Lexmark X422 MFP, C510 User Manual

Technical Reference

April 2004

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Introduction ......................................................................1-1

Overview............................................................................................................. 1-1

Navigational Tips......................................................................... .... ..... ..............1-4

Printing the File........................ ..... ................................. .... .................................1-4

Bibliography........................................................................................................1-5

PCL Emulation..................................................................2-1

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Contents

Selecting PCL Emulation....................................................................................2-1

Using SmartSwitch........................................................................................2-1

Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional ..................................2-1

Using Your Software Program......................................................................2-2

Page Formatting.................................................................................................2-3

Printable Areas..............................................................................................2-3

Lexmark C510(n) ..........................................................................................2-4

Lexmark X422...............................................................................................2-5

Print Area Menu Item..........................................................................................2-6

Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark X422.........................................2-8

Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark X422 ............2-9

Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark X422.............................................2-14

Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C510(n)..................................2-18

Forward and Backward Comp atibility Modes for the Lexmark C510(n)......2-19

Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark C510(n)........................................2-24

Command Structure.........................................................................................2-28

Control Codes.............................................................................................2-28

Commands..................................................................................................2-28

PCL Emulation Commands..............................................................................2-31

PCL Emulation Commands by Function..................................................... 2-31

GL/2 Commands..............................................................................................2-53

Raster Image Graphics.....................................................................................2-57

Raster Compression Mode.........................................................................2-57

Macros..............................................................................................................2-64

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Printer Job Language ......................................................3-1

PJL Command Notation.....................................................................................3-1

Kernel Commands........................................... .... ..... ..... ................................ .....3-2

Job Separation Commands................................................................................3-4

Environment Commands and Variables.............................................................3-7

Status Readback Commands...........................................................................3-54

Status Message Format...................................................................................3-61

Information Messages.................................................................................3-61

Auto-Continuable Conditions......................................................................3-63

Attendance Conditions................................................................................3-67

Operator Intervention - Paper Handling......................................................3-72

Operator Intervention - Paper Jams............................................................3-75

Service Errors .............................................................................................3-80

Device Attendance Commands........................................................................3-80

Unique PJL Commands....................................................................................3-82

File Commands for Flash or Disk................................................................3-86

File and Device Protection Commands............................................................3-93

Protecting a File or Device..........................................................................3-93

Unlocking a Protected File or Device..........................................................3-95

Re-Locking a Protected File or Device........................................................3-96

Unlocking a Protected File or Device for the Current Job...........................3-97

Recovering Lost Passwords........................................................................3-98

PostScript Emulation.......................................................4-1

Selecting PostScript Emulation..........................................................................4-1

Using SmartSwitch........................................................................................4-1

Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional ..................................4-1

Using Your Software Program......................................................................4-2

Page Formatting.................................................................................................4-3

Printable Areas..............................................................................................4-3

Logical Page Size.........................................................................................4-4

PostScript Emulation Fonts for the Lexmark X422.............................................4-6

PostScript Emulation Fonts for the Lexmark C510(n)........................................4-8

Supplemental Operators...................................................................................4-11

Command Format.......................................................................................4-11

Paper Size Support.....................................................................................4-12

Paper Tray Support.....................................................................................4-15

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Envelope Size Support................................................................................4-20

Envelope Tray Support...............................................................................4-22

Supplemental Operator Summary...............................................................4-24

Page Device Parameters..................................................................................4-59

Interpreter Parameters.....................................................................................4-73

User Parameters.........................................................................................4-73

System Parameters.....................................................................................4-76

Device Parameters......................................................................................4-82

Status and Error Messages............................................................. ...............4-103

Tagged Binary Not Active .........................................................................4-103

Tagged Binary Active................................................................................4-103

Status Messages.......................................................................................4-104

Unsolicited Messages.................................... ..... ................................. .... .4-105

Contents

Switching Languages ......................................................5-1

SmartSwitch .......................................................................................................5-1

Setting SmartSwitch for Different Interfaces.................................................5-2

Printer Job Language.........................................................................................5-2

Sniffing................................................................................................................5-3

Flash Memory and Disk...................................................6-1

Resource Data Collection (Download Target)....................................................6-2

Storing Resources on Flash Memory or Disk................................................6-3

Viewing the Contents of Flash Memory and Disk...............................................6-3

Password Protection................ ..... ..... .... ................................. ..... .... ...................6-7

Rewriting the Flash Content...............................................................................6-8

Accessing Files with PostScript Emulation.........................................................6-9

File Naming Conventions..............................................................................6-9

Device Search Order...................................................................................6-12

Performance..................................................................................................... 6-13

Job Buffering....................................................................................................6-13

Creating a Partition.....................................................................................6-14

Enabling Job Buffering.................................................................... ..... .......6-14

Disabling Job Buffering...............................................................................6-15

Recovering from a Power Loss...................................................................6-15

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Printer Specifications ......................................................7-1

Airflow Requirement............................................ ................................. .... .....7-1

Noise Emission Levels..................................................................................7-1

Electrical Specifications................................................................................7-2

Power Requirements.....................................................................................7-2

Physical Specifications..................................................................................7-3

Clearance Requirements .............................................................................7-3

Environmental Conditions................................... ..... .... ..... ..... .......................7-4

Altitude Specifications...................................................................................7-4

Atmospheric Pressure...................................................................................7-4

Power On to Ready State Time Period ........................................................7-5

Time to Print the First Page .........................................................................7-5

Printer Interfaces..............................................................8-1

Setting Up the Communications Port.................................................................8-2

Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows 95/98/Me..................8-2

Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows NT 4.0 ......................8-3

Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows 2000.........................8-4

Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows XP ............................8-5

Deciding Which Interface to Use........................................................................8-6

Parallel Interface.................................................................................................8-7

Standard Parallel Connector.........................................................................8-8

Optional Parallel Connector..........................................................................8-8

Parallel Connector Pin Assignments.............................................................8-8

Using the INIT* Signal to Initialize...............................................................8-11

Computer-to-Printer Communications.........................................................8-11

Printer-to-Computer Communication (Advanced Status)............................8-17

Parallel Mode 1...........................................................................................8-18

Parallel Mode 2...........................................................................................8-19

Signal Descriptions........................................ ................................. ..... .... ...8-19

Serial Interface.................................................................................................8-22

Using the RS-232C Serial Interface............................................................ 8-23

Using the RS-422 Serial Interface...............................................................8-33

Network Support...............................................................................................8-39

Input Buffer.......................................................................................................8-40

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PCL Support ....................................................................A-1

PJL Support.....................................................................B-1

PostScript Support .........................................................C-1

Contents

Index................................................................................. X-1

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction

Overview

The followi ng edition of the Technical Reference contains information about printer commands and printer languages supported by the following Lexmark printers:

• Lexmark™ C510(n)

Introduction

• Lexmark X422

To determine which commands and languages your printer supports, see the appendixes in the back of this document or refer to your printer user documentation.

If your printer is not included in this edition of the Technical Reference, it may be avail able in another versi on. Visit the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/ publications for more information.

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Introduction

Printed documentation is also av ailab le fo r some Lexmark printers . Obtain the correct part number from the following table, call 1-800-553-9727, and select option #1 to order a Technical Reference for your printer.

Table 1-1: Technical Reference Documentation Available in Hard Cop y

If you need a Technical Refe rence for the... Order Lexmark part number...

Optra™ K 11A4079 Optra N 11A9979 Optra SC 11C0905 Optra E310 12A2194

The Technical Reference is divided into the following:

Chapter 2: “PCL Emulation”

Shows how to select PCL 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: “Post Scri pt 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.

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 fonts and macros), and manage files.

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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.

See the tables in the three appendixes to determine if your printer supports a particular PCL emulation, PJL, or P ostScript emulation command. The appendixes are:

Introduction

Appendix A: “PCL Support”

Appendix B: “PJL Support”

Appendix C: “PostScript Support”

Navigational Tips

If you are not familiar with PDF files, the following tips ma y help you find the information you need.

• To move forward and backward through this document:

– Select an option under View in the menu bar at the top of the page. – Use the arrows in the toolbar at the top of the page, or the up arrow and

down arrow keys on the keyboard.

– Press the Page Up and Pag e Down keys on the keyboard. – Use the scroll bar to the right of the page. – Click the page number bo x on the st atus bar at the bo ttom of th e page and

type the page you want.

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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 magnification box on the status bar and select an opti on from t he

• To jump directly to a particular section or key word in this document:

– Click one of the bookmarks in the overview window to the left of the page. – Click a topic in the document’s table of contents. – Select Tools from the menu bar and then choose Find or Search. – Click the binoculars icon on the toolbar and then type a word in the t ext bo x. – Click a cross-reference to a figure, page number, or heading in the docu-

Printing the File

then draw a bo x around the area you want to view.

drop-down menu.

ment itself.

Although this book was designed primarily for online viewing, you can print a hard copy by clicking File on the toolbar, and then choosing Print. Make sure you’ve selected the correct printer , range of pages, and number of copie s before you click OK. You should be aware that if you print this document on a color printer, the color you see on the paper may not match the color you see on your computer monitor.

Bibliography

For detailed information about PCL emulation printer commands, PostScr ipt emulation printer commands and operators, and interfaces, refer to the following documentation:

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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 De vice Operators

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, Electronic 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, Revisio n N

• PostScript Language Reference Manual (Third Edition), Adobe Systems

Incorporated, Addison-Wesley Publishing

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CHAPTER 2: PCL Emulation

When you select PCL emulation as the printer language, the printer supports the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet Printer Command Language. This chapter shows how to select PCL emulation and discusses PCL emulation commands, along with resident PCL emulation font and symbol set support.

T o det ermine which commands your printer supports, see Appendix A: “PCL Support” on page A-1.

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 your software program. The printer is shipped with SmartSwitch enabled for both printer languages in all interfaces. The printer examines all print jobs and switches dynamically betwe en PostScript emulation and PCL emulation.

Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional

If SmartSwitch is set to Off for both printer languages, you can select PCL emulation from your printer operator panel or from MarkVision™ Professional. Refer to your printer user documentation fo r information on changing menu settings.

Using Your Software Program

To select PCL emulation, use the Printer Job Language (PJL) Enter Language Command. See “ENTER LANGUAGE Command” on page 3-3 for more information. See “Printer Job Language” on page 3-1 for the syntax and use of PJL.

Warning: When you change printer languages, you may lose some or all previously

downloaded resources, unless are stored in flash memory or on disk.

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Resource Save is set to On or the resources

PCL

Page Formatting

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:

A Portrait physical page width and landscape physical page length B Portrait physical page length and landscape physical page width C Portrait logical page width D Landscape logical page width E Distance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in portrait F Distance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in landscape G Distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and logical page H Distance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in

portrait, or distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and printable area in landscape

I Distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and the printable area in

portrait, or distance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in landscape

Note: The tables beginning on page 2-4 list the page sizes and dimensions of each

area labeled on the preceding diagram for all paper and envelope sizes your printer supports. If information about your printer is not included in the following tables, see page 1-1 for information on how to get a Technical Reference f or your printer.

Lexmark C510(n)

The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and envel ope sizes the Lexmark C510(n) p rinter supports. For more inf ormation about the printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on page 2-3.

Table 2-1: Lexmark C510(n) Paper and Envelope Dimensions

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PCL

Selection Paper/Envelope Dimensions Dimensions by Area (pels) Page Size

Parm

Name mm inches A B C D E F G H I

Paper

13, 613 A5 148 x 210 5.83 x 8.27 3496 4960 3196 4720 142 118 0 100 100 12, 45, 612 JIS B5 Paper 182 x 257 7.2 x 10.1 4300 6070 4000 5830 150 120 0 100 100 26, 626 A4 (198 mm) 26, 626 A4 (203 mm) 1, 601 Executive 184 x 267 7.25 x 10.5 4350 6300 4050 6060 150 120 0 100 100 2, 602 Letter 216 x 279 8.5 x 11 5100 6600 4800 6360 150 120 0 100 100 3, 603 Legal 4 or 10 Folio 15 Statement 139.7 x 215.9 5.5 x 8.5 3300 5100 3000 4860 150 120 0 100 100 101 Universal

210 x 297 8.3 x 11.7 4960 7014 4676 6778 142 118 0 80 80

210 x 297 8.3 x 11.7 4960 7014 4800 6778 80 118 0 80 80

216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8400 4800 8160 150 120 0 100 100 216 x 330 8.5 x 13 5100 7800 4800 7560 150 120 0 100 100

216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8500 4800 8260 150 120 0 100 100

Envelope

90 DL 220 x 110 8.66 x 4.33 2598 5196 2314 4960 142 118 0 100 100 91 C5 229 x 162 9.02 x 6.38 3826 5408 3542 5172 142 118 0 100 100

, 100 B5 Envelope 250 x 176 9.84 x 6.93 4156 5904 3872 5668 142 118 0 100 100

600 Other Envelope 89 9 (Com 9) 225 x 98 8.875 x 3.875 2326 5324 2024 5084 150 120 0 100 100 81 10 (Com 10) 241 x 105 9.5 x 4.125 2474 5700 2174 5460 150 120 0 100 100

Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.

Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-16 on page 2-33.

The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software application.

Paper ID 99 will be supported for backward compatibility with other Lexmark printers. Paper ID 99 has the same logical

216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8400 4800 8160 150 120 0 100 412

paper size as ID 100 (compatible with HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx) but is 8 pels wider than the Lexmark 4039.

The Lexmark C510(n) supports this size media only with an optional legal tray.

Note: The explanat ion of the printab le area assumes the

Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-6.

Print Area menu item is set

Lexmark X422

The following table lists page sizes and print area dimensions for all paper and envel ope sizes the Lexmark X422 printer supports. For more information about the printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation, see “Printable Areas” on page 2-3.

Table 2-2: Lexmark X422 Paper and Envelope Dimensions

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PCL

Selection Paper/Envelope Dimensions Dimensions by Area (pels) Page Size

Parm

13, 613 A5 148 x 210 5.83 x 8.27 3496 4960 3196 4720 142 118 0 100 100 12, 45, 612 JIS B5 Paper 182 x 257 7.2 x 10.1 4300 6070 4000 5830 150 120 0 100 100 26, 626 A4 (198 mm) 26, 626 A4 (203 mm) 1, 601 Executive 184 x 267 7.25 x 10.5 4350 6300 4050 6060 150 120 0 100 100 2, 602 Letter 216 x 279 8.5 x 11 5100 6600 4800 6360 150 120 0 100 100 3, 603 Legal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8400 4800 8160 150 120 0 100 100 4 or 10 Folio 216 x 330 8.5 x 13 5100 7800 4800 7560 150 120 0 100 100 15 Statement 139.7 x 215.9 5.5 x 8.5 3300 5100 3000 4860 150 120 0 100 100 101 Universal 216 x 356 8.5 x 14 5100 8500 4800 8260 150 120 0 100 100

90 DL 220 x 110 8.66 x 4.33 2598 5196 2314 4960 142 118 0 100 100 91 C5 229 x 162 9.02 x 6.38 3826 5408 3542 5172 142 118 0 100 100

, 100 B5 Envelope 250 x 176 9.84 x 6.93 4156 5904 3872 5668 142 118 0 100 100 600 Other Envelope 229 x 356 9.02 x 14 5100 8400 4800 8160 150 120 0 100 100 80 7-3/4 Monarch 191 x 98 7.5 x 3.875 2326 4500 2024 4260 150 120 0 100 100 89 9 (Com 9) 225 x 98 8.875 x 3.875 2326 5324 2024 5084 150 120 0 100 100 81 10 (Com 10) 241 x 105 9.5 x 4.125 2474 5700 2174 5460 150 120 0 100 100

Pel dimensions are for 600 dpi.

Page Size Parameters are explained in Table 2-16 on page 2-33.

The width of the logical page for A4 paper can be changed from the printer operator panel or your software application.

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.

Name mm inches A B C D E F G H I

Paper

210 x 297 8.3 x 11.7 4960 7014 4676 6778 142 118 0 80 80 210 x 297 8.3 x 11.7 4960 7014 4800 6778 80 118 0 80 80

Envelope

Note: The explanat ion of the printab le area assumes the

Normal. For more information about Print Area, see page 2-6.

Print Area menu item is set

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.

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PCL

Normal setting

Legend:

PCL Logical Page Area

The Normal setting, which is t he factory def ault, means the printable area incl udes 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.

Physical Page Border

PCL Printable Area

Only Portrait Orientation shown for all settings

Whole Page setting

For a more detailed explanation of the Normal setting, see “Printable Areas” on page 2-3.

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PCL

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 anywhere 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.

The following illustrations show an image held in memory for printing from one edge to the other and how the image would actually print based on the Fit to Page setting. Notice that a small border appears at t he edges of the printed page , and t he image is slightly compressed.

Physical Page Edge

Formatted Image with Fit to Page Printed Image with Fit to Page

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PCL

Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark X422

Your printer has 91 resident fonts in PCL emulation, including 89 scalable fonts and two bitmapped fonts.

Several parameters are used to select a font from the data stream. These include symbol set, spacing, point or pitch, 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 MFP control panel, using a PJL command (see “LPRINTPCLFONTS” on page 3-83.) or through MarkVision Professional. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.

A symbol set defines which characters are available for a font and the code point for each of these character s . Your printer supports 88 symbol sets . The tab les begi nning on page 2-14 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 MFP control panel or through MarkVision Professional . Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.

The fonts are divided int o three major groups. The first 47 f onts (R0 through R46) shown on the font sample pages are the standard PCL emulation fonts. The next 39 fonts (R47 through R85) are called Type 1 fonts and were originally defined for Post Script emulation, but now also work in the PCL em ulation. The last fiv e fon ts (R86 through R90) include three different Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts, OCR-A and OCR-B fonts.

The fonts are f urther divided into f ont groups A, B , and C indicat ing which symbol set s are supported by each fo nt. For a list of the 47 s tand ard PCL em ulati on fonts, as w ell as the OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts, see Table 2-3 on page 2-9. For a list of the 39 Type 1 fonts, see Table 2-4 on page 2-12. Both tables list the forward and backward compatibility font selection commands and the font group (A, B, or C) for each font. F or more inf ormation on for ward and backw ard compatibili ty, see page 2-9. For more information on selecting symbol sets, see page 2-14.

For compatibility purposes, you can disable Type 1 fonts with the Printer Job Language (PJL) LTYPE1FONTS command. The factory default for these fonts is Enabled. See LTYPE1FONTS on page 3-47 for more information.

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You can also select fonts using PJL commands . The selection parameter 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 2-14 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 X422

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 i t h the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 5 and the Lexmark family of printers.

Standard PCL Emulation Fonts, OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts

Table 2-3 on page 2-9 lists the font selection commands for forward and backward compatibility mode for each of the 47 standard PCL emulation fonts, the OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts. Since t he font selection commands f o r the forward and backward compati bility modes are i dentical, the y are list ed together in the tab le . Most fonts are assig ned 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 Table 2-3, and then see T able 2-5 on page 2-14 for the symbol sets that belong to that group.

Table 2-3: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands

Forward and Backward

Standard PCL Emulation Font Name

Courier 0 0 4099 A Courier Italic 1 0 4099 A Courier Bold 0 3 4099 A Courier Bold Italic 1 3 4099 A

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation

Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

Compatibility Mode Style Bold Typeface

Font Group

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Table 2-3: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection

Forward and Backward

Standard PCL Emulation Font Name

CG Times 0 0 4101 A CG Times Italic 1 0 4101 A CG Times Bold 0 3 4101 A CG Times Bold Italic 1 3 4101 A Univers Medium 0 0 4148 A Univers Medium Italic 1 0 4148 A Univers Bold 0 3 4148 A Univers Bold Italic 1 3 4148 A Letter Gothic 0 0 4102 B

Compatibility Mode Style Bold Typeface

Font Group

Letter Gothic Italic 1 0 4102 B Letter Gothic Bold 0 3 4102 B Univers Condensed Medium 4 0 4148 B Univers Condensed Medium Italic 5 0 4148 B Univers Condensed Bold 4 3 4148 B Univers Condensed Bold Italic 5 3 4148 B Garamond Antiqua 0 0 4197 B Garamond Kursiv 1 0 4197 B Garamond Halbfett 0 3 4197 B Garamond Kursiv Halbfett 1 3 4197 B CG Omega 0 0 4113 B CG Omega Italic 1 0 4113 B CG Omega Bold 0 3 4113 B CG Omega Bold Italic 1 3 4113 B Antique Olive 0 0 4168 B Antique Olive Italic 1 0 4168 B Antique Olive Bold 0 3 4168 B Albertus Medium 0 1 4362 B Albertus Extra Bold 0 4 4362 B Clarendon Condensed Bold 4 3 4140 B Marigold 0 0 4297 B Coronet 1 0 4116 B

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation

Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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Table 2-3: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection

Forward and Backward

Standard PCL Emulation Font Name

Times New Roman 0 0 16901 B Times New Roman Italic 1 0 16901 B Times New Roman Bold 0 3 16901 B Times New Roman BoldItalic 1 3 16901 B Arial 0 0 16602 B Arial Italic 1 0 16602 B Arial Bold 0 3 16602 B Arial Bold Italic 1 3 16602 B

Symbol Wingdings Line Printer 16 POSTNET Bar Code OCR-A OCR-B C39 Narrow C39 Regular C39 Wide

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation

Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

1 1 1

Compatibility Mode Style Bold Typeface

0 0 16686 0 0 31402 000 A 000 0 0 23584 0 0 23590 D 0 0 32774 0 0 32772 0 0 32777

Font Group

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 selected, your software application selects these fonts.

The followi ng table shows the f ont 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 Table 2-4, and then see T able 2-5 on page 2-14 for the symbol sets that belong to that group.

Table 2-4: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands

Forward Compatibility Mode

Type 1 Font name

ITC Avant Garde Book 0 0 24607 0 0 61471 B ITC Avant Garde Book Oblique 1 0 24607 1 0 61471 B ITC Avant Garde Demi ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique ITC Bookman Light 0 -3 24623 0 -3 61487 B ITC Bookman Light Italic 1 -3 24623 1 -3 61487 B ITC Bookman Demi 0 2 24623 0 2 61487 B ITC Bookman Demi Italic 1 2 24623 1 2 61487 B Century Schoolbook Roman 0 0 24703 0 0 61463 B Century Schoolbook Italic 1 0 24703 1 0 61463 B Century Schoolbook Bold 0 3 24703 0 3 61463 B Century Schoolbook Bold Italic 1 3 24703 1 3 61463 B Helvetica 0 0 24580 0 0 61444 B Helvetica Italic 1 0 24580 1 0 61444 B Helvetica Bold 0 3 24580 0 3 61444 B

Style Bold Typeface Style Bold Typeface

0 2 24607 0 3 61471 B 1 2 24607 1 3 61471 B

Backward Compatibility Mode

Font Group

Helvetica Bold Italic 1 3 24580 1 3 61444 B Helvetica Narrow 4 0 24580 4 0 61444 B

Notice the values for forward compatibility and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.

This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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Table 2-4: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands (Continued)

PCL

Forward Compatibility Mode

Type 1 Font name

Helvetica Narrow Italic 5 0 24580 5 0 61444 B Helvetica Narrow Bold 4 3 24580 4 3 61444 B Helvetica Narrow Bold Italic 5 3 24580 5 3 61444 B Helvetica Light Helvetica Light Oblique Helvetica Black Helvetica Black Oblique Palatino Roman 0 0 24591 0 0 61455 B Palatino Italic 1 0 24591 1 0 61455 B Palatino Bold 0 3 24591 0 3 61455 B Palatino Bold Italic 1 3 24591 1 3 61455 B ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic 1 0 45099 1 0 61483 B ITC Zapf Dingbats CourierPS 0024579 B CourierPS Oblique 1 0 24579 B

Style Bold Typeface Style Bold Typeface

0 -3 24580 0 -3 61444 C 1 -3 24580 1 -3 61444 C 0 5 24580 0 5 61444 C 1 5 24580 1 5 61444 C

0 0 45101 0 0 61485

Backward Compatibility Mode

Font Group

CourierPS Bold 0 3 24579 B CourierPS Bold Oblique 1 3 24579 B Times Roman 0025093 B Times Italic 1 0 25093 B Times Bold 0325093 B Times Bold Italic 1 3 25093 B SymbolPS

Notice the values for forward compatibility and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.

This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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PCL

Your Lexmark printer defaults to the forward compatibility mode to enable a Hewlett-Packard Company’s driver to select the forward compatib ility 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:

ESC

Forward

%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM:PCL LFONTCOMPATIBILITY=PCL6

@PJL RESET

ESC

%-12345X

Backward

ESC

%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM:PCL LFONTCOMPATIBILITY=PCL5

@PJL RESET

ESC

%-12345X

Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark X422

To determine which symbol sets a font or typeface from Table 2-3 or Table 2-4 supports, see the complete listing of PCL emulation fonts and symbol sets in the follo w ing tables.

Table 2-5: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts

✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported

by the fonts in the font group.

Symbol Set A B C D

Roman Extension 0E Roman-8 8U ROMAN8 PC-8 Code Page 437 10U PC8 PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N) 11U PC8DN

Symbol Set ID

PJL Value

Font Group

✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓

PC-850 Multilingual 12U PC850 PC-852 Latin 2 17U PC852 PC-8 Turkish (437T) 9T PC8TK PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6) 26U PC-1004 OS/2 9J Legal 1U LEGAL DeskTop 7J DESKTOP MC Text 12J PS Text 10J PSTEXT

✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓✓✓

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Table 2-5: 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 Set A B C D

Symbol Set ID

PJL Value

Font Group

PCL

PS Math 5M PSMATH Math-8 8M MATH8 Pi Font 15U PIFONT Microsoft Publishing 6J MSPUBL Windows 3.0 Latin 1 9U WIN30 Windows Latin 1 19U WINL1 Windows Latin 2 9E WINL2 Windows Latin 5 5T WINL5 Windows Latin 6 (Baltic) 19L ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94) 0N ISOL1 ISO 8859-2 Latin 2 2N ISOL2 ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 5N ISOL5 ISO 8859-10 Latin 6 6N ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 9N PC-858 Multilingual Euro 13U

✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓

Roman-9 4U V en tura International 13J VNINTL V entura US 14J VNUS V entura Math 6M VNMATH PC-861 Iceland 21U PC-863 Canadian French 23U PC-865 Nordic 25U PC-860 Portugal 20U ABICOMP International 14P ABICOMP Brazil/Portugal 13P PC-8 PC Nova 27Q PC-857 Lat in 5 (Turkish) 16U Turkish-8 8T

✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓

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Table 2-5: 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 Set A B C D

Symbol Set ID

PJL Value

Font Group

PCL

PC-853 Lat in 3 (Turkish) 18U PC-8 Polish Mazovia 24Q Windows Cyrillic 9R ISO 8859-5 Latin/Cyrillic 10N PC-866 Cyrillic 3R PC-855 Cyrillic 10R Russian-GOST 12R PC-8 Bulgarian 13R Ukrainian 14R Windows Greek 9G ISO 8859-7 Latin/Greek 12N PC-869 Greece 11G PC-851 Greece 10G PC-8 Latin/Greek 12G Greek-8 8G

✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G) 14G

Table 2-6: Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets

Symbol

Symbol Set

PC-911 Katakana 3K Line Printer 16 Symbol 19M Symbol, SymbolPS Wingdings 579L Wingding POSTNET Bar Code 15Y POSTNET Bar Code Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats 9L ITC Zapf Dingbats PS ITC Zapf Dingbats 10L ITC Zapf Dingbats PCL ITC Zapf Dingbats 14L ITC Zapf Dingbats C39 Bar Code (Uppercase) 9Y Code 3 of 9 C39 Bar Code (plu s Lowercase) 109Y Code 3 of 9

Set ID

✓

Fonts

Table 2-6: Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets

Symbol

Symbol Set

Set ID

Fonts

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C39 Bar Code (plus Human Readable)

OCR-A 0O OCR-A OCR-B 1O OCR-B

209Y Code 3 of 9

All fonts that support the Roman-8 (8U) symbol set also support the following 19 symbol sets.

Table 2-7: ISO PCL Emulation Symbol Sets

Symbol Set ID

1E ISO 4: United Kingdom 0U ISO 6: ASCII 0S ISO 11: Swedish for Names 0I ISO 15: Italian 2S ISO 17: Spanish 1G ISO 21: German 0D ISO 60: Norwegian Version 1 1F ISO 69: French

Symbol Set

2U ISO 2: IRV (International Ref Version) 0F ISO 25: French 0G ISO: HP German 0K ISO 14: JIS ASCII 2K ISO 57: Chinese 3S ISO 10: Swedish 1S ISO: HP Spanish 6S ISO 85: Spanish 4S ISO 16: Portuguese 5S ISO 84: Portuguese 1D ISO 61: Norwegian Version 2

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Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C510(n)

Your printer has 91 resident fonts in PCL emulation, including 89 scalable fonts and two bitmapped fonts.

Several parameters are used to select a font from the data stream. These include symbol set, spacing, point or pitch, 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, using a PJL command (see “LPRINTPCLFONTS” on page 3-83.) or through MarkVision Professional. Ref er to your printer user documentation for more information.

PCL

You can select a font as the PCL emulation default from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision Professional . Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.

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Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark C510(n)

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 i t h the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 5 and the Lexmark family of printers.

Standard PCL Emulation Fonts, OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts

Table 2-8: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands

Forward and Backward

Standard PCL Emulation Font Name

Compatibility Mode Style Bold Typeface

Font Group

Courier 0 0 4099 A Courier Italic 1 0 4099 A Courier Bold 0 3 4099 A

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation

Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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Table 2-8: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection

Forward and Backward

Standard PCL Emulation Font Name

Courier Bold Italic 1 3 4099 A CG Times 0 0 4101 A CG Times Italic 1 0 4101 A CG Times Bold 0 3 4101 A CG Times Bold Italic 1 3 4101 A Univers Medium 0 0 4148 A Univers Medium Italic 1 0 4148 A Univers Bold 0 3 4148 A Univers Bold Italic 1 3 4148 A

Compatibility Mode Style Bold Typeface

Font Group

Letter Gothic 0 0 4102 B Letter Gothic Italic 1 0 4102 B Letter Gothic Bold 0 3 4102 B Univers Condensed Medium 4 0 4148 B Univers Condensed Medium Italic 5 0 4148 B Univers Condensed Bold 4 3 4148 B Univers Condensed Bold Italic 5 3 4148 B Garamond Antiqua 0 0 4197 B Garamond Kursiv 1 0 4197 B Garamond Halbfett 0 3 4197 B Garamond Kursiv Halbfett 1 3 4197 B CG Omega 0 0 4113 B CG Omega Italic 1 0 4113 B CG Omega Bold 0 3 4113 B CG Omega Bold Italic 1 3 4113 B Antique Olive 0 0 4168 B Antique Olive Italic 1 0 4168 B Antique Olive Bold 0 3 4168 B Albertus Medium 0 1 4362 B Albertus Extra Bold 0 4 4362 B Clarendon Condensed Bold 4 3 4140 B Marigold 0 0 4297 B

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation

Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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Table 2-8: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection

Forward and Backward

Standard PCL Emulation Font Name

Coronet 1 0 4116 B Times New Roman 0 0 16901 B Times New Roman Italic 1 0 16901 B Times New Roman Bold 0 3 16901 B Times New Roman BoldItalic 1 3 16901 B Arial 0 0 16602 B Arial Italic 1 0 16602 B Arial Bold 0 3 16602 B Arial Bold Italic 1 3 16602 B

Symbol Wingdings Line Printer 16 POSTNET Bar Code OCR-A OCR-B C39 Narrow C39 Regular C39 Wide

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation

Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

1 1 1

Compatibility Mode Style Bold Typeface

0 0 16686 0 0 31402 000 A 000 0 0 23584 0 0 23590 D 0 0 32774 0 0 32772 0 0 32777

Font Group

Type 1 Fonts

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Table 2-9: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands

Forward Compatibility Mode

Type 1 Font name

Style Bold Typeface Style Bold Typeface

0 2 24607 0 3 61471 B 1 2 24607 1 3 61471 B

Backward Compatibility Mode

Font Group

Helvetica Bold Italic 1 3 24580 1 3 61444 B Helvetica Narrow 4 0 24580 4 0 61444 B

Notice the values for forward compatibility and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.

This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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Table 2-9: Forward and Backward Compatibility Font Selection Commands (Continued)

PCL

Forward Compatibility Mode

Type 1 Font name

Style Bold Typeface Style Bold Typeface

0 -3 24580 0 -3 61444 C 1 -3 24580 1 -3 61444 C 0 5 24580 0 5 61444 C 1 5 24580 1 5 61444 C

0 0 45101 0 0 61485

Backward Compatibility Mode

Font Group

CourierPS Bold 0 3 24579 B CourierPS Bold Oblique 1 3 24579 B Times Roman 0025093 B Times Italic 1 0 25093 B Times Bold 0325093 B Times Bold Italic 1 3 25093 B SymbolPS

Notice the values for forward compatibility and backward compatibility modes differ slightly for Bold.

This font is not implemented in the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet 4050.

For the symbol sets supported by this font, see Table 2-6: “Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets” on page 2-16.

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PCL

ESC

Forward

%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM:PCL LFONTCOMPATIBILITY=PCL6

@PJL RESET

ESC

%-12345X

Backward

ESC

%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM:PCL LFONTCOMPATIBILITY=PCL5

@PJL RESET

ESC

%-12345X

Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark C510(n)

To determine which symbol sets a font or typeface from Table 2-3 or Table 2-4 supports, see the complete listing of PCL emulation fonts and symbol sets in the follo w ing tables.

Table 2-10: Symbol Set Support for PCL Emulation Text Fonts

✓ Indicates the sym bol set i s supported

by the fonts in the font group.

Symbol Set A B C D

Roman Extension 0E Roman-8 8U ROMAN8 PC-8 Code Page 437 10U PC8 PC-8 Danish/Norwegian (437N) 11U PC8DN

Symbol Set ID

PJL Value

Font Group

✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓

PC-850 Multilingual 12U PC850 PC-852 Latin 2 17U PC852 PC-8 Turkish (437T) 9T PC8TK PC-775 Baltic (PC-8 Latin 6) 26U PC-1004 OS/2 9J Legal 1U LEGAL DeskTop 7J DESKTOP MC Text 12J PS Text 10J PSTEXT

✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓ ✓✓✓

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Table 2-10: 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 Set A B C D

Symbol Set ID

PJL Value

Font Group

PCL

✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓

✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓✓

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Table 2-10: 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 Set A B C D

Symbol Set ID

PJL Value

Font Group

PCL

✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

PC-8 Greek Alternate (437G) 14G

Table 2-11: Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets

Symbol

Symbol Set

Set ID

✓

Fonts

Table 2-11: Non-Text PCL Emulation Symbol Sets

Symbol

Symbol Set

Set ID

Fonts

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PCL

C39 Bar Code (plus Human Readable)

OCR-A 0O OCR-A OCR-B 1O OCR-B

209Y Code 3 of 9

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

Symbol Set ID

1E ISO 4: United Kingdom 0U ISO 6: ASCII 0S ISO 11: Swedish for Names 0I ISO 15: Italian 2S ISO 17: Spanish 1G ISO 21: German 0D ISO 60: Norwegian Version 1 1F ISO 69: French

Symbol Set

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Command Structure

This section introduces the different types of PCL emulation commands and their structure, or syntax. It also demonstrates how you can link commands to abbreviate them.

Control Codes

Control Codes are single-character instructions.

Table 2-13: Control Codes

Code Dec Hex Function Result

BS 8 08 Backspace Moves the cursor toward the left margin one horizontal space equal to

the last printed character HT 9 09 Horizontal Tab Moves the cursor to the next defined tab stop LF 10 0A Line Feed Advances the cursor to the s am e horiz o ntal pos iti on on the following line

as determined by either the Vertical Motion Index (VMI) or Set Line

Spacing command FF 12 0C Form Feed Advances the cursor to the same horizontal position at the top margin of

the next page CR 13 0D Carriage Return Moves the cursor to the left margin SP 32 20 Space Moves the cursor to the right one column SI 15 0F Primary Font Selects the primary font SO 14 0E Secondary Font Selects the secondary font

Commands

PCL commands are multibyte s trings (also known as “escape sequences ”) that begi n

ESC

with the Escape control code ( 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.

, ←, decimal 27, or h ex adecimal 1B). The

ESC

control

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 2-14: Description of Command Structure

Element Description

ESC

& Parameterized character from American National Standard Code for Information

a Group character from ASCII table (range 96 to 126 decimal) that specifies a group

# Decimal character string v al ue wi thin spe cified n umeric ra nge s; may be preceded b y

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Decimal 27 or hex 1B

Interchange (ASCII) table (range 33 to 47 decimal)

type of control

a + or – sign and contain a decimal point

PCL

C Termination character from ASCII table (range 64 to 94 decimal)

Command Parameters

A command parameter sets the value f or a c ommand. Thi s value stays const ant until either a differ ent value resets the command or a command resets the printer to th e 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 differ ent value resets it or until the printer is reset.

Paramet ers for each command are listed in the command tables beginning on page 2-31. Use the Symbol Set Tables to determine the decimal or hexadecimal v alue 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. The decimal v alue is th e value sh own in the bottom of the cell or bo x wit h that par ameter. To find a hex v alue , go str aight up the grid from the desired paramet er and read the value in the top heading . This i s the first character of the hex value. Next, go straight across the grid to the left of the parameter and read the 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 following page sets the pitch of the primary font to 16.66 characters per inch.

ESC

(←) is coded 1B in Hex and 27 in decimal. (Any one

←, 1B, or 27 might be used in your application. Read your

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 examp le:

ESC

&a6C Move to horizontal cursor position, column si x

ESC

&a+6C Move six columns to the right of the current position

ESC

&a-6C Move six columns to the left of the current position

Linking Commands

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You can combine PCL emulation commands by linking them if the first 3 bytes of the commands are identical. The combined, short form sends the first 3 bytes only once in the string. To combine commands:

• Use the first 3 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

(s10H Select 10 characters per inch

ESC

(s4099T Select Courier typeface

To combine these two commands, use this form:

ESC

(s10h4099T

which is 3 bytes shorter than the long form:

ESC

(s10H

ESC

(s4099T

You can combine more than two commands; for e x ample, you can add Select Strok e

ESC

Weight Bold (

ESC

(s10h3b4099T

(s3B) to the previous two commands:

or in the long form:

ESC

(s10H

ESC

(s3B

ESC

(s4099T

PCL Emulation Commands

See the follo wing tables for 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 2-15: Job Control

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

E Printer Reset

• Prints any partial pages.

• Resets printer environment to defaults.

• Deletes all temporary downloaded resources.

ESC

&d#A 0 = Collation off 1 ... 999 (number of Copies)

ESC

&l#X # = number of Copies (1 to 32767) Default = 1

ESC

&l#S

0 Single-Sided (Default) 1 Duplex Long-Edge Binding 2 Duplex Short-Edge Binding 100 Manual Duplex First Sides 101 Manual Duplex 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/D uplex Print

Long-edge or short-edge bind ing ref ers to the sid e of the ph ysical page where binding occurs.

Long-Edge Offset Registration

Also known as Left Offset. Adjusts placement of logical page alo ng t he wi dth of the physical pag e .

Short-Edge Offset Registration

Also known as Top Offset. Adjusts placement of logical page along the length of the physical

page.

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Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&u#D Range = (96, 100, 120, 144, 150, 160, 180,

200, 225, 240, 288, 300, 3 60, 4 00, 450, 480 , 600, 720, 800, 900, 120 0, 14 40, 180 0, 24 00, 3600, 7200)

Default = 300 units per inch

ESC

%–12345X Universal Exit Language (UEL) / Start of PJL

Unit of Measure

Sets the size for the PCL Unit (units per inch). The Unit of Measure defines the unit used in the following commands:

• Horizontal Cursor Position by PCL Unit (

• Ve rtical 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 comman d doe s n ot af fect the interpretation of binary raster data for bitmapped fonts, raster graphics, or user defined fill patterns.

This command terminates the current printer langua ge and allo w s switching into PJL. For more information, see “UNIVERSAL EXIT LANGUAGE Command” on page 3-2.

ESC

*p#X)

*p#Y)

ESC

*c#A)

*c#B)

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Table 2-16: Page Contr ol

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&l#A

Paper

1 Executive 2 Letter 3 Legal 4, 10 F oli o 6, 11 Ledger (11 x 17) 13, 25 A5 Paper 15 Statement 26 A4 Paper 27 A3 Paper 12, 45 B5 Paper 46 B4 Paper 101 Custom Paper/Universal

Envelopes

80 Monarch 7 3/4 81 Commercial 10 89 Commercial 9 90 DL 91 C5 99, 100 B5 Envelope 600 Other Envelope

ESC

&l#H

0 Active Source or Eject Page 1 Tray 1 (Default) 2 Manual Paper Feed 3 Manual Envelope Feed 4Tray2 5Tray3 6 Optional Envelope Feeder 7Auto Select 8 Multipurpose Feeder 20 Tray 4 21 Tray 5 62 Optional Paper Source

ESC

&f#G # = number of Decipoints (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)

ESC

&f#F # = number of Decipoints (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)

Set Page Size

Selects the physical size of the paper, which also determines the logical page 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.

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Table 2-16: Page Control (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&f#O

0Short-edge 1 Long-edge

ESC

&f#W [custom name]

# = number of bytes in the custom name

ESC

&l#O

0 Portrait (Default) 1 Landscape 2 Reverse Portrait 3 Reverse Landscape

ESC

&a#P # = Degrees (0, 90, 180, 270) Default = 0

ESC

&c#T

0 Horizontal Printing

-1 Vertical Rotated Printing

ESC

&a#L # = Column Default = 0

ESC

&a#M # = Column Default = Logical Page Width

ESC

9 Clear Horizontal Margins

ESC

&l#E # = number of Lines Default = 3 (1/2 inch)

ESC

&l1T J ob Separation

Set Universal Feed Direction

Sets the feed direction of Universal size. Feed direction means which side of the print media, either the short edge or the long edge, feeds 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.

Set Top Margin

Sets the number of lines betw een the top of the physical page and firs t 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 2-16: Page Control (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&l#F # = number of Lines Default = 60 or 64 (Country specific)

ESC

&l#G

0 Auto Select (uses the active bin) 1 Standard Bin 2Bin 1 or Rear Bin 3Bin 1 or Rear Bin 4Bin 2 5Bin 3 6Bin 4 7Bin 5 8Bin 6 9Bin 7 10 Bin 8 11 Bin 9 12 Bin 10

ESC

&l#L

0 Off 1 On (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.

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Table 2-16: Page Control (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&l#D

1 1 line/inch 22 lines/inch 33 lines/inch 44 lines/inch 6 6 lines/inch (Default) 88 lines/inch 12 12 lines/inch 16 16 lines/inch 24 24 lines/inch 48 48 lines/inch

&a#G

0Next Side 1 Front Side 2Back Side

ESC

&l#P

# = number from 0 to 14 0 = default page length is used (1 to 14 new page length is set)

ESC

&k#W

5 Turn Text Scale Mode OFF 6 Turn Text Scale Mode ON

Set Line Spacing (Alternative Method)

Specifies VMI in lines per inch.

Notes:

• For some printers, you can change the default VMI from the printer operator panel or through MarkVision Professional by using the

Lines Per Page menu item. 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 in sta ll ed, th is command causes a

conditional page eject.

Set Page Length

Sets the logical page length in number of lines.

Notes:

• This command is sent at the beginning of a page in a print job and prior to any printable data.

• When the command is sent, the current page is closed and printed.

• Unsupported values are ignored.

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 2-17: Alphanumeric ID

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&n#W [operation] [string]

# = number of data bytes that make up the operation and string

Operation

operation = 100 or 1 byte = 0x64 or For example:

100 Media Select

String

string = See Alphanumeric String list at right

'd' ascii

Alphanumeric ID

Selects the media type using a character string. The string ID is case sensitive and may be up to 511 bytes long.

The string ID specifies the media type requested.

Media Type Alphanumeric String

Plain Paper Plain Bond Bond Transparency Transparency Card Stock Card Stock Labels Labels Letterhead Letterhead Pre-printed Preprinted Colored Paper Color Envelope Envelope Custom Type 1 Custom Type 1 or User Type 1 Custom Type 2 Custom Type 2 or User Type 2 Custom Type 3 Custom Type 3 or User Type 3 Custom Type 4 Custom Type 4 or User Type 4 Custom Type 5 Custom Type 5 or User Type 5 Custom Type 6 Custom Type 6 or User Type 6

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For example, the following shows the command and parameters used to select bond paper:

To select letterhead paper:

ESC

&n5WdBond

ESC

&n11WdLetterhead

Table 2-18: Cursor Positioning

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&a#C

# = number of Columns

ESC

&a#H # = number of Decipoints (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)

ESC

*p#X # = number of PCL Units

Param eter prece ded b y + or – sign denot es a re lative cursor mov e f rom the curren t curs or posi tion. P ar amete r without a

sign denotes an absolute cursor move from the top left margin.

Horizontal Cursor Position (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 c har acter width of

the active font or the Horizontal Motion Index (HMI), if set.

Horizontal Cursor Position (in Decipoints)

Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.

Horizontal Cursor Position (in PCL Units)

Moves the cursor to a new position along the horizontal axis.

Note: PCL units are set by the Unit-of-Measure Command.

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Table 2-18: Cursor Positioning (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&a#R # = number of Row s

ESC

&a#V # = number of Decipoints (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)

ESC

*p#Y # = number of PCL Units

ESC

= Half Line-Feed

ESC

&k#G

0 CR=CR, LF=LF, FF=FF (Default) 1 CR=CR+LF, LF=LF, FF=FF 2 CR=CR, LF=CR+LF, FF=CR+FF 3 CR=CR+LF, LF=CR+LF, FF=CR+FF

ESC

&f#S

0 Push 1 Pop

Param eter prece ded b y + or – sign denot es a re lative cursor mov e f rom the curren t curs or posi tion. P ar amete r without a

sign denotes an absolute cursor move from the top left margin.

Vertical Cursor Position (in Rows)

Moves the cursor to a new position along the vertical axis. Note: Row height is determined by either the Vertical Motion Index

(VMI) or the Set Line Spacing Command.

Vertical Cursor Position (in Decipoints)

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

Vertical Cursor Position (in PCL Units)

Moves the cursor to a new position along the vertical axis. Note: PCL units are set by the Unit-of-Measure Command.

Moves the cursor down 1/2 line (1/2 of the current VMI).

Set Line Termination

Controls how the printer responds to the Carriage Return (CR), Line Feed (LF), and Form Feed (FF) control codes.

Push / Pop Cursor Position

Sets up a cursor position stack for storing and recalling various cursor positions. The stack can store up to 20 cursor positions.

Note: For the commands listed in Table 2-19, font selection is based on all

parameters set fol lowing the best fit selection rules .

Table 2-19: Font Selection

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

(# (primary)

ESC

)# (secondary) # = symbol set ID Default = 10U (PC-8) or 12U

(PC-850), [Country specific]

ESC

(s#P (primary)

ESC

)s#P (secondary)

0 Fixed (Default) 1 Proportional

ESC

(s#H (primary)

ESC

)s#H (secondary)

# = characters per inch

Default = 10

ESC

(s#V (primary)

ESC

)s#V (secondary)

# = height in points (.25 to 999.75)

Default = 12

ESC

(s#S (primary)

ESC

)s#S (secondary)

0 Upright (Default) 1 Italic 4 Condensed 5 Condensed Italic 8 Compressed 24 Expanded 32 Outline 64 Inline 128 Shadowed 160 Outline Shadowed

Select Symbol Set

See “Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark X422” on page2-8, or “Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexm ark C510(n)” on page 2-18 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 2-19: Font Selection (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

(s#B (primary)

ESC

)s#B (secondary)

-7 Ultra Thin

-6 Extra Thin

-5 Thin

-4 Extra Light

-3 Light

-2 Demi Light

-1 Semi Light 0 Medium (Default) 1 Semi Bold 2 Demi Bold 3 Bold 4 Extra Bold 5 Black 6 Extra Black 7 Ultra Black

ESC

(s#T (primary)

ESC

)s#T (secondary)

# Typeface identifier (0 - 65535)

Note: For a list of typeface nu mbers, see Table2-3 on page 2-9 and Table 2-8 on page 2-19.

ESC

(#X (primary)

ESC

)#X (secondary)

# = Font ID (0 - 32767)

ESC

(3@ (primary)

ESC

)3@ (secondary)

ESC

&p#X[data]

# = number of data of bytes to print as text

ESC

&d#D

0,1 Fixed 2 Fixed - double 3Floating 4 Floating - double

ESC

&d@ Underline - Disable

Select Stroke Weight

Selects a font with a particular thickness.

Note: This command will not alter the stroke weight of an available font.

Select Typeface

Selects the best fit font design. To obtain the typeface v alues for download ed fonts, print the f ont list fro m

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 examp 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 2-19: Font Selection (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&t#P

0, 1 1 byte characters 21 1 or 2 byte characters 31 1 or 2 byte characters 38 1 or 2 byte characters 1008 1, 2, or 3 byte characters (UTF-8)

ESC

&k#S

0 10.00 cpi 2 16.66 cpi 4 12.00 cpi

Table 2-20: User-Defined Symbol Set

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.

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Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#R # = Symbol Set ID (0 - 32767) Default = 0

ESC

(f#W[data] # = number of data bytes

ESC

*c#S

0 Delete all (temporary and permanent) 1 Delete all temporary 2 Delete current (ID) 4 Make current temporary 5 Make 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.

Table 2-21: Font Creation

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#D # = Font ID # (0 - 32767) Default = 0

ESC

)s#W[data] # = number of data bytes

ESC

*c#F

0 Delete all (temporary and permanent) 1 Delete all temporary 2 Delete previous font ID 3 Delete previous specifi ed ch ar ac ter 4 Make previous font ID temporary 5 Make previous font ID permanent 6 Copy current font

ESC

*c#E

# = Code Point (0 - 65536)

Default = 0

ESC

(s#W[data]

# = number of data bytes

Set Font ID

Sets the identification number for the font being downloaded.

Load Font Header

Downloads soft font header information.

Note: Set Font ID before using this command. Caution: Font Control

Manages soft fonts.

Set Character Code

Sets the decimal code point associated with the next character downloaded or deleted.

Load Character

Downloads character descriptor and data to the current character code.

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Table 2-22: Macros

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&f#Y # = Macro ID (0 - 32767) Default = 0

ESC

&f#X

0 Start definition 1 End definition 2 Execute macro (previous macro ID) 3 Call macro (previous macro ID) 4 Enable overlay (previous macro ID) 5 Disable overlay 6 Delete all macros 7 Delete all temporary macros 8 Delete current macro ID 9 Make last ID temporary 10 Make last ID permanent

Set Macro ID

Sets the ID for the macro you have created on flash or disk.

Macro Control

Manages use of macros.

Notes:

• GL/2 comm and s are sup ported inside mac ros.

• Only ca ll a nd execute mac ro c om ma nds are all owed within a macr o.

• A macro ma y call or e xecut e another macro . This is cal led nesting. A

maximum of two nesting levels are allowed, for a total of three levels.

See “Macros” on page 2-64 for additional information.

Table 2-23: Print Model

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#G

Gray Scale Fills

0 White (default) 1-2 2% gray 3-10 10% gray 11-20 15% gray 21-35 30% gray 36-55 45% gray 56-80 70% gray 81-99 90% gray 100 100% gray (Black)

Cross-Hatch Fills

1 Horizontal line 2 Vertical line 3 Diagonal line 4 Diagonal line 5 Square grid 6 Diagonal grid

User-Defined Patterns

# = User-Defined Pattern ID

ESC

*v#N

0 Transparent (Default) 1 Opaque

ESC

*v#O

0 Transparent (Default) 1 Opaque

ESC

*l#O # = logical operation, value (0 to 255) Default = 252

ESC

*l#R

0 Grid Intersection (Default) 1 Grid Centered

ESC

*v#T

0 Solid Black (Default) 1Solid White 2 Gray Shading Pattern 3 Cross-Hatch Pattern 4 User Defined Pattern 9 True gray Level Fill

Area Fill ID

Selects pattern used to fill a rectangular area.

Note: This command is also used to set the user-defined pattern ID.

Source Transparenc y Mode

Affects copying of white pixels from the source onto the destination image.

Pattern Transparency Mode

Affects copying of white pixels from the pattern onto the destination image.

Logical Operation

Defines boolean operations to be performed on data already printed and data about to be printed.

Pixel Placement

Determines how pixels are placed for a rectangular area fill and GL/2 objects.

Pixel Placement does not affect text or raster images.

Select Current Pattern

Selects pattern used when printing text and raster images.

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Table 2-24: User -Defined Pattern

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#W[data] # = number of data bytes

ESC

*p#R

0 Rotate with print (Default) 1Fixed

ESC

*c#Q

0 Delete all patterns (temporary and

permanent) 1 Delete all temporary patterns 2 Delete pattern (last ID specified) 4 Make pat tern of la st ID # temporary 5 Make 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.

Caution: Pattern Control

Manages use of user-defined patterns.

Note: Use Area Fill ID command (

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Table 2-25: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#H # = Number of Decipoints (0 - 32767) (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch) Default = 0, valid to 4 decimal places

ESC

*c#A # = Number of PCL Units (0 - 32767) Default = 0

ESC

*c#V # = Number of Decipoints (0 - 32767) (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch) Default = 0, valid to 4 decimal places

ESC

*c#B # = Number of PCL Units (0 - 32767) Default = 0

Horizontal Rectangle Size (in Decipoints)

Specifies the rectangle width in decipoints.

Horizontal Rectangle Size (in PCL Units)

Specifies the rectangle width in PCL units.

Note: 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.

Table 2-25: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#G

Gray Scale Fills

0 White (default) 1-2 2% Gray 3-10 10% Gray 11-20 15% Gray 21-35 30% Gray 36-55 45% Gray 56-80 70% Gray 81-99 90% Gray 100 100% Gray (Black)

Cross-Hatch Fills

1 Horizontal Line 2 Vertical Line 3 Diagonal Line 4 Diagonal Line 5 Square Grid 6 Diagonal Grid

User-Defined Patterns

# = User-Defined Pattern ID

ESC

*c#P

0 Black Fill (Default) 1White Fill 2Gray Fill 3 Pre-Defined Cross-Hatch

Pattern Fill 4 User-Defined Pattern 5 Current Pattern Fill 9 True gray Level Fill

Area Fill ID

Selects pattern used to fill rectangle area.

Note: This command is also used to set the user-defined pattern ID.

Fill Rectangular Area

Fills a rectangular area defined by Horizontal and Vertical Rectangle Sizes with selected pattern.

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Table 2-26: Raster Graphics

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*t#R

75 75 dpi 100 100 dpi 150 150 dpi 200 200 dpi 300 300 dpi 600 600 dpi 1200 1200 dpi

ESC

*r#F

0 Rotate with print 3 Fixed (Default)

ESC

*r#S

# = Number of Input Pixels

ESC

*r#T

# = Number of Raster Lines

ESC

*r#A

0 Left Graphics Margin at 0 (Default) 1 Current Cursor Position 2 At logical left page limit with scaling

3 At current cursor position with

scaling On

ESC

*b#V[data]

# = Number of Data Bytes

ESC

*b#Y

# = Number of Raster Lines

Raster Resolution Note: 200 dpi is only supported when the printer is operating in

600 dpi or 1200 dpi mode.

Raster Graphics Presentation

Sets the Raster Image Orientation in relation to the logical page.

Raster Width (Source)

Sets width of clip window for raster graphics.

Raster Height (Source)

Sets height of clip window 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 2-26: Raster Graphics (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*b#M

0 Uncoded (Default) 1 Run-Length Encoded 2 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

byte 3 Delta Row 5 Adaptive Compression 9 Replacement Delta Row 999 Zlib 1002 Group 4 1003 Group 3 one dimensional 1004 Group 3 two dimensional K=2 1005 Group 3 two dimensional K=4 1006 TIFF word (16 bit) 1007 TIFF double-word (32 bit) 1008 Adaptive compression (includes TIFF

word and TIFF double-word)

ESC

*b#W[data]

# = Number of Data Bytes

ESC

*rB End Raster Graphics (Version B)

ESC

*rC End Raster Graphics (Version C)

ESC

*t#H Raster Width (Destination)

Set Raster Compression Mode

Identifies the 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 2-57 and “Group 3 and Group 4 Raster Compression” on page 2-62.

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 left graphics margin to 0.

Sets the width of the destination raster.

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Table 2-26: Raster Graphics (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*t#V Raster Height (Destination)

Sets the height of the destination raster.

ESC

*g#W[data]

# - 8 (K-only) or 26 (KCMY) Data Byte 0 - 0x02 (constant) Byte 1 - number of colors 0x01 - K only 0x04 - CMYK Byte 2,3 - X res for K plane 0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600) Byte 4,5 - Y res for K plane 0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600) Byte 6,7 - K plane intensity levels 0x02 (1 bit/plane) or 0x04 (2 bits/plane) Byte 8,9 - X res for C plane 0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600) Byte 10,11 - Y res for C plane 0x012C (300) or 0x0258 (600) Byte 12,1 3 - C plane intensity 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 2-27: Color Extensions

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&b#M

0 Print in mixed render algorithm

mode

1 Print using gray scale equivalent

ESC

&p#C

0 Delete all palettes except those

in stack (active palette is deleted)

1 Delete all palettes in stack

(active palette not affected)

2 Delete palette specified by

Palette Control ID

6 Copy active palette to ID

specified by Palette Control ID

ESC

&p#I

0 to 32767 Palette ID number

ESC

&p#S

0 to 32767 Palette ID number

ESC

*l#W[data]

0 Resets or initializes the color

lookup tables for each primary color to the unity curve

770, Data Data for color lookup table

ESC

*m#W[data]

7 to 32767, Data Data size and data of

byte-aligned binary data that specifies a matrix or matrices for the primary colors

ESC

*o#W[data]

1 to 32767, Data Specifies lightness,

saturation, and image scaling

ESC

*p#P

0 Push (Save) Palette 1 Pop (Restore) Palette

ESC

*r#U

-4 4 planes, device KCMY palette

-3 3 planes, device CMY palette 1 Single plane, K (black) palette 3 3 planes, device RGB palette

Monochrome Print Mode

Changes each color value to its gray scale equivalent.

Palette Control

Provides palette management.

Palette Control ID

Indicates the ID number used by the Palette Control command.

Select Palette

Selects a new active palette by indicating the ID number.

Color Lookup Tables

Enables the color lookup tables and specifies the table to use.

Download Dither Matrix

Downloads a device dependent user-defined dither matrix.

Driver Configuration Command

Indicates the lightness, saturation, and scaling algorithm to be applied to a job.

Push/Pop P ale tte

Saves (push) the current palette and then restores (pop) it from the palette stack.

Simple Color

Creates a fixed-size palette. The color specification of the palette cannot be modified.

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Table 2-27: Color Extensions (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*t#I

0 Gamma Correction Off

0.0 to 4.0 Gamma Number

ESC

*t#J Render Algorithm

ESC

*v#A

-32767.0 to 32767.0

ESC

*v#B

-32767.0 to 32767.0

ESC

*v#C

-32767.0 to 32767.0

ESC

*v#I

# = Palette Index

0 to 2n – 1 = Palette Index

ESC

*v#S

# = Palette Index

0 to 2n – 1 = Palette Index

ESC

*v#W[data] Configure Image Data

ESC

*i#W[data] Viewing Illuminant

Gamma Correction

Improves the perceptual correctness of color data sent from the monitor to any other non-linear device by adjusting the brightness and darkness.

Selects the algorithm used for dithering images and fills.

Color Component One

Indicates the first primary color specified by the Assign Color Index command.

Color Component Two

Indicates t he second primary color specified by the Assign Color Index command.

Color Component Three

Indicates the third primary color spec ified by the Ass ign C olor Index command.

Assign Color Index

Designates the three current color components to the specified palette index number. n represents the number of bits per index.

Foreground Color

Sets the foreground color to the specified index in the current palette. n represents the current palette size.

Creates programmable palettes.

8, Data Designates the relative white point used in determining a viewing

illuminant condition.

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Table 2-28: Status Readback

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*s#T

0 Invalid location (Default) 1 Use currently selected location 2 All locations 3 Internal (resident) 4 Downloaded entity 5 Cartridge 7 User-installable flash 200 Disk

ESC

*s#U

0All 1 If download, temporary; otherwise,

highest priority 2 If download, permanent; otherwise,

next higher priority

ESC

*s#I

0Font 1Macro 2 User-defined pattern 3 Symbol set (for unbound scalable

fonts) 4 Font extended

ESC

*s1M Free Space

ESC

&r#F

0 Flush all complete pages 1 Flush all pages

ESC

*s#X

-32767 to 32767 Default = 0

Set Status Readback Location Type

Sets the status location type to the specified value. The 5 value for Cartridge may be specified, but since your printer

does not support font cards or cartridges, the command is ignored. The 7 value for User-installable flash is 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 2-29: Picture Frame

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

*c#X # of Decipoints: 0 to 32767 (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)

ESC

*c#Y # of Decipoints: 0 to 32767 (1 Decipoint = 1/720 inch)

ESC

*c0T

0 Set Anchor Point to Cursor Po sition

ESC

*c#K Size in inches: 0 to 32767

ESC

*c#L Size in inches: 0 to 32767

ESC

%#B

0 Use Previous GL/2 Pen Position 1 Use Current PCL Cursor Position

ESC

%#A

0 Use Previous PCL Cursor Position 1 Use Current GL/2 Pen Position

Picture Frame Horizontal Size (in Decipoints)

Specifies the horizontal dimension of the picture frame used when printing a GL/2 plot.

Picture Frame 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 2-30: Miscellaneous Commands

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

&s#C

0 Enable 1 Disable (Default)

ESC

Y Display Functions On

End-Of-Line Text Wrap

Enabling End-Of-Line Text Wrap moves portions of lines that extend into the unprintable area to the next line. Disabling drops the portion extending into the unprintable area.

Prints all control codes and 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 (

• To see the control characters and other blank codepoints in symbol set Roman8 (8U), set the symbol set to PC-8 (10U).

ESC

&s0C).

Table 2-30: Miscellaneous Commands (Continued)

Command / Parameters Function / Result

ESC

Z Display Functions Off

Turns off Display Functions; resumes normal command processing.

ESC

z Print Test Page

Causes a test page to print.

ESC

*o#M(b)

-1 Ink Saver 0Normal 1Best

ESC

&l#M(b)

0 Plain P ape r 1Bond 2 Coated P ape r 3 Glossy Paper 4 Transparency 101 Photo Paper 102 Card Stock 103 Labels 104 Envelope 105 Letterhead 106 Preprinted 107 Colored Paper 108 Iron On

Print Quality

Selects the print quality setting for the page.

Paper Type

Selects the paper type setting for the page.

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GL/2 Commands

Note: GL/2 is not a stand-alone plotter emul ation. It can only be entered from within

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-6.

Table 2-31: Configuration Group

Command / Parameter Command Name

CO "text" Comment DF; Default Values IN (n); Initialize IP (X

, YP1(, XP2, YP2)); Input P1 and P2

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Table 2-31: Configuration Group (Continued)

Command / Parameter Command Name

IR (XP1, YP1(, XP2, YP2)); Input Relative P1 and P2 IW (X

, Y1, X2, Y2); Input Window

MC (mode(, opcode)); Logical Operation PP (mode); Pixel Placement RO (angle); Rotate Coordinate System SC (X

min, Xmax

, Y

min

, Y

(, type(, left, bottom))); Scale

max

Table 2-32: Vector Group

Command / Parameter Command Name

AA X AR X AT X BR X BZ X CI radius(, chord_angle); Circle PA (X, Y(,...)); Plot Absolute PD (X, Y(,...)); Pen Down PE (flag(value) | coordinates (...)); Polyline Encoded PR (X, Y(,...)); Plot Relative PU (X, Y(,...)); Pen Up RT X WU (type); Pen Width Units

, Y

center

, Y

center

inter, Yinter

, X2, Y2, X3, Y3(,...); Bezier Relative

1, Y1

, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3(,...); Bezier Absolute

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 P oin t

end

, X

incr end

, Y

(, chord_angle); Arc Relativ e Three Point

incr end

, Y

end

incr inter

Table 2-33: Polygon Group

Command / Parameter Command Name

EA X, Y; Edge Rectangle Absolute EP; Edge Polygon ER X, Y; Edge Rectangle Relative EW radius, start_angle, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Edge Wedge FP (0); Fill Polygon, Odd/Even FP 1; Fill Polygon, Non-Zero Winding PM (mode); Polygon Mode

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Table 2-33: Polygon Group (Continued)

Command / Parameter Command Name

RA X, Y; Fill Rectangle Absolute RR X, Y; Fill Rectangle Relative WG radius, start_angle, sweep_angle(, chord_angle); Fill Wedge

Table 2-34: Character Group

Command / Parameter Command Name

AD (kind, value(,...)); Define Alternate Font CF (mode(, pen)); Character Fill CP (spaces, lines); Character Plot DI (run, rise); Absolute Direction DR (run, rise); Relative Direction DT (label_terminator(, mode)); Define Label Terminator DV (path(, line)); Define Variable Text Path ES (width(, height)); Extra Space FI font_ID; Primary Font FN font_ID; Secondary Font LB char...char label_terminator; Label LM (mode,[row number]) Label Mode LO (position); Label Origin LO 21; Uses PCL Label Origin SA; Select Alternate Font SB (mode); Scalable or Bitmapped Fonts SD (kind, value(,...)); Define Standard Font SI (width, height); Absolute Character Size SL (tangent); Character Slant SR (width, height); Relative Character Size SS; Select Standard Font TD (mode); Transparent Data

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Table 2-35: Line and Fill Attributes Group

Command / Parameter Command Name

AC (X, Y); Anchor Corner CR (red

, blue

black ref

FT (fill_type(, option1(, option2)); Fill Type FT22, (PCL User-Defined Pattern ID); Fill Type FT 9, level; Fill Type LA (kind, value(,...));. Line Attributes LT (pattern_number(, pattern_length(, mode))); Line Type NP (number) ; Number of Pens

black ref

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

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, set width and 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:

0 Uncoded (default) 1 Run-Length Encoded 2 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Byte 3Delta Row 5 Adaptive Compression 9 Replacement Delta Row 999 Zlib 1002 Group 4 1003 Group 3 one dimensional 1004 Group 3 two dimensional K=2 1005 Group 3 two dimensional K=4 1006 TIFF word (16 bit) 1007 TIFF double-word (32 bit) 1008 Adaptive Compress ion (includes TIFF word and TIFF double-word)

Uncoded Data

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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 b yt es) wi de b y 64 sca n 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 raste r graphics at current position

ESC

*b8W 'FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF'x |Raster data uncompressed

ESC

*b8W '80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01'x

ESC

*b8W '80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01'x

...

ESC

*b8W '80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01'x

ESC

*b8W 'FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF'x

ESC

*rB |End graphics

|Repeat to provide 64 total scan lines

Run-Length Encoded Data

Run-Length Encoded Data is interpreted in pairs of bytes. The first byte:

• Acts as a counter , or control byte.

• Indicates how many times to repeat the data in the second byte.

• Can be from 0 (no repetition) to 255.

• The second byte is the data byte.

Example:

ESC

*p300x600Y |Move cursor to 1" x 2"

ESC

*b1M |Set compression to Run-Length

ESC

*r1A |Start raste r graphics at current position

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 indi cates 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

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 raste r graphics at current position

|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

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 al l rows (scan lines).

• Scan Mode and SizeH,L are three-byte primary control strings: CountH and

CountL.

Table 2-36: Adaptive Compression Contr o l Strings

Scan Mode CountH,CountL Data

0 Data sizeH,L Uncoded raster scan data 1 Data sizeH,L Size of Run-length encoded data (high,low) 2 Data sizeH,L Size of Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) data

(high,low)

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3 Data SizeH,L Size of Delta Row data (high,low) 4 NumberH,L of empty

rows

5 NumberH,L of duplicate

rows 254 Data SizeH,L TIFF word 255 Data SizeH,L TIFF double-word

None

Example:

ESC

*p300x1500Y |Move cursor to 1" x 5"

ESC

*b5M |Set the compression to Adaptive Compression

ESC

ESC

*rB |End graphics

Zlib

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Zlib is a generic compression method. It refers to a standard f or compr ession as w el l 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 blocks. 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. Ot her 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 2-57 for more inf o rmation.

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 ot her commands are al low ed until 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 ( image is clipped at print time.

ESC

*r#S), the

Additional Compression Modes

When the compression mode is 1008 (Lexmark Adaptive), TIFF word and doubleword can be printed using compression scan modes 254 and 255 respectiv ely. This compression method sends a raster image as a bl ock of raster data.

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 |Star t 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) it alic

igit | P rint igit

ESC

&a+72H |Relative move right 1/10 inch

ESC

(s18v0S |Select 18 point and turn off italic

C |Print C

ESC

(s12v1S |Select 12 point italic

orp. |Print orp.

ESC

&a+72H |Relative move right 1/10 inch

ESC

&f1X |End of macro definition

ESC

&f10X |Make Macro ID 1 permanent

... ... From:

ESC

&f1y3X |Set the macro ID to 1 and call the macro

|Print the header From:

... |Print the letter Thank you for ... |Print the closing

ESC

&f1y3X |Set the macro ID to 1 and call the macro

...

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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” on page B-1.

PJL Command Notation

The syntax for each supported PJL command is listed in this chapter. The following character codes are used throughout the chapter to illustrate the syntax of each PJL command.

Table 3-1: PJL Command Notation

Character Code

<ESC> Escape Character 0x1B 27 <LF> Line Feed Character 0x0A 10 <CR> Carriage Return Character 0x0D 13 <FF> Form Feed Character 0x0C 12 <HT> Horizontal Tab 0x09 9 <UEL> Universal Exit Language 0x1B 25 2D 31

Description Hex Code Decimal Code

32 33 34 35 58

Notes:

• Parameters enclosed in square br ackets ([ ]) are optiona l and not required for command execution.

• The PJL interpreter requires uppercase for the mands except the Universal Exit Language (UEL) command. The rest of t he PJL command is not case sensitive . The UEL command is case sensitive.

• All PJL commands except UEL must be terminated with a line feed character (<LF>).

Kernel Commands

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@PJL prefix for all PJL com-

UNIVERSAL EXIT LANGUAGE Command

The Universal Exit Language (UEL) command terminates the current printer language and allows dynamic switching into PJL.

Syntax:

<ESC>%-12345X

Notes:

• If the printer receives this command while in PCL emulation, it performs a

ESC

Printer Language Reset (

• If the printer receives this command while in PostScript emulation, it per f orms

an End-of-Job (EOJ) command before exiting PostScript emulation (Ctrl-D).

The PJL commands must immediately follow the UEL command (that is, the UEL syntax must be immediately fol lowed by the

E) before exiting PCL emulation.

@PJL of the next PJL command).

X in the

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ENTER LANGUAGE Command

This command causes the printer to enter the specified language , such as PCL emulation, PostScript emulation, or PPDS.

Syntax:

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = language[<CR>]<LF>

Notes:

• language is PCL, PCL3, PCLXL, PostScript, or PPDS.

• You can use uppercase, lower case, or mix ed case . (@PJL must be uppercase ;

all others can be mixed or lowercase.)

Example:

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PostScript[<CR>]<LF>

enters PostScript emulation.

COMMENT Command

This command lets you add descriptive comments to your PJL job.

Syntax:

@PJL COMMENT words[<CR>]<LF>

Notes:

• When the printer receives this command, it is ignored.

• The words parameter can be any combination of printable characters,

spaces, and horizontal tabs.

• The COMMENT command is terminated by the line feed character (<LF>).

Job Separation Commands

Your printer supports the PJL JOB and EOJ commands. When the printer receives a JOB command, the print timeout is multipli ed by 10; when the printer receives a PJL EOJ command, the print timeout is reset to the user default. The appears on the printer operator panel displa y or through MarkVision Prof essional until an EOJ command is received or until the print timeout expires.

Your printer also supports the PASSWORD parameter for the PJL JOB command.

JOB Command

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PJL

Waiting message

The host computer can use the JOB command to separate print data into various parts or jobs. Specifically, the JOB command signifies to the printer the start of a print job. Use the EOJ command to signify the end of a job. In addition, use the JOB/EOJ pair to accomplish the following:

• Provide a job name (the name displa ys on the printer operator panel or

through MarkVision Professional).

• Indicate which pages of the job should be printed.

• Monitor the job status as it prints.

Syntax:

@PJL JOB [NAME = "job name"] [START = first page] [END = last page] [PASSWORD = number][<CR>]<LF>

Notes:

• The JOB command should only be used in conjunction with the EOJ

command.

• After receiving a JOB command, the printer does not process a UEL

command as a PJL job boundary until it receives the corresponding EOJ. Instead, UELs occurring within a JOB/EOJ pair are processed as printer

ESC

language resets (for example, PCL

E).

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Parameters:

NAME = "job name"

Use the NAME parameter to assign a character string name to a particular job. The name may be any combination of printable char ac ters , spaces or horiz ontal tabs up to a maximum of 80 characters, spaces, or tabs. The enclosed in double quotes, as indicated by the command syntax.

START = first page

Use the START parameter in conjunction with the END parameter to skip the printing of a particular portion of the job. The emulator discards pages of a job until the page specified by this parameter is reached. The from 1 to 2,147,483,647. Omission of the START parameter causes the printer to start printing with page 1 of the job.

job name must be

first page range is

END = last page

Use the END parameter in conjunction with the START parameter t o skip the printing of a particular portion of the job. The emulator discar ds all pages of a job after the to page 1 of the print job and its range is from 1 to 2,147,483,647. Omissi on of the END parameter causes the printer to print all pages to the end of the job.

PASSWORD = number

A system administrator can control which jobs, and therefore which users, are allowed to modify the printer default or NVRAM variables by declaring a PJL password. With a PJL password declared, the PASSWORD parameter with the correct PASSWORD number must be specified in order to modify the default printer environment.

A PJL JOB command with the correct PASSWORD must be issued before any PJL command can modify an NVRAM setting. The PJL EOJ command terminates the job and disables any further modification of NVRAM. If a PJL password is declar ed and the wrong PASSWORD number is specified on the PJL JOB command, the printer will dela y one half of a sec ond bef ore pro cessing the next command.

last page has been printed. The specification of last page is relative

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For detailed information on PJL password protection, see “File and Device Protection Commands” on page 3-93.

Note: Setting a default PJL password disables the use of PJL DEFAULT and

INITIALIZE commands. (See “DEFAULT Command” on page 3-8 and “INITIALIZE Command” on page 3-11.)

EOJ Command

The EOJ command signifies the end of a print job.

Syntax:

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

Note:

Only use the EOJ command in conjunction with the JOB command.

Parameter:

NAME = "job name"

Use the NAME parameter to assign a character string name to a particular job. The name may be any combination of printable char acters, spaces, or horizont al tabs up to a maximum of 80 characters, spaces, or tabs. The NAME string may be different fr om the NAME st ring specifie d in the JOB command. The must be enclosed in double quotes.

job name

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Environmen t Commands and Variables

This section describes the printer en vironment variab les and the PJL commands used to modify or query the variables.

Note: The word common applies to those va riables common to both your printer

and the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet printers.

Table 3-2: Environment Variable Categories

Beginning

Common Variables for Both Printer Languages

Note: The word common applies to those va riables common to both your printer

and the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet printers.

The followi ng common variables are supported for both PCL emulation and P ostScript emulation, unless otherwise noted. Therefore, the [ parameter should not be specified.

To determine which variables your printer supports, see “Table B-1: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages” on page B-1.

Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

command modifier:value]

AUTOCONT

(DEFAULT only)

BINDING Duplex Bind LONGEDGE, SHORTEDGE LONGEDGE BITSPERPIXEL Image

CLEARABLEWARNINGS

(READ only)

Auto Continue 0, 5 to 255, OFF, ON

A value of 0 or OFF indicates Auto Continue is disabled. A v alu e of ON indi cates A uto Contin ue is se t to 30.

INQUIRE or DINQUI RE on the Auto Continue variable return s a numeric value.

Note: If a value greater than 255 is s pecif ied b y a SE T or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 255.

1, 2, 4, Auto Enhancement Technology and Image Enhancement Technology Type

Auto Continue from operator panel non-fatal warning messages

A value of 1 indicates the Image Enhancement

Technology setting is set to Off. A value of 2 or 4

indicates the Image Enhanc em ent Technology setti ng

is set to On.

INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of Image

Enhancement Technology as follows:

• If Image Enhan cemen t Technology is s et to Off , 1 is returned.

• If Image Enh ancement Technology is set to O n, 2 or 4 is returned depending on the Image Enhancement Technology Type setting. If Image Enhancement Technology Type is set to On, the numerical value of BITSPERPIXEL is returned. If Image Enhancement Technology Type is set to Auto , a v alu e of 2 or 4 is returned depe nding o n the amount of total memory installed.

JOB, ON If Auto Continue is set to On, JOB is returned. If Auto Continue is set to Off, ON is returned.

COPIES Number of copies

of each page

1 to 999 Note: If a value greater than 999 is s pecif ied b y a SE T

or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 999.

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Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

CPLOCK

(DEFAULT only)

Disables menus ON, OFF

ON disables the printer operator panel menus. OFF enables menu s.

OFF

DENSITY Print Dar kness 1 to 5

• 1 = Lightest

• 2 = Lighter

• 3 = Normal

• 4 = Darker

• 5 = Darkest

To determine the default value of your printer, see “Table B-1: Common Variables for Both Printer

Languages” on pageB-1. DUPLEX Duplex ON, OFF OFF ECONOMODE Toner Saver ON, OFF OFF FORMATTERNUMBER

(READ only)

FORMLINES Lines per page 1 to 255

Unique printer identifier

The value of the NVRAM serial number field is

returned.

The NVRAM serial number field is set to the printer

serial number. In order to guarantee that a unique

identifier ex ists in this field, th e printer writes a ra ndom

alphanumeric string into this fi eld whene v er the critical

byte area in NVRAM is re-initialized.

Note: If a value greater than 255 is s pecif ied b y a SE T

or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 255.

2, 3, 4 (Model specific)

Set by printer manufacturer

60, 64 (Country specific)

HOLD

(SET only)

HOLDKEY

(SET only)

Print and Hold ON, OFF, STORE, PROOF

The HOLD variable interacts with the HOLDKEY and

HOLDTYPE variables. For more information, see

HOLDTYPE on page 3-14.

Print and Hold PIN “PIN”

PIN is a text string c onsis ting of e xac tly f ou r n umer als .

Only the numerals 1 through 6 are valid.

Note: A null (“ “) string is an acceptable value and

indicates no PIN is specified.

The HOLDKEY variable interacts with the HOLD and

HOLDTYPE variables. For more information, see

HOLDTYPE as follows.

OFF

NULL (no PIN)

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Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

HOLDTYPE

(SET only)

Print and Hold Type

PUBLIC, PRIVATE

The HOLD, HOLDKEY, and HOLDTYPE variables

interact with each other as follows:

• When HOLD is set to On, HOLDKEY is set to a valid PIN, and HOLDTYPE is set to Private, Confidential Print capabili ty is a vailable.

• When HOLD is set to On, HOLDKEY is set to “ ”, and HOLDTYPE is set to Public, Repeat Print capability is available.

• When HOLD is set to Stor e , HOLDKEY is s et to “ ”, and HOLDTYPE is set to Public, Reserve Print capability is available.

• When HOLD is set to Pr oof, HOLDKEY is set to “ ”, and HOLDTYPE is set to Public, Verify Print capability is available.

• Print and Hold capabilities are not available with any other possible combination of HOLD, HOLDKEY, and HOLDTYPE settings.

PUBLIC

IMAGEADAPT

(DEFAULT only) INTRAY2 Tray lock - Tray 2 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED INTRAY3 Tray lock - Tray 3 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED INTRAY4 Tray lock - Tray 4 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED INTRAY5 Tray lock - Tray 5 UNLOCKED, LOCKED UNLOCKED INTRAY1SIZE

(SET only)

INTRAY2SIZE

(SET only)

INTRAY3SIZE

(SET only)

INTRAY4SIZE

(SET only)

INTRAY5SIZE

(SET only)

Resolution reduction

Tray 1 installed size, default formatting size

Tray 2 installed size, default formatting size

Tray 3 installed size, default formatting size

Tray 4 installed size, default formatting size

Tray 5 installed size, default formatting size

ON, OFF ON

A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4, JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER, LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, COM10, COM9, MONARCH, DL, C5, B5, OTHERENVELOPE, STATEMENT

A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4, JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER, LEGAL, LETTER, 11X17, STATEMENT

LETTER, A4 (Country specific)

JOBNAME

(SET only)

Print and Hold Jobname

“jobname” jobname is a text string truncated to 24 characters. Note: A null (“ ”) string is an acceptable value and

indicates no Print and Hold Jobname is specified.

NULL (No jobname)

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Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

JOBOFFSET Offset Pages ON, OFF, BETWEENJOBS, BETWEENCOPIES

INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of Offset Pages as follows:

• If Offset Pages is set to Off, OFF is returned.

• If Offset Pages is set to Between Jobs or Between

Copies, ON is returned.

Offset refers to stacking entire print jobs or copies of the same print job in two separate g ro ups i n an output bin.

LANG

(DEFAULT only)

Default display language

DANISH, GERMAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, DUTCH, NORWEGIAN, SWEDISH, PORTUGUESE, FINNISH, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN, POLISH, HUNGARIAN, TURKISH, CZECH

OFF

Country specific

LOWTONER

(DEFAULT only)

MANUALFEED

(READ only) MEDIATYPE Default paper

MPTRAY

(DEFAULT only)

Toner Alarm ON, OFF, CONTINUE, STOP

Manual feed selection

source, def aul t formatting size

Multipurpose feeder configuration

A value of ON or CONTINUE indicates the Toner Alarm setting is set Off. The value of OFF or STOP indicates the Toner Alarm setting is Single.

INQUIRE or DINQUIRE re turns the value of the Toner Alarm as follows:

• If Toner Alarm is set to Off, CONTINUE is returned.

• If Toner Alarm is set to Single, STOP is returned.

• If Toner Alarm is set to Continuous, STOP is

returned.

OFF Printer always returns OFF.

PLAIN, COATED, GLOSSY, PHOTO, GREETINGCARD, IRONON, BOND, TRANSPARENCY, CARDSTOCK, LABELS, LETTERHEAD, PREPRINTED, COLORED, ENVELOPE, CUSTOMTYPE1, CUSTOMTYPE2, CUSTOMTYPE3, CUST OMTYPE4, CUST OMTYPE5, CUSTOMTYPE6, “name”

name is a variable that allows for custom naming of custom print material types. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

CASSETTE, MANUAL, FIRST Sets the configuration of the Multipurpose Feeder.

ON, CONTINUE (Model specific)

OFF

PLAIN

CASSETTE

ORIENTATION Print orientation PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE

This variable does not affect P os tScript em ul ati on.

PORTRAIT

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Variable Function Selections Factory Default

OUTBIN Output Bin UPPER, LOWER, OPTIONALOUTBIN1,

OPTIONALOUTBIN2, OPTIONALOUTBIN3, OPTIONALOUTBIN4, OPTIONALOUTBIN5, OPTIONALOUTBIN6, OPTIONALOUTBIN7, OPTIONALOUTBIN8, OPTIONALOUTBIN9, OPTIONALOUTBIN10, “name”

name is a variable that allows for custom naming of optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Output Bin setting returns:

DINQUIRE or

Output Bin setting INQUIRE va lue

UPPER

Standard Bin UPPER Bin 1 OPTIONALOUTBIN1 Bin 2 OPTIONALOUTBIN2 Bin 3 OPTIONALOUTBIN3 Bin 4 OPTIONALOUTBIN4 Bin 5 OPTIONALOUTBIN5 Bin 6 OPTIONALOUTBIN6 Bin 7 OPTIONALOUTBIN7 Bin 8 OPTIONALOUTBIN8 Bin 9 OPTIONALOUTBIN9 Bin 10 OPTIONALOUTBIN10 “name”“name”

PAGEPROTECT Page Protect AUTO, ON

A value of ON indi cates the Page Protect se tting i s set On. The value of AUTO indicates the Page Protect setting is set Off.

INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of the Page Protect as follows:

• If Pa ge Prote ct is se t Off, AUTO is returned.

• If Page Protect is set On, ON is returned.

PAPER Default paper

source, def aul t formatting size

Paper: A3, A3+, A4, A5, B4, B4PAPER, B5PAPER, JISB4, JISB5, CUSTOM, EXECUTIVE, FOLIO, LEDGER, LEGAL, LETTER, STATEMENT, 11X17

Envelopes: COM10, COM9, MONARCH, DL, C5, B5, OTHERENVELOPE

AUTO

LETTER, A4 (Country specific)

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Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

PARALLEL

(DEFAULT only)

(Port Specific)

Parallel Protocol SLOW, FAST

A value of SLOW indicates the Parallel Protocol setting is Standard. The value of FAST indicates the Parallel Protocol setting is FASTBYTES.

INQUIRE or DINQUIRE returns the value of the Parallel Protocol as follows:

• If Parallel Protocol is set as Standard, SLOW is returned.

• If Parallel Protocol is set as Fastbytes, FAST is returned.

FAST

PASSWORD

(DEFAULT only)

PERSONALITY

(Port specific)

POWERSAVE

(DEFAULT only)

Default password for PJL NVRAM security

SmartSwitch settings

Power Save feature

0 to 65535 Locks the printer operator panel to keep the user

defaults from changing. Refer to your printer user documentation for more information.

The Default PJL password is 0. If the PJL password is not equal to 0, a DINQUIRE or

INQUIRE on the PASSWORD variable returns ENABLED. If the PJL password is equal to 0, a DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the PASSWORD variable returns DISABLED. See the PASSWORD parameter of the JOB command on page 3-5 for more information.

PCL, POSTSCRIPT, A UTO PERSONALITY controls the SmartSwitch settings for

the interface link on which the PJL command is received.

If AUTO is sent, both

Smartswitch

If PCL is sent,

SmartSwitch

If POSTSCRIPT is sent, OFF and

When queried, AUTO is returned if both SmartSwitch settings are ON. If one SmartSwitch setting is OFF, the printer language wh ose SmartSwitch sett ing is ON is returned. If both SmartSwitch settings are OFF, the default printer language is returned.

ON, OFF ON enables the power-saving feature. OFF disables the power-saving feature. Note: Some printer models released in the year 2000

or later designated as Energy Star printers cannot have Power Saver disabled.

menu settings are set to ON.

is set to ON.

PS SmartSwitch is set to ON.

PS SmartSwitch and PCL

PS SmartSwitch is set to OFF and PCL

PCL SmartSwitch is set to

AUTO

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Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

POWERSAVETIME

(DEFAULT only)

QTY

(SET only)

REPRINT Jam Recovery ON, OFF, AUTO AUTO

Power Save time, in minutes

Collation Collated Copies (QTY)

0 to 120 (Model specific) 0 to 240 (Model specific) (0 indicates the Power Sa ve r Time f e atur e is disab le d.) The time the printer remains idle before it enters

Power Save mode when POWERSAVE is On. Note: If a value greater than 120 or 240 is specified by

a SET or DEF A U LT command, the value is cha nged to 120 or 240 based on the printer model.

0 to 999 Used to request the number of collated copies of a

print job. If Collation - Collated Co pies (QTY) is n ot equal to 0, a

DINQUIRE or INQUIRE returns the numerical setting for QTY. If Collation - Collated Copies (QTY) is set to Off, a DINQUIRE or INQUIRE returns 0.

Note: If a value greater than 999 is s pecif ied b y a SE T or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 999.

RESOLUTION Print Resolution 300, 600, 1200 600 RESOURCESAVE

(DEFAULT only)

RET Print Quality

TIMEOUT Print timeout,

Resource Save ON, OFF, AUTO

ON indicates Resource Save is set On. OFF and AUTO indicate Resource Save is set to Off. See “Table B-1: Common Variables for Both Printer

Languages” on pageB-1 for the default value of your printer.

OFF, DARK, MEDIUM, LIGHT, ON Enhancement Technology (PQET)

in seconds

If this value is set through PJL, the same value is

returned on a PJL inquiry.

DARK, MEDIUM, LIGHT, and ON values indicate that

PQET is On. OFF indicates PQET is Off.

0 to 255

The time the printer remains idle before the job is

forced to print.

Note: If a value greater than 255 is s pecif ied b y a SE T

or DEFAULT command, the value is changed to 255.

OFF, AUTO (Model specific)

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Table 3-3: Common Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

USERNAME

(SET only)

WIDEA4 A4 width NO, YES

Print and Hold Username

“username”

username is a text string truncated to 24 characters.

Note: A null (“ “) string is an acceptable value and

indicates no Print and Hold Username is specified.

NO indicates the A4 width is 198 mm.

YES indicates the A4 width is 203 mm.

NULL (No username)

Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages

The following variables are unique to some Lexmark printers and are supported for both PCL emulation and PostScript emulation. Theref ore, the [

modifier:value

] parameter should not be specified.

command

To determine which variables your printer supports, see “Table B-2: Printer Unique PJL Variables fo r Both Printer Languages” on page B-3.

Table 3-4: Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

LACTIVEBINRESET

(DEFAULT only)

LADVANCEDSTATUS

(DEFAULT only) (Port specific)

LALARMCONTROL

(DEFAULT only)

LAUTOCRLF Auto CR after LFON, OFF OFF

LAUTOLFCR Auto LF after CRON, OFF OFF

LBLANKPAGES Blank Pages DONOTPRINT, PRINT

Active Bin Reset

Advanced Status

Alarm Control OFF, SINGLE, CONTINUOUS SINGLE

MANUAL, AUTOMATIC MANUAL

ON, OFF ON enables parall el bid irec ti ona l supp ort. OFF disables parallel bidirectional support.

Note: Some printers have a fixed value of DONOTPRINT.

DONOTPRINT

LBONDLENGTH

(DEFAULT only)

LBONDLOADING

(DEFAULT only)

Bond Length NORMAL, SHORT NO RMAL

Bond Paper Loading

OFF, DUPLEX OFF

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Table 3-4: Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

LBONDOUTBIN

(DEFAULT only)

Assign Type/Bin - Bond

UPPER, LOWER, DISABLED, OPTIONALOUTBIN1, OPTIONALOUTBIN2, OPTIONALOUTBIN3, OPTIONALOUTBIN4, OPTIONALOUTBIN5, OPTIONALOUTBIN6, OPTIONALOUTBIN7, OPTIONALOUTBIN8, OPTIONALOUTBIN9, OPTIONALOUTBIN10, “name”

name is a variable that allows for custom naming of optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

Specifies a selected output bin for jobs printed on bond paper.

A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Assign Type/Bin Bond setting returns:

Assign Typ e/Bin - DINQUIRE or Bond setting INQUIRE value

UPPER, DISABLED (Model specific)

LBONDTEXTURE

(DEFAULT only)

LBONDWEIGHT

(DEFAULT only)

LBWLOCK Black & White

LCANCEL Cancel Control ON, OFF ON LCARDSTOCKLENGTH

(DEFAULT only)

LCARDSTOCKLOADING

(DEFAULT only)

Bond Texture SMOOTH, NORMAL, ROUGH ROUGH

Bond Weight LIGHT, NORM AL, HE AVY NORMAL

ON, OFF OFF

Lock

Card Stock Length

Card Stock Paper Loading

NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL

OFF, DUPLEX OFF

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Table 3-4: Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

LCARDSTOCKOUTBIN

(DEFAULT only)

Assign Type/Bin Card Stock

name is a variable that allows for custom naming of optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

Specifies a selected o utput bin f or jobs printed o n card stock.

A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Assign Type/Bin Card Stock setting returns:

Assign Typ e/Bin - DINQUIRE or Card Stock setting INQUIRE value

UPPER, DISABLED (Model specific)

LCARDSTOCKTEXTURE

(DEFAULT only)

LCARDSTOCKWEIGHT

(DEFAULT only)

LCOLLATION Collation Mode ON, OFF

LCOLORCORRECTION Indicates which

LCOLOREDLENGTH

(DEFAULT only)

Card Stock Texture

Card Stock Weight

color target the printer emulates

Colored Paper Length

SMOOTH, NORMAL, ROUGH NORMAL

LIGHT, NORMAL, HEAVY NORMAL

If Collation is ON, the pages of the print job are collated. For example, if the job contains three pages and two copies are requested, collated output prints pages 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. If collation is set to OFF, uncollated output prints pages 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3.

NONE, DISPLAY, SWOP, OFF, AUTO, VIVID, DUOTONE, MANUAL

See “Table B-2: Printer Unique PJL V ariabl es for Both Printer Languages” on pageB-3 for the default value of your printer .

NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL

OFF

AUTO, VIVID (Model specific)

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Table 3-4: Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages (Continued)

Variable Function Selections Factory Default

LCOLOREDLOADING

(DEFAULT only)

LCOLOREDOUTBIN

(DEFAULT only)

Colored Paper Loading

Assign Type/Bin Colored Paper

OFF, DUPLEX OFF

name is a variable that allows for custom naming of optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

Specifies a selected output bin for jobs printed on colored paper.

A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Assign Type/Bin Colored Paper setting returns:

Assign Typ e/Bin - DINQUIRE or Colored Paper INQUIRE value setting

UPPER, DISABLED (Model specific)

LCOLOREDTEXTURE

(DEFAULT only)

LCOLOREDWEIGHT

(DEFAULT only)

LCOLORMODEL Color Model CMYK, RGB, BLACK RGB, CMYK

LCUSTOMPAPERUNITS Universal Units

LCUSTOMPAPERWIDTH Universal Width 76 to 915 in increments of 1 mm

Colored Paper Texture

Colored Paper Weight

of Measure

SMOOTH, NORMAL, ROUGH NORMAL

LIGHT, NORMAL, HEAVY NORMAL

(Model specific)

INCHES, MILLIMETERS INCHES,

MILLIMETERS (Country specific)

216, 305 mm

3 to 36.01 in increments of 0.01 in. Note: Values are determined to be inches or

millimeters based on the LCUSTOMPAPERUNITS setting.

8.5, 12 in. (Model and country specific)

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Variable Function Selections Factory Default

LCUSTOMPAPERHEIGHT Universal

Height

LCUSTOMPAPERFEED Universal Feed

Direction

76 to 915 in increments of 1 mm 3 to 36.01 in increments of 0.01 in.

Note: Values are determined to be inches or millimeters based on the LCUSTOMPAPERUNITS setting.

SHORTEDGE, LONGEDGE SHORTEDGE

356, 360, 457 mm 14, 14.17, 18 in. (Model and country specific)

LCUSTOMTYPE1LENGTH

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE1LOADING

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE1MEDIA

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE1NAME

(DEFAULT only)

Custom Type 1 Length

Custom Type 1 Paper Loading

Custom Type 1 Media

Custom Type 1 Name

NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL

OFF, DUPLEX OFF

PAPER, COATED, GLOSSY, TRANSPARENCY, LABELS, CARDSTOCK, ENVELOPE, COTT ONPAPER

"name" name is a variable that allows for custom naming of

print material types. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

When queried, the quotes are not returned around the string name. The default name is returned unless you have specified a custom name.

PAPER

CUSTOMTYPE1

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Variable Function Selections Factory Default

LCUSTOMTYPE1OUTBIN

(DEFAULT only)

Assign Type/Bin Custom Type 1

name is a variable that allows for custom naming of optional output bins. The text string is truncated to 24 characters.

Specifies a selected output bin for jobs printed on custom ty pe 1 paper.

A DINQUIRE or INQUIRE on the Assign Type/Bin Custom Type 1 setting returns:

Assign Typ e/Bin - DINQUIRE or Custom Type 1 INQUIRE value setting

UPPER, DISABLED (Model specific)

LCUSTOMTYPE1TEXTURE

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE1WEIGHT

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE2LENGTH

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE2LOADING

(DEFAULT only)

LCUSTOMTYPE2MEDIA

(DEFAULT only)

Custom Type 1 Texture

Custom Type 1 Weight

Custom Type 2 Length

Custom Type 2 Paper Loading

Custom Type 2 Media

SMOOTH, NORMAL, ROUGH NORMAL

LIGHT, NORMAL, HEAVY NORMAL

NORMAL, SHORT NORMAL

OFF, DUPLEX OFF

PAPER, COATED, GLOSSY, TRANSPARENCY, LABELS, CARDSTOCK, ENVELOPE, COTT ONPAPER

PAPER

Lexmark X422 MFP, C510 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

Overview

Navigational Tips

Printing the File

Bibliography

CHAPTER 2: PCL Emulation

Selecting PCL Emulation

Using SmartSwitch

Using the Operator Panel or MarkVision Professional

Using Your Software Program

Page Formatting

Printable Areas

Lexmark C510(n)

Lexmark X422

Print Area Menu Item

Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark X422

Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark X422

Standard PCL Emulation Fonts, OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts

Type 1 Fonts

Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark X422

Font and Symbol Set Support for the Lexmark C510(n)

Forward and Backward Compatibility Modes for the Lexmark C510(n)

Standard PCL Emulation Fonts, OCR and Code 3 of 9 bar code fonts

Type 1 Fonts

Selecting Symbol Sets for the Lexmark C510(n)

Command Structure

Control Codes

Commands

Command Structure

Command Parameters

Linking Commands

PCL Emulation Commands

PCL Emulation Commands by Function

GL/2 Commands

Raster Image Graphics

Raster Compression Mode

Uncoded Data

Run-Length Encoded Data

Tagged Image File Format

Delta Row

Adaptive Compression

Zlib

Group 3 and Group 4 Raster Compression

Additional Compression Modes

Macros

CHAPTER 3: Printer Job Language

PJL Command Notation

Kernel Commands

Job Separation Commands

Environmen t Commands and Variables

Common Variables for Both Printer Languages

Printer Unique Variables for Both Printer Languages