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Appendix F: PCL
The table below some frequently-used PCL printer commands (escape sequences) that can
be useful when sending a PCL print job from DOS to your GCC printer. PCL commands
tell the printer which actions to perform or which fonts to use.
The commands listed below are a subset of the PCL command set. When entering escape
sequences, substitute the # symbol in the escape sequence referenced in the left column
with the appropriate number from the right column.
The character l shown in some examples after the ampersand (&) is a letter l (a lower-case
letter L).
Printer command
E
C
L
F
F
F
C
R
E
CE
E
C&l#X
E
C&l0X
E
C&l#H
E
C&l#A
E
C&l#O
E
C&a#L
E
C&a#M
E
C&l#E
E
C&l#F
Function
Escape character
Line feed
Form feed
Carriage return
Resets printer
Number of copies
Ejects page
Selects paper source
Selects a paper size
Select orientation
Sets left margin
Sets right margin
Sets top margin
Sets page length
# refers to
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1 to 32,767
n/a
1 = tray 1, 2 = manual feed, 3 = manual feed,
4 = tray 2, 6 = MPFeeder
1 = executive, 2 = letter, 3 = legal 14”, 26 = A4, 45 =
JIS B5, 62 = legal 13”, 71 = postcard,
80 = monarch, 81 = commercial 10, 90 = DL
0 = portrait, 1 = landscape
Column number
Column number
Number of lines
Number of lines from top margin