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Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting
For more information on PCL, see the Printer Languages and Interfaces Technical Reference. It contains a complete
listing with descriptions of PCL commands.
To determine which PCL commands your printer supports, see “Appendix A: PCL support” on page 23.
Printable areas
The printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation (both portrait and landscape orientation) are illustrated below.
See the legend that follows for definitions of areas A through I.
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 that follow in this chapter list the page sizes and dimensions of each area labeled on the preceding
diagram for all paper and envelope sizes your printer supports.
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