Lexmark 952DTE, 952DE, 950DE, 954DE Printer Control Language PCL page formatting, Printable areas

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Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting

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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:

APortrait physical page width and landscape physical page length

BPortrait physical page length and landscape physical page width

CPortrait logical page width

DLandscape logical page width

EDistance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in portrait

FDistance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in landscape

GDistance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and logical page

HDistance 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

IDistance 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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Contents Technical Reference C950, X950de, X952de, X952dte, X954de, X954dheEdition notice Contents Index 102 Understanding letters after model numbers IntroductionIntroduction Finding information about the printer Learning about the printerOther countries and regions -See the printed Printable areas Printer Control Language PCL page formattingPaper Supported paper and envelope dimensionsEnvelope Printer Job Language PJL PJL commands informationSupported paper sizes PostScript PS emulationPostScript paper tray support Tray selected with tray operators PostScript envelope size supportEnvelope sizes supported PostScript envelope tray supportEnvelopetray operator selections Printer specifications Airflow requirementNoise emission levels Power requirements Electrical specificationsClearance requirements Physical specificationsLexmark X95x Series Environmental conditionsAltitude specifications Altitude and atmospheric pressure specificationsAppendix a PCL support PCL emulation commandsSet Page Size Select Symbol Set Appendix a PCL support End Raster Graphics Version B GL/2 commands Appendix a PCL support Appendix a PCL support Appendix a PCL support Common variables for both printer languages Appendix B PJL supportAppendix B PJL support Lexmark‑unique PJL variables for both printer languages Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Common variables for PCL emulation Printer‑unique variables for PCL emulation Common variables for PostScript emulation Status Readback commandsPrinter‑unique variables for PostScript emulation Printer‑unique Lresource variablesPJL messages for auto-continuable conditions Ustatus unsolicited status variablesMemory to collate Standard USB Unformatted Priming Failed Too many bins PJL messages for attendance conditions Cmyk * Print Close door or Invalid Tray x Size Check Finisher Replace Oil Appendix B PJL support Stmsg message Close Duplex Xx cyan Module life Cartridge part Yellow 84.41 Cyan PJL messages for paper handling Size Manual Load src with Appendix B PJL support PJL messages for paper jams Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Appendix B PJL support Service errors Lexmark‑unique PJL commandsDevice attendance messages File and device protection commands Supplemental operators Appendix C PostScript supportAppendix C PostScript support Appendix C PostScript support Device parameters Appendix C PostScript support Appendix C PostScript support Appendix C PostScript support User interpreter parameters System interpreter parameters Appendix C PostScript support Appendix C PostScript support Devices supported LPRA% LPRB% LPRC% LPRD% USBA% USBB% USBC% USBD% Appendix C PostScript support PCLSmartSwitch PortLocation PSSmartSwitch Type Appendix C PostScript support DelayedOutputClose Enabled Filtering HasNames Interpreter PortLocation Type Appendix C PostScript support Device Parameters for the Parameters Device %flash1% Appendix C PostScript support 100 PostScript message keys commands Lresource Index