2001/10/02
CHAPTER 5 PJL - 25
2. PCL-Specific Variables
The following values are PCL (HP LaserJet emulation) specific and can be set and requested using PJL. These
variables must be set using the LPARM : PCL option.
Variables Description Sample Value Range
PAPER Sets the paper size. LETTER, A4, LEGAL, EXECUTIVE,
COM10, MONARCH, C5, DL,
JISB5, A4LONG (All models)
B5, DL, A5, A6, B6 (HL-1670N)
A3, B5, A5, A6, LEDGER, JISB4,
LTRS, EXECUTIVES, B5S
(HL-3260N)
B5, A5, B6, A6 (HL-2460)
ORIENTATION Sets the orientation. PORTRAIT or LANDSCAPE
LEFTMARIN Sets the left margin. 0 to 126 columns (HL-1050/1070/
1250/1270N/1450/1470N/P2500/3260
N/2460)
0 to 145 columns (HL-1670N)
RIGHTMARGIN Sets the right margin 0 to 136 columns (HL-1050/1070/
1250/1270N/1450/1470N/P2500)
10 to 155 columns (HL-1670N)
10 to 136 columns
(HL-3260N/2460)
TOPMARGIN Sets the top margin 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 inch
BOTMARGIN Sets the bottom margin. 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 inch
FORMLINES Sets the number of lines. 5 to 128 lines
FONTSOURCE Sets the font source to Internal
fonts or Permanent Soft Fonts
I or S (HL-
1050/1070/1250/1270N/1450/1470N/
P2500/1670N)
I, C1, C2, S (HL-3260N/2460)
FONTNUMBER Sets the font number 0 to n (HL-
1050/1070/1250/1270N/1450/1470N/
P2500)
0 to 0x7FFFFFFF
(HL-1670N/3260N/2460)
PITCH Pitch of the default font in units of
characters per inch. The pitch value
can be specified to two decimal
places
0.44, 0.45,.......99.99
PTSIZE Height of the default font in units of
points. The point size can be
specified to a quarter of a point
4.00, 4.25, .......999.75