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CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 2
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ONTENTS
1.
COMMAND LIST..................................................................................................................7
2.
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................10
3.
CONTROLLING THE PRINTER.........................................................................................11
3.1.
Control Codes...........................................................................................................................11
3.1.1. Backspace (08) <08h> .....................................................................................................................11
3.1.2. Line feed (10) <0Ah>........................................................................................................................11
3.1.3. Form feed (12) <0Ch> ......................................................................................................................11
3.1.4. Carriage return (13) <0Dh> ..............................................................................................................11
3.1.5. Select primary font (14) <0Eh>.........................................................................................................11
3.1.6.
Select secondary font (15) <0Fh> ....................................................................................................11
3.1.7. Escape (27) <1Bh>...........................................................................................................................11
3.1.8. Horizontal tab (09) <09h>................................................................................................................11
3.1.9. Space (32) <20h>.............................................................................................................................11
3.2.
Escape Sequences...................................................................................................................12
3.2.1. Line termination ................................................................................................................................12
3.2.2. End-of-line wrap................................................................................................................................12
3.2.3. Display functions mode ....................................................................................................................13
3.3.
Environments............................................................................................................................14
3.3.1. Factory default environment.............................................................................................................14
3.3.2. User default environment .................................................................................................................14
3.3.3.
Modified print environment ...............................................................................................................14
3.3.4. Macro overlay environment ..............................................................................................................14
4.
JOB CONTROL..................................................................................................................15
4.1.1. Page size ..........................................................................................................................................15
4.1.2. Output tray ........................................................................................................................................16
4.1.3. Paper source ....................................................................................................................................17
4.1.4. Left long-edge offset registration......................................................................................................18
4.1.5.
Top offset registration.......................................................................................................................19
4.1.6. Simplex/duplex printing.....................................................................................................................19
4.1.7. Paper side selection .........................................................................................................................19
4.1.8.
Job separation command .................................................................................................................20
4.1.9. Reset.................................................................................................................................................20
4.1.10. Reset to factory default settings .......................................................................................................20
4.1.11. Reset to user settings.......................................................................................................................20
4.1.12. Printer self test..................................................................................................................................20
4.1.13. Exit current emulation mode.............................................................................................................21
4.1.14. Change emulation mode ..................................................................................................................21
4.2.
The Page ..................................................................................................................................22
4.2.1.
Physical page ...................................................................................................................................22
4.2.2. Printable area ...................................................................................................................................22
4.2.3. Logical page .....................................................................................................................................22
4.2.4.
Text area...........................................................................................................................................22
4.2.5. HP-GL/2 graphics window................................................................................................................22
4.2.6. Portrait page dimensions..................................................................................................................23
4.2.7. Landscape page dimensions............................................................................................................24
4.2.8. Coordinates ......................................................................................................................................25