAKANA
2-17
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
PC-8 PC Nova
PC-857 Latin 5, Turkey
Turkish-8
PC-853 Latin 3
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
Windows Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Two-character Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set ID
Courier✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Times New Roman BoldItalic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Arial Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Line Printer 16✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
All fonts that support the Roman-8 (8U) symbol set also support the following
19 symbol sets.
Table 2-12: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
1EUKISO 4: United Kingdom
0UUSISO 6: ASCII
0SSWISO 11: Swedish for Names
0IITISO 15: Italian
2SSPISO 17: Spanish
1GGRISO 21: German
0DDNISO 60: Norwegian Version 1
1FFRISO 69: French
Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set / Typeface
2U2UISO 2: IRV (International Ref Version)
0FOFISO 25: French
0GOGISO: HP German
0KOKISO 14: JIS ASCII
2K2KISO 57: Chinese
3S3SISO 10: Swedish
1S1SISO: HP Spanish
6S6SISO 85: Spanish
4S4SISO 16: Portuguese
5S5SISO 84: Portuguese
1D1DISO 61: Norwegian Version 2
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PCL
Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark E322
Your printer supports 77 fonts in PCL emulation, including 75 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. Print the font
sample pages to view the specific par ameters for each font. For scalable fonts, you
can vary the size of a font by specifying pitch or point size. F or bitmapped fonts, you
must choose the pitch or point size lis ted on the f ont sample pages. You can print the
font sample pages from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision. Refer to
your printer user documentation for more information.
A symbol set defines which characters are availa ble for a font and the code point for
each of these characters. The tables beginning on page 2-20 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 from the print er operator panel or
through MarkVision. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.
The fonts are divided into two major groups. The first 47 fonts (R0 to R46) shown on
the font sampl e pag es are t he standard PCL emulation fonts. The 30 remaini ng fonts
(R47 to R76) are called Type 1 fonts and were originall y defined for PostScript
emulation, but now also work in the PCL emulation.
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 inf ormation.
You can also select f onts using PJL commands. The selection para meter is the
number portion from the font identifi er sho wn on t he font sample pages, such as 0 or
76 from font identifi ers R0 or R76. Use the PJL v a lues sho wn in the tables beginning
on page 2-20 to select a symbol set. If a symbol set does not have a PJL value, use
the symbol set ID to select the symbol set. A f ont selection can be eit her temporary or
set as the default.
Use the followi ng PJL comman ds to sel ect 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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Selecting Symbol Sets for Lexmark E322
To determine if a font or typeface supports a symbol set, see the complete listing of
PCL emulation fonts a nd symbol sets in the f ollo wing tab les: Tabl e 2-13: “Key 26 PCL
Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-20, T ab le 2-14: “Additional PCL Emulation Symbol
Sets” on page 2-23, T ab le 2-15: “Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Type 1 F onts”
on page 2-25, T ab le 2-16: “ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-26, and T ab le
2-17: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-27.
Table 2-13: Key 26 PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Typeface / Symbol Set
2-20
PCL
✓ Indicates Typeface
supports the specified
Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does
not support the specified
Symbol Set.
PJL Value
Two-character Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set ID
Courier✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Courier Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
CG Times Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
Roman-8
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1
ISOL9
PC858
ROMAN8
PC8
PC8DN
PC850
ISOL1
E9
R8PCPDPME1LGDTTSVI
9N
13U
8U
10U
11U
12U
0N1U7J
Legal
Desk Top
PS Te xt
Ventura International
Ventura US
Microsoft Pu blishing
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
Windows 3.1 Latin 1
MC Text
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-Turkish (437T)
Windows 3.1 Latin 2
Windows 3.1 Latin 5
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PS Math
Ventura Math
Math-8
LEGAL
DESKTOP
PSTEXT
VNINTL
VNUS
MSPUBL
WIN30
WINL1
12J
PC852
PC8TK
WINL2
WINL5
ISOL2
ISOL5
PSMATH
VNMATH
MATH8
VUPBWOW1MCPEPTWEWTE2E5MSVMM8PI
10J
13J
14J
6J9U19U
12J
17U
9T9E5T2N5N5M6M8M15U
Pi font
PIFONT
CG Times Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Medium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Medium Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Univers Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letter Gothic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Letter Gothic Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
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Antique Olive Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Albertus Medium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Albertus Extra Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Clarendon Condensed Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Marigold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
Coronet✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
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Typeface / Symbol Set
✓ Indicates Typeface
supports the specified
Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does
not support the specified
Symbol Set.
ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
PC-858 Multilingual Euro
Roman-8
PC-8, Code Page 437
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)
PC-850 Multilingual
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1
Legal
Desk Top
PS Text
Ventura International
2-22
Ventura US
Microsoft Publishing
Windows 3.0 Latin 1
PCL
Windows 3.1 Latin 1
MC Text
PC-852 Latin 2
PC-Turkish (437T)
Windows 3.1 Latin 2
Windows 3.1 Latin 5
ISO 8859-2 Latin 2
ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
PS Math
Ventura Math
Math-8
Pi font
PJL Value
Two-character Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set ID
Times New Roman✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman BoldItalic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Arial Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘
Line Printer 16✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
ISOL9
PC858
ROMAN8
PC8
PC8DN
PC850
ISOL1
E9
R8PCPDPME1LGDTTSVI
9N
13U8U10U
11U
12U0N1U7J10J
LEGAL
DESKTOP
PSTEXT
VNINTL
VNUS
MSPUBL
WIN30
WINL1
12J
PC852
PC8TK
WINL2
WINL5
ISOL2
ISOL5
PSMATH
VNMATH
MATH8
VUPBWOW1MCPEPTWEWTE2E5MSVMM8PI
13J
14J6J9U
19U
12J
17U9T9E5T2N5N5M6M8M
PIFONT
15U
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Typeface / Symbol Set
✓ Indicates Typeface
supports specified
Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does
not support specified
Symbol Set.
Windows Baltic
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic
PC-1004 OS/2
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-860 Portugal
ABICOMP International
PC Ukrainian
PCL
Windows Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
Greek-8
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
PC-911 KATAKANA
2-23
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
PC-8 PC Nova
PC-857 Latin 5, Turkey
Turkish-8
PC-853 Latin 3
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
Windows Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
Two-character Symbol Set ID
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✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘
Letter Gothic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Letter Gothic Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed Medium✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Conden sed M edium Itali c ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Univers Condensed Bold Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Antiqua✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Kursiv✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Halbfett✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
CG Omega✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
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Table 2-14: Additional PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued)
Typeface / Symbol Set
✓ Indicates Typeface
supports specified
Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does
not support specified
Symbol Set.
Windows Baltic
ISO 8859-10 Latin 6
PC-775 Baltic
PC-1004 OS/2
PC-861 Iceland
PC-863 Canadian French
PC-865 Nordic
PC-860 Portugal
ABICOMP International
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal
PC-8 PC Nova
PC-857 Latin 5, Turkey
Turkish-8
PCL
PC-853 Latin 3
PC-8 Polish Mazovia
Windows Cyrillic
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic
PC-866 Cyrillic
PC-855 Cyrillic
Russian-GOST
PC-8 Bulgarian
PC Ukrainian
Windows Greek
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek
PC-869 Greece
PC-851 Greece
PC-8 Latin/Greek
Greek-8
PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G)
PC-911 KA TAKANA
Two-character Symbol Set ID
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✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Italic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman Bold✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
Times New Roman BoldItalic✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘✘
All fonts that support the Roman-8 (8U) symbol set also support the following
19 symbol sets.
Table 2-16: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Symbol Set ID
1EUKISO 4: United Kingdom
0UUSISO 6: ASCII
0SSWISO 11: Swedish for Names
0IITISO 15: Italian
2SSPISO 17: Spanish
1GGRISO 21: German
0DDNISO 60: Norwegian Version 1
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set / Typeface
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Table 2-16: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets (Continued)
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
1FFRISO 69: French
2U2UISO 2: IRV (International Ref Version)
0FOFISO 25: French
0GOGISO: HP German
0KOKISO 14: JIS ASCII
2K2KISO 57: Chinese
3S3SISO 10: Swedish
1S1SISO: HP Spanish
6S6SISO 85: Spanish
4S4SISO 16: Portuguese
Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set / Typeface
PCL
5S5SISO 84: Portuguese
1D1DISO 61: Norwegian Version 2
Table 2-17: Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Typeface / Symbol Set
✓ Indicates Typeface supports specified Symbol Set.
✘ Indicates Typeface does not support specified Sym bo l Set.
Two-character Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set ID
Symbol✓✘✘✘✘
Wingdings✘✓✘✘✘
Symbol
SY
19M
Wingdings
WD
579L
POSTNET Barcode
15Y
Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
DV
9L
PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
DS
10L
POSTNET Barcode✘✘✓✘✘
Zapf Dingbats✘✘✘✓✓
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Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C720,
C750, C910, T520, T52 2, T6 20, T622, W81 2, and W820
Your printer has 86 resident fonts in PCL emulation, including 84 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, styl e, 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 pi tch or point size li sted on the font sample pa ges. You can
print the font sample pages from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision
Professional. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.
A symbol set defines which characters are availa ble for a font and the code point for
each of these character s . Your print er suppo rts 83 symbol sets. The tab les beginning
on page 2-34 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 from the print er operator panel or
through MarkVision Professional . Refer to your printer user documentation for more
information.
The fonts are divided into two major groups. The first 47 fonts (R0 to R46) shown on
the font sampl e pag es are t he standard PCL emulation fonts. The 39 remaini ng fonts
(R47 to R85) are called Type 1 fonts and were originall y defined for PostScript
emulation, but now also work in the PCL emulation.
The fonts are f urther divided into f ont groups A, B , and C indicat ing which symbol set s
are supported by each font. For a list of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts, see
Table 2-18 on page 2-29. For a list of the 39 Type 1 font s, see Table 2-19 on
page 2-32. Both tables list the forward and backward compatibility font selection
commands and the font group (A, B, or C) for each font. For more information on
forwar d and backward compatibilit y , see page 2-29. For more inf ormation on selecting
symbol sets, see page 2-34.
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 inf ormation.
You can also select f onts using PJL commands. The selection para meter is the
number portion from the font identifi er sho wn on t he font sample pages, such as 0 or
76 from font identifi ers R0 or R76. Use the PJL v a lues sho wn in the tables beginning
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on page 2-34 to select a symbol set. If a symbol set does not have a PJL value, use
the symbol set ID to select the symbol set. A f ont selection can be eit her temporary or
set as the default.
Use the followi ng PJL comman ds to sel ect 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.
Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark
C720, C750, C910, T520, T522, T620, T622, W812, and W820
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 w it h the
Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 5 and the Lexmark family of printers.
Standard PCL Emulation Fonts
Table 2-18 on page 2-29 lists the font sel ect ion commands for forward and backw ard
compatibility mode for each of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts. Since the font
selection commands for the forward and backward compatibilit y modes are identi cal,
they are listed together in the table. Most fonts are assigned a font group indicating
which symbol sets that font supports.
To determine which symbol sets are supported by a particular font, find the font
group (A, B, or C) for the font in Tabl e 2-18, and then see Table 2-20 on page 2-34 for
the symbol sets that belong to that group.
Table 2-18: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-21: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-36.
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Table 2-18: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward and Backward
Standard PCL Emulation
Font Name
CG Times Bold034101A
CG Times Bold Italic134101A
Univers Medium004148A
Univers Medium Italic104148A
Univers Bold034148A
Univers Bold Italic134148A
Letter Gothic004102B
Letter Gothic Italic104102B
Letter Gothic Bold034102B
Compatibility Mode
StyleBoldTypeface
Font
Group
Univers Condensed Medium404148B
Univers Condensed Medium Italic504148B
Univers Condensed Bold434148B
Univers Condensed Bold Italic534148B
Garamond Antiqua004197B
Garamond Kursiv104197B
Garamond Halbfett034197B
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett134197B
CG Omega004113B
CG Omega Italic104113B
CG Omega Bold034113B
CG Omega Bold Italic134113B
Antique Olive004168B
Antique Olive Italic104168B
Antique Olive Bold034168B
Albertus Medium014362B
Albertus Extra Bold044362B
Clarendon Condensed Bold434140B
Marigold004297B
Coronet104116B
Times New Roman001 6901B
Times New Roman Italic101 6901B
1
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-21: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-36.
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Table 2-18: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward and Backward
Standard PCL Emulation
Font Name
Times New Roman Bold0316901B
Times New Roman BoldItalic1316901B
Arial0016602B
Arial Italic1016602B
Arial Bold0316602B
Arial Bold Italic1316602B
Symbol
Wingdings
Line Printer 16
POSTNET Barcode
1
1
1
1
1
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-21: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-36.
Compatibility Mode
StyleBoldTypeface
0016686
0031402
000A
000
Font
Group
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Thirty of the Type 1 fonts have different font selection parameters in the forward and
backward compatib ility modes and 9 of the fonts work only in the forward compat ibility
mode. With the appropriate printer driver installed and select ed, your software
application selects these fonts.
The followi ng table shows the font selection commands for forward 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.
To determine which symbol sets are supported by a particular font, find the font
group (A, B, or C) for the font in Tabl e 2-19, and then see Table 2-20 on page 2-34 for
the symbol sets that belong to that group.
Table 2-19: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward Compatibility
Mode
Type 1 Font name
ITC Avant Garde Book00246070061471B
ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique10246071061471B
ITC Avant Garde Demi
ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique
ITC Bookman Light0-3246230-361487B
ITC Bookman Light Italic1-3246231-361487B
ITC Bookman Demi02246230261487B
ITC Bookman Demi Italic12246231261487B
Century Schoolbook Roman00247030061463B
Century Schoolbook Italic10247031061463B
Century Schoolbook Bold03247030361463B
Century Schoolbook Bold Italic13247031361463B
Helvetica00245800061444B
Helvetica Italic10245801061444B
Helvetica Bold03245800361444B
1
1
StyleBoldTypefaceStyleBoldTypeface
02246070361471B
12246071361471B
Backward Compatibility
Mode
Font
Group
Helvetica Bold Italic13245801361444B
1
Notice the values for forward compatibility and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.
2
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
3
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-21: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-36.
4
This font is not implemented in the Lexmark fa mily of printers.
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Table 2-19: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands (Continued)
Your Lexmark printer defaults to the forward compatibility mode to enable a
Hewlett-Packard Company’s driver to sel ect the forward compatibility fonts. The
Lexmark PCL driver uses the bac kw ard compat ibil ity mode and tempor arily switches
the printer to this mode. The PCL (PJL) commands to s witch t he def ault compati bility
modes are:
Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark C720, C750, C910, T520,
T522, T620, T622, W812, and W820
To determine which symbol sets a font or typeface from Table 2-18 or Table 2-19
supports, see the complete listing of PCL emulation fonts and symbol sets in the
follo w ing tables.
Table 2-20: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts
✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported
by the fonts in the font group.
Symbol SetABC
Roman Extension0ERE
Roman-88UR8ROMAN8
PC-8 Code Page 43710UPCPC8
Symbol
Set ID
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
PJL Value
Font Group
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)11UPDPC8DN
PC-850 Multilingual12UPMPC850
PC-852 Latin 217UPEPC852
PC-8 Turkish (437T)9TPTPC8TK
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)26UPV
PC-1004 OS/29JPU
Legal1ULGLEGAL
DeskTop7JDTDESKTOP
MC Text12JMC
✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
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Table 2-20: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts (Continued)
✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported
by the fonts in the font group.
Symbol SetABC
Symbol
Set ID
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
PJL Value
Font Group
PCL
PS Text10JTSPSTEXT
PS Math5MMSPSMATH
Math-88MM8MATH8
Pi Font15UPIPIFONT
Microsoft Publishing6JPBMSPUBL
Windows 3.0 Latin 19UWOWIN30
Windows Latin 119UW1WINL1
Windows Latin 29EWEWINL2
Windows Latin 55TWTWINL5
Windows Latin 6 (Baltic)19LWL
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)0NE1ISOL1
ISO 8859-2 Latin 22NE2ISOL2
ISO 8859-9 Latin 55NE5ISOL5
ISO 8859-10 Latin 66NE6
ISO 8859-15 Latin 99NE9
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
PC-858 Multilingual Euro13UP9
Roman-94UR9
V en tura International13JVIVNINTL
V entura US14JVUVNUS
V en t ur a Mat h6MVMVNMATH
PC-861 Iceland21UIC
PC-863 Canadian French23UCN
PC-865 Nordic25UNW
PC-860 Portugal20UPP
ABICOMP International14PP2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal13PP1
PC-8 PC Nova27QPY
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)16UP5
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
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Table 2-20: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts (Continued)
✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported
by the fonts in the font group.
Symbol SetABC
Symbol
Set ID
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
PJL Value
Font Group
PCL
Turkish-88TTK
PC-853 Latin 3 (Turkish)18UP3
PC-8 Polish Mazovia24QPL
Windows Cyrillic9RWR
ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic10NER
PC-866 Cyrillic3RCP
PC-855 Cyrillic10RPK
Russian-GOST12RRG
PC-8 Bulgarian13RBG
Ukrainian14RCU
Windows Greek9GWG
ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek12NEG
PC-869 Greece11GIG
PC-851 Greece10GPG
PC-8 Latin/Greek12GGK
All fonts that support the Roman-8 (8U) symbol set also support the following
19 symbol sets.
Table 2-22: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Symbol
Set ID
1EUKISO 4: United Kingdom
0UUSISO 6: ASCII
0SSWISO 11: Swedish for Names
0IITISO 15: Italian
2SSPISO 17: Spanish
1GGRISO 21: Germa n
0DDNISO 60: Norwegian Version 1
1FFRISO 69: French
2U2UISO 2: IRV (International Ref Version)
0FOFISO 25: French
0GOGISO: HP German
0KOKISO 14: JIS ASCII
2K2KISO 57: Chinese
3S3SISO 10: Swedish
1S1SISO: HP Spanish
6S6SISO 85: Spanish
4S4SISO 16: Portuguese
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set / Typeface
5S5SISO 84: Portuguese
1D1DISO 61: Norwegian Version 2
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Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark T420
Your printer has 86 resident fonts in PCL emulation, including 84 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, styl e, 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 pi tch or point size li sted on the font sample pa ges. You can
print the font sample pages from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision
Professional. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.
A symbol set defines which characters are availa ble for a font and the code point for
each of these character s . Your print er suppo rts 83 symbol sets. The tab les beginning
on page 2-44 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 from the print er operator panel or
through MarkVision Professional . Refer to your printer user documentation for more
information.
The fonts are divided into two major groups. The first 47 fonts (R0 to R46) shown on
the font sampl e pag es are t he standard PCL emulation fonts. The 39 remaini ng fonts
(R47 to R85) are called Type 1 fonts and were originall y defined for PostScript
emulation, but now also work in the PCL emulation.
The fonts are f urther divided into f ont groups A, B , and C indicat ing which symbol set s
are supported by each font. For a list of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts, see
Table 2-23 on page 2-39. For a list of the 39 Type 1 font s, see Table 2-24 on
page 2-42. Both tables list the forward and backward compatibility font selection
commands and the font group (A, B, or C) for each font. For more information on
forwar d and backward compatibilit y , see page 2-39. For more inf ormation on selecting
symbol sets, see page 2-44.
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 inf ormation.
You can also select f onts using PJL commands. The selection para meter is the
number portion from the font identifi er sho wn on t he font sample pages, such as 0 or
76 from font identifi ers R0 or R76. Use the PJL v a lues sho wn in the tables beginning
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on page 2-44 to select a symbol set. If a symbol set does not have a PJL value, use
the symbol set ID to select the symbol set. A f ont selection can be eit her temporary or
set as the default.
Use the followi ng PJL comman ds to sel ect 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.
Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark T420
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 w it h the
Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 5 and the Lexmark family of printers.
Standard PCL Emulation Fonts
Table 2-23 on page 2-39 lists the font sel ect ion commands for forward and backw ard
compatibility mode for each of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts. Since the font
selection commands for the forward and backward compatibilit y modes are identi cal,
they are listed together in the table. Most fonts are assigned a font group indicating
which symbol sets that font supports.
To determine which symbol sets are supported by a particular font, find the font
group (A, B, or C) for the font in Tabl e 2-23, and then see Table 2-25 on page 2-44 for
the symbol sets that belong to that group.
Table 2-23: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
CG Times004101A
CG Times Italic104101A
CG Times Bold034101A
1
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-26: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-46.
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Table 2-23: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward and Backward
Standard PCL Emulation
Font Name
CG Times Bold Italic134101A
Univers Medium004148A
Univers Medium Italic104148A
Univers Bold034148A
Univers Bold Italic134148A
Letter Gothic004102B
Letter Gothic Italic104102B
Letter Gothic Bold034102B
Univers Condensed Medium404148B
Compatibility Mode
StyleBoldTypeface
Font
Group
Univers Condensed Medium Italic504148B
Univers Condensed Bold434148B
Univers Condensed Bold Italic534148B
Garamond Antiqua004197B
Garamond Kursiv104197B
Garamond Halbfett034197B
Garamond Kursiv Halbfett134197B
CG Omega004113B
CG Omega Italic104113B
CG Omega Bold034113B
CG Omega Bold Italic134113B
Antique Olive004168B
Antique Olive Italic104168B
Antique Olive Bold034168B
Albertus Medium014362B
Albertus Extra Bold044362B
Clarendon Condensed Bold434140B
Marigold004297B
Coronet104116B
Times New Roman0016901B
Times New Roman Italic101 6901B
Times New Roman Bold0316901B
1
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-26: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-46.
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Table 2-23: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward and Backward
Standard PCL Emulation
Font Name
Times New Roman BoldItalic1316901B
Arial0016602B
Arial Italic1016602B
Arial Bold0316602B
Arial Bold Italic1316602B
Symbol
Wingdings
Line Printer 16
POSTNET Barcode
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-26: “Non-Text PCL Emulation
Symbol Sets” on page 2-46.
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Type 1 Fonts
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Thirty of the Type 1 fonts have different font selection parameters in the forward and
backward compatib ility modes and 9 of the fonts work only in the forward compat ibility
mode. With the appropriate printer driver installed and select ed, your software
application selects these fonts.
The followi ng table shows the font selection commands for forward 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.
To determine which symbol sets are supported by a particular font, find the font
group (A, B, or C) for the font in Tabl e 2-24, and then see Table 2-25 on page 2-44 for
the symbol sets that belong to that group.
Table 2-24: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands
Forward Compatibility
Mode
Type 1 Font name
ITC Avant Garde Book00246070061471B
ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique10246071061471B
ITC Avant Garde Demi
ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique
ITC Bookman Light0-3246230-361487B
ITC Bookman Light Italic1-3246231-361487B
ITC Bookman Demi02246230261487B
ITC Bookman Demi Italic12246231261487B
Century Schoolbook Roman00247030061463B
Century Schoolbook Italic10247031061463B
Century Schoolbook Bold03247030361463B
Century Schoolbook Bold Italic13247031361463B
Helvetica00245800061444B
Helvetica Italic10245801061444B
Helvetica Bold03245800361444B
1
1
StyleBoldTypefaceStyleBoldTypeface
02246070361471B
12246071361471B
Backward Compatibility
Mode
Font
Group
Helvetica Bold Italic13245801361444B
1
Notice the values for forward compatibility and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.
2
This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.
3
For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-26: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-46.
4
This font is not implemented in the Lexmark fa mily of printers.
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Table 2-24: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands (Continued)
Your Lexmark printer defaults to the forward compatibility mode to enable a
Hewlett-Packard Company’s driver to sel ect the forward compatibility fonts. The
Lexmark PCL driver uses the bac kw ard compat ibil ity mode and tempor arily switches
the printer to this mode. The PCL (PJL) commands to s witch t he def ault compati bility
modes are:
To determine which symbol sets a font or typeface from Table 2-23 or Table 2-24
supports, see the complete listing of PCL emulation fonts and symbol sets in the
follo w ing tables.
Table 2-25: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts
✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported
by the fonts in the font group.
Symbol SetABCD
Roman Extension0ERE
Roman-88UR8ROMAN8
PC-8 Code Page 43710UPCPC8
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)11UPDPC8DN
Symbol
Set ID
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
PJL Value
Font Group
✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓
PC-850 Multilingual12UPMPC850
PC-852 Latin 217UPEPC852
PC-8 Turkish (437T)9TPTPC8TK
PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6)26UPV
PC-1004 OS/29JPU
Legal1ULGLEGAL
DeskTop7JDTDESKTOP
MC Text12JMC
PS Text10JTSPSTEXT
✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓
✓✓✓
✓✓✓
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Table 2-25: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts (Continued)
✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported
by the fonts in the font group.
Symbol SetABCD
Symbol
Set ID
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
PJL Value
Font Group
PS Math5MMSPSMATH
Math-88MM8MATH8
Pi Font15UPIPIFONT
Microsoft Publishing6JPBMSPUBL
Windows 3.0 Latin 19UWOWIN30
Windows Latin 119UW1WINL1
Windows Latin 29EWEWINL2
Windows Latin 55TWTWINL5
Windows Latin 6 (Baltic)19LWL
ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94)0NE1ISOL1
ISO 8859-2 Latin 22NE2ISOL2
ISO 8859-9 Latin 55NE5ISOL5
ISO 8859-10 Latin 66NE6
ISO 8859-15 Latin 99NE9
PC-858 Multilingual Euro13UP9
Roman-94UR9
V en tura International13JVIVNINTL
V entura US14JVUVNUS
V en t ur a Mat h6MVMVNMATH
PC-861 Iceland21UIC
PC-863 Canadian French23UCN
PC-865 Nordic25UNW
PC-860 Portugal20UPP
ABICOMP International14PP2
ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal13PP1
PC-8 PC Nova27QPY
PC-857 Latin 5 (Turkish)16UP5
Turkish-88TTK
All fonts that support the Roman-8 (8U) symbol set also support the following
19 symbol sets.
Table 2-27: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets
Symbol
Set ID
1EUKISO 4: United Kingdom
0UUSISO 6: ASCII
0SSWISO 11: Swedish for Names
0IITISO 15: Italian
2SSPISO 17: Spanish
Two-character
Symbol Set ID
Symbol Set
1GGRISO 21: Germa n
0DDNISO 60: Norwegian Version 1
1FFRISO 69: French
2U2UISO 2: IRV (International Ref Version)
0FOFISO 25: French
0GOGISO: HP German
0KOKISO 14: JIS ASCII
2K2KISO 57: Chinese
3S3SISO 10: Swedish
1S1SISO: HP Spanish
6S6SISO 85: Spanish
4S4SISO 16: Portuguese
5S5SISO 84: Portuguese
1D1DISO 61: Norwegian Version 2
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Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark J110
The Lexmark J110 printer supports PCL 3 fonts including four bitmapped fonts.
Several parameters are used to select a font from the data stream. These include
symbol set, spacing, point or pitch, styl e, 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 pi tch or point size li sted on the font sample pa ges. You can
print the font sample pages from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision
Professional. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.
A symbol set defines which characters are availa ble for a font and the code point for
each of these characters. Your printer supports 19 symbol sets. The table beginning
on 2-48 shows 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 from the print er operator panel or
through MarkVision Professional . Refer to your printer user documentation for more
information.
The Lexmark J110 def ault driver is a host based printing solution designed t o produce
optimal performance f or printing. The data stream i s optimized to reduc e network load
requirements. The driver can use all fonts installed on a Windows or Macintosh
operating system.
The followi ng table lists the PCL fonts, and the avai lable point sizes and pitches for
each font:
Table 2-28: Lexmark J110 Fonts
Font NameAvailable Point SizesAvailabl e Pitc he s
Font NameAvailable Point SizesAvailabl e Pitc he s
Proportional Fonts
Letter Gothic4.75, 9.5, 1916.67
Letter Gothic Italic6, 12, 246, 12, 24
For the preceding fonts, the following tabl e gives the typeface, symbols set, and
symbol set ID.
Table 2-29: Lexmark J110 Typefaces and Symbol Set IDs
TypefaceSymbol Set ID
ANSI ASCII (ISO 6)0U
French (ISO 69)1F
German (ISO 21)1G
ISO 8859-1 Latin 10N
ISO Latin 22N
ISO Latin 55N
Italina (ISO 15)0I
Legal1U
Norwegian 1 (ISO 60)0D
PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N)11U
PC-8, Code Page 43710U
PC-85012U
PC-852 Latin 217U
PC-857 (Turkish 8)9T
Roman Extension0E
Roman-88U
Spanish (ISO 17)2S
Swedish Names (ISO 11)0S
United Kingdom (ISO 4)1E
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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 ab breviate
them.
Control Codes
Control Codes are single-character instructions.
Table 2-30: Control Codes
CodeDecHexFunctionResult
BS808BackspaceMoves the cu rso r toward the left margin one horizontal s pac e equal to the
last printed character
HT909Horizontal TabMoves the cursor to the next defined tab stop
LF100ALine FeedAdvances the cursor to the same horizontal position on the following line
as determined by either the Vertical Motion Index (VMI) or Set Line
Spacing command
FF120CForm FeedAdvances the cursor to the same horizontal position at the top margin of
the next page
CR130DCarriage ReturnMoves the cursor to the left margin
SP3220SpaceMoves the cursor to the right one column
SI150FPrimary FontSelects the primary font
SO140ESecondary FontSelects the secondary font
Commands
PCL commands are multibyte strings (also known as “escape sequences ”) that begin
ESC
with the Escape control code (
, ←, decimal 27, or h ex adecimal 1B). The
code notifies the printer that the cha racters that f ol lo w are to be int erpreted as part of
a command and are not control codes or data to be printed.
ESC
control
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Command Structure
Most PCL emulation commands have the following structure:
ESC
& a # C
Spaces have been added to thi s example for readability. The command parameter
variables are indicated by a number sign (#).
Table 2-31: Description of Command Structure
ElementDescription
ESC
&Parameterized character from American National Standard Code for Information
aGroup character from ASCII table (range 96 to 126 decimal) that specifies a group
2-51
Decimal 27 or hex 1B
Interchange (ASCII) table (range 33 to 47 decimal)
type of control
PCL
#Decimal character string v alue withi n spe cified nu meric ra nges; ma y be pre ceded b y
CTermination character from ASCII table (range 64 to 94 decimal)
Command Parameters
A command parameter sets the value for a command. This v alue st ays constant until
either a differ ent value resets the command or a command resets the printer to the
default v alues . F or e x ample , after the printer re ceiv es a command that select s a right
margin beginning at column 63, the right margin of each printed page begins at
column 63. That margin sta ys constant until a right margin command with a different
value resets it or until the printer is reset.
Paramet ers for each command are listed in the command tables beginning on
page 2-53. Use the Symbol Set Tables to determine the decimal or hexa decimal value
for each par ameter. To determine a decimal or hex value, first locate the value of the
parameter you requi re in the Symbol Set Table. Th e decimal v alue is the v alue sh own
in the bottom of the cell or bo x wit h that par ameter. To find a hex value , go str aight up
the grid from the desired paramet er and read the value in the top heading. This is the
first character of the hex value. Next, go straight across the grid to the left of the
parameter and read the v alue in the left column heading. This is the seco nd character
of the hex v alue. F or e xample,
of the three values
documentation to determine which to use.) The example on the foll owing page sets
the pitch of the primary font to 16.66 characters per inch.
a + or – sign and contain a decimal point
ESC
(←) is coded 1B in Hex and 27 in decimal. (Any one
←, 1B, or 27 might be used in your application. Read your
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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 select a position relative to the
current cursor position. For example:
ESC
&a6CMove to horizon tal cursor position, column six
ESC
&a+6CMove six columns to the right of the current posi ti on
ESC
&a-6CMove 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 byt es (char acters) of the command onl y once at t he start of the
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
(s10HSelect 10 characters per inch
ESC
(s4099TSelect Courier typeface
To combine these two commands, use this form:
ESC
(s10h4099T
which is 3 bytes shorter than the long form:
ESC
You can combine more than two commands; f or example, you can add Select Stroke
Weight Bold (
(s10H
ESC
(s4099T
ESC
(s3B) to the previous two commands:
ESC
(s10h3b4099T
or in the long form:
ESC
(s10H
ESC
(s3B
ESC
(s4099T
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PCL Emulation Commands
See the follo wing tables f o r a listing of the commands grouped by function.
To determine which commands your printer supports, see Table A-1: “PCL Emulation
Commands” on page A-1.
PCL Emulation Commands by Function
Table 2-32: Job Control
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
EPrinter 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 Dupl ex First Sides
101 Manual Duplex Second 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 binding refers to the side of the physical
page where binding occurs.
Long-Edge Offset Registration
Also known as Left Offset.
Adjusts placement of logical page along the width of the physical
page.
Short-Edge Offset Registration
Also known as T op Offset.
Adjusts placement of logical page along the length of the physical
%–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 c ommand does not affe ct the interpretation of b inary raster
data for bitmapped fonts, raster graphics, or user defined fill patterns.
This command terminates the current printer language and allows
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)
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Table 2-33: Page Control
Command / ParametersFunction / 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
0Active Source or Eject Page
1Tray 1 (Default)
2Manual Paper Feed
3Manual Envelop e Feed
4Tray2
5Tray3
6Optional Envelope Feeder
7Auto Select
8Multipurpose Feeder
20Tray 4
21Tray 5
62Optional 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 dimensions. See the tables beginning on page 2-4 for the
paper and envelope dimensions your printer supports.
If the requested pa ge siz e is no t in the requested source o r if no so urce
is requested, sources are checked for the requested size in the
following order: multipurpose f eeder, 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; however, 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 f or the b ack side of t he page i s printed on the fron t 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.
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
first 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: Resets margins, number of printable lines per page, and cursor
position.
Print Direction
Rotates coordinate system counter-clockwise in 90° increments with
respect to 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 left margin to left edge of the designated column.
Note: The colu mn widt h i s defined b y the sp ace char a cter of the ac tiv e
font and the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI).
Set Right Margin
Sets right margin to right edge of the designated column.
Note: The colu mn widt h i s defined b y the sp ace char a cter of the ac tiv e
font and the HMI.
Clears left and right margins.
SetTop Margin
Sets the number of lines betw een the top of the physical page and first
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 2-33: Page Control (Continued)
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
&l#F
# = number of Lines
Default = 60 or 64 (Country specific)
ESC
&l#G
0 Auto Select (uses the active bin)
1Standard Bin
2Bin 1 or Rear Bin
3Bin 1 or Rear Bin
4Bin 2
5Bin 3
6Bin 4
7Bin 5
8Bin 6
9Bin 7
10Bin 8
11Bin 9
12Bin 10
ESC
&l#L
0 Off
1 On (Default)
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 Length –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 distance between 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. Ref er to your printer user doc umentation
for more information.
• Use of this command alters any previous Set Line Spacing
command settings.
# = number from 0 to 14
0 = default page length is used
(1 to 14 new page length is set)
ESC
&k#W
5Turn Text Scale Mode OFF
6Turn 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. Ref er to your printer user doc umentation
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 comm and ca uses 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 printabl e data.
• When the command is sent, the current page is closed and printed.
• Unsupported values are ignored.
Te xt Scal e Mode
Allows 66 lines of text at six lines per inch to print on 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 2-34: Alphanumeric ID
Command / ParametersFunction / 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 specifies the media type requested.
Media TypeAlphanumeric String
Plain PaperPlain
BondBond
TransparencyTransparency
Card StockCard Stock
LabelsLabels
LetterheadLetterhead
Pre-printedPreprinted
Colored PaperColor
EnvelopeEnvelope
Custom Type 1Custom Type 1 or User Type 1
Custom Type 2Custom Type 2 or User Type 2
Custom Type 3Custom Type 3 or User Type 3
Custom Type 4Custom Type 4 or User Type 4
Custom Type 5Custom Type 5 or User Type 5
Custom Type 6Custom 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 2-35: Cursor Positioning
Command / ParametersFunction / 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
Param eter prece ded b y + or – sign denot es a re lative cursor move from the curren t curs or positio n. Parameter without a
sign denotes an absolute cursor move from the top left margin.
1
1
1
Horizontal Cursor Positioning (in Columns)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.
Note: The column wid t h is de termined by the space character width of
the active font or the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI), if set.
Horizontal Cursor Positioning (in Decipoints)
Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.
Horizontal Cursor Positioning (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.
See “Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C720, C750, C910,
T520, T522, T620, T622, W812, and W820” on page 2-28 or “Font and
Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark J110” on page 2-48 for more
information.
Note: 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 ph ysical trai ts of a char acter and the compo sition of the f ont
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 2-36: Font Selection (Continued)
Command / ParametersFunction / 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 Ul tra Black
ESC
(s#T (primary)
ESC
)s#T (secondary)
# Typeface identifier (0 - 65535)
Note: For a list of typeface nu mbers, see
Table 2-18 on page 2-29 and Table 2-19 on
page 2-32.
Note: This command will not alter the stroke weight of an available font.
Select Typeface
Selects the best fit font design.
To obtain the typefac e v al ues f o r do wnload ed f on ts , print the f on t lis t from
the printer operator panel or through MarkVision Professional. Refer to
your printer user documentation for more information.
On the printout, the typeface number is the last number on the font
selection command example line. The exa mp le lin e is b elow the name of
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.
• Underline thickness is 1/100 inch.
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Table 2-36: Font Selection (Continued)
Command / ParametersFunction / 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
010.00 cpi
216.66 cpi
412.00 cpi
Te xt Parsing Method
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.
Table 2-37: User-Defined Symbol Set
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Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
*c#R
# = Symbol Set ID (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
(f#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
ESC
*c#S
0Delete all (temporary and permanent)
1Delete all temporary
2Delete current (ID)
4Make current temporary
5Make current permanent
Symbol Set ID Code
Sets the symbol set identification for the symbol 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 2-38: Font Creation
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
*c#D
# = Font ID # (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
)s#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
ESC
*c#F
0Delete all (temporary and permanent)
1Delete all temporary
2Delete previous font ID
3Delete previous specified ch aracter
4Make previous font ID temporary
5Make previous font ID permanent
6Copy 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.
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 2-39: Macros
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
&f#Y
# = Macro ID (0 - 32767)
Default = 0
ESC
&f#X
0Start definition
1End definition
2Execute macro (previous macro ID)
3Call macro (previous macro ID)
4Enable overlay (previous macro ID)
5Disable overlay
6Delete all macros
7Delete all temporary macros
8Delete current macro ID
9Make last ID temporary
10Make 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 commands are supported inside macros.
• Only call and e xecute macro commands are allow ed wi thi n a m ac ro.
• A macro may call or ex ecut e another macro . This is cal led nesting. A
maximum of two nesting levels are allowed, for a total of thr ee
levels.
See “Macros” on page 2-86 for additional infor mation.
1Horizontal line
2Vertical line
3Diagonal line
4Diagonal line
5Square grid
6Diagonal grid
User-Defined Patterns
# = User-Defined Patter n ID
ESC
*v#N
0Transparent (Default)
1Opaque
ESC
*v#O
0Transparent (Default)
1Opaque
ESC
*l#O
# = logical operation, value (0 to 255)
Default = 252
ESC
*l#R
0Grid Intersection (Default)
1Grid Centered
ESC
*v#T
0Solid Black (Def au lt)
1Solid White
2Gray Shading Pattern
3Cross-Hatch Pattern
4User Defined Pattern
9True 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 destin ation
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 2-41: User-Defined Pattern
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
*c#W[data]
# = number of data bytes
ESC
*p#R
0Rotate with print (Default)
1Fixed
ESC
*c#Q
0Delete all patterns (temporary and
permanent)
1Delete all temporary patterns
2Delete pattern (last ID specified)
4Make pattern of last ID # tempor ary
5Make pattern of last ID # permanent
User-Defined Pattern
Downloads binary pattern data.
Set Pattern Reference Point
Sets pattern reference point to the current cursor position for userdefined patterns.
Note: Default pattern reference point is the upper left corner of logical
page.
Pattern Control
Manages use of user-defined patterns.
Note: Use Area Fill ID command (
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*c#G) to set ID.
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Table 2-42: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics
Command / ParametersFunction / 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: Size of PCL Units is set by 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: Size of PCL Units is set by Unit-of-Measure command.
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Table 2-42: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics (Continued)
0Left Graphics Margin at 0 (Default)
1Current Cursor Position
2At logical left page limit with scaling
On
3At 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 width of clip window for raster graphics.
Raster Height (Source)
Sets height of clip wi ndow for raster graphics.
Start Raster Graphics
Sets the left margin for raster graphics.
Transfer Raster Data by Plane
This command is used when the r ast er data is encod ed b y plan e 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 cursor position down by the specified number of raster lines.
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Table 2-43: Raster Graphics (Continued)
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
*b#M
0Uncoded (Default)
1Run-Length Encoded
2 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
byte
3Delta Row
5Adaptive Compression
9Replacement Delta Row
999Zlib
1002Group 4
1003Group 3 one dimensional
1004Group 3 two dimensional K=2
1005Group 3 two dimensional K=4
1006TIFF word (16 bit)
1007TIFF double-word (32 bit)
1008Adaptive compression (includes TIFF
word and TIFF double-word)
ESC
*b#W[data]
# = Number of Data Bytes
ESC
*rBEnd Raster Graphics (Version B)
ESC
*rCEnd Raster Graphics (Version C)
ESC
*t#HRaster Width (Destination)
Set Raster Compression Mode
Identifies the co mpres sion mode the ho st uses to tr ansfer RIG data.
For instance, this command can be run-length encoding or TIFF
encoding.
Note: For further information, see “Raster Compression Mode” on
page 2-79 and “Group 3 and Group 4 Raster Compression” on
page 2-84.
Transfer Raster Data by Row/Block
Transfers RIG data.
Note: After each command, the cursor position is moved to the
beginning of the next raster row.
Signals end of raster graphics transfer. If a Raster Height is
specified, the cursor is moved to the first raster row past the Raster
Height.
Same as Version B, but:
• Resets compression mode to uncoded.
• Sets lef t graphics margin to 0.
Sets the width of the destination raster.
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Table 2-43: Raster Graphics (Continued)
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
*t#VRaster 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 12,1 3 - C plane int ensity levels
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 2-44: Color Extensions
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
&b#M
0Print in mixed render algorithm
mode
1Print using gray scale equivalent
ESC
&p#C
0Delete all palettes except those
in stack (active palette is
deleted)
1Delete all palettes in stack
(active palette not affected)
2Delete palette specified by
Palette Control ID
6Copy active palette to ID
specified by Palette Control ID
ESC
&p#I
0 to 32767Palette ID number
ESC
&p#S
0 to 32767Palette ID number
ESC
*l#W[data]
0Resets 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, DataData size and data of
byte-aligned binary data
that specifies a matrix or
matrices for the primary
colors
0Font
1Macro
2User-defined pattern
3Symbol set (for unbound scalable
fonts)
4Font extended
ESC
*s1MFree Space
ESC
&r#F
0Flush all complete pages
1Flush 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 only valid 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 2-46: Picture Frame
Command / ParametersFunction / 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
0Set 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
0Use Previous GL/2 Pen Position
1Use Current PCL Cursor Position
ESC
%#A
0Use Previous PCL Cursor Position
1Use 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 Vertical 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 2-47: Miscellaneous Commands
Command / ParametersFunction / Result
ESC
&s#C
0Enable
1Disable (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 escape sequences rather than executing
them.
Notes:
• To prevent characters from falling outside the right margin (and not
printing), enable End-Of-Line Text Wrap (
ESC
&s0C).
• To see the control characters and other blank codepoints in symbol
set Roman8 (8U), set the symbol set to PC-8 (10U).
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Table 2-47: Miscellaneous Commands (Continued)
Command / ParametersFunction / 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)
-1Ink Saver
0Normal
1Best
ESC
&l#M(b)
0Plain Paper
1Bond
2Coated Paper
3Glossy Paper
4Transparency
101Photo Paper
102Card Stock
103Labels
104Envelope
105Letterhead
106Preprinted
107Colored Paper
108Iron 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 emulation. It can only be entered from wit hin
PCL emulation and cannot be used with software without a unique printer
driver written explicitly for GL/2.
The followi ng 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-7.
Table 2-48: Configuration Group
Command / ParameterCommand 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 2-48: Configuration Group (Continued)
Command / ParameterCommand 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
PCL
SC (X
min, Xmax
, Y
min
, Y
(, type(, left, bottom))); Scale
max
Table 2-49: Vector Group
Command / ParameterCommand 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_angl e(, ch ord_ ang le); Arc Absolute
center
, sweep_angl e(, cho rd_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 2-50: Polygon Group
Command / ParameterCommand 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 2-50: Polygon Group (Continued)
Command / ParameterCommand Name
RA X, Y; Fill Rectangle Absolute
RR X, Y; Fill Rectangle Relative
WG radius, start_angle, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Fill Wedge
Table 2-51: Character Group
Command / ParameterCommand 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 2-52: Line and Fill Attributes Group
Command / ParameterCommand 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
white ref
, red
white ref
);
, green
black ref
, green
white ref
, blue
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 graphi cs. These parameters are in ef fect until y ou overwrite them with a diff erent
command or there is a printer reset.
To ensure that the printed image appears in the expected area, se t widt h a nd height
parameters.
Raster Compression Mode
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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:
0Uncoded (default)
1Run-Length Encoded
2Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Byte
3Delta Row
5Adaptive Compression
9Replacement Delta Row
999Zlib
1002Group 4
1003Group 3 one dimensional
1004Group 3 two dimensional K=2
1005Group 3 two dimensional K=4
1006TIFF word (16 bit)
1007TIFF double-word (32 bit)
1008Adaptive Compression (includes TIFF word and TIFF double-word)
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Uncoded Data
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PCL
Descriptions and examples o f the different parameters appear on the f ollowing pages.
Each example dr aw s the same squar e outli ne 64 bits (8 bytes) wide by 64 scan lines
long.
Uncoded Data is not compressed. Only those bytes needed to form the image are
sent. Each bit represents a sing le dot. In the first byt e, bit 7 corresponds to th e first 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 graph ic s at curr ent positi on
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 graph ic s at curr ent positi on
ESC
*b2W '07FF'x|Run-Length: 8x'FF'x
ESC
*b6W '0080 0500 0001'x|1x'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1x'01'x
ESC
*b6W '0080 0500 0001'x|1x'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1x'01'x
...|...
ESC
*b6W '0080 0500 0001'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 0001'x|1:'80'x, 6x'00'x, 1: '01'x or
ESC
*b9W '078000000000000001'x|8: '8000000000000001'x
... |...
ESC
*b6W '0080 FB00 0001'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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Delta Row is a compressi on mode that i dentifies 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 from last un modified b yte (0- 30); i f the offset i s 31, the next
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 graph ic s at curr ent positi on
|Num Offset
ESC
*b9W 'E0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'x|'111 00000'b=8 at 0: 'FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'x
ESC
*b9W 'E08000000000000001'x|8 at 0: '8000000000000001'x
ESC
*b0W |No bytes change
...
ESC
*b0W |No bytes change
ESC
*b9W 'E0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF'x|8 at 0: '8FFFFFFFFFFFFFF'x
ESC
*rB|End graphics
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Adaptive Compression
Adaptive compression all ows the combined us e of compression methods 0 t hrough 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 Data command size includes all rows (scan lines).
• Scan Mode and SizeH,L are three-byte primary control strings: CountH and
CountL.
Table 2-53: Adaptive Compression Control Strings
Scan ModeCountH,CountLData
0Data sizeH,LUncoded raster scan data
1Data sizeH,LSize of Run-length encoded data (high,low)
2Data sizeH,LSize of Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) data
(high,low)
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3Data SizeH,LSize of Delta Row data (high,low)
4NumberH,L of empty
rows
5NumberH,L of duplicate
rows
254Data SizeH,LTIFF word
255Data SizeH,LTIFF double-word
Zlib is a generic compression method. It refers to a standard for compression as well
as the library that implements the standard.
The zlib compression method uses the deflate al gorithm. This same algorithm is used
by more widely known co mp ression utilities such as PKZIP and GZIP.
Compressed data is a series of variably-sized b lo c ks . An encoder determines ho w to
break the data into bloc ks and finds the best compression method to use for each
block.
An encoder works based on the fol lowing principles. The encode r creates 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 babi lity tr ee de termines which char acte rs are fr equent ly 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 is a final block. Other information
in the header includes checksums, compression algorithm used, and the level of
compression. In compress ion all check sums are set to z ero and in decompressi on 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 2-79 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
ESC
command (
Transfer Raster Data command is 32K bytes. Images larger than 32K bytes must be
broken up and sent using multiple commands. It does not matter where the image is
broken, or how many Transfer Raster Data commands are used. Once the image is
started (with a Transfer Raster Data command), no other commands are allo wed u ntil
the entire image has been sent.
*b#W). The maximum number of bytes that can be sent using the
ESC
*r#S).
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The follo wing example prints a Group 4 image file that is 256 bi ts wide and 9,645 byte s
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 position
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 the y 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 (
ESC
*r#S), the
image is clipped at print time.
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 respectiv ely. This
compression method sends a raster image as a bl ock of raster data.
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Macros
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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 . logo , then calls the logo 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 or p.
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 letter
Thank you for ...|Print the closing
ESC
&f1y3X|Set the macro ID to 1 and call the macro
...
|Print the header From:
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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, PostScript
emulation, and Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS).
To determine which commands your printer supports, see Appendix B: PJL Support.
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.