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Hewlett-Packard PCL 5 printers.
PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual
The PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual
provides a description of the printer command language
that controls PCL 5 printers. The manual provides explana-
tions of each PCL command, and examples demonstrating
how the commands are used to manipulate the printer.
A large portion of the manual is devoted to HP-GL/2, the
vector-based graphics language in PCL 5 printers.
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
This document provides printer-specific information on
paper handling, internal fonts, PCL command support, and
control panel information. It identifies feature differences
between the various PCL 5 printers, and how the printers
implement the commands described in the PCL 5 Printer
Language Technical Reference Manual.
Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual
This manual describes PJL, the HP printer job language
used on many of the Hewlett-Packard printers. PJL is used
for switching printer languages, requesting status informa-
tion, changing display messages, inquiring about feature
settings, and other job-level functions.
PCL/PJL Technical Quick Reference Guide
This booklet is designed to provide quick access to the syn-
tax of each PCL and PJL command. The commands are
grouped by their function so that those familiar with PCL
and/or PJL can find the syntax of a specific command with-
out opening the manual.
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