Lexmark C544N/DN/DW/DTN manual Printer Co ntro l Language PC L page fo rmattin g, Printable areas

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PrinterControl Language(PCL) page formatting

For more information on PCL, refer to 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 22.

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

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.

Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting

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Contents C540n, C543dn, C544n/dn/dw/dtn, X546dtn MFP Technical ReferenceEdition notice Contents Index 102 Understanding letters after model numbers IntroductionOverview Acronym Meaning Learning about the printe r Finding information about the printerPrinter Co ntro l Language PC L page fo rmattin g Printable areasSupported paper and envelope dimensions JIS B5Printer Control Language PCL page formatting PJL commands information Printer Job Language PJLPostScri pt PS e mulatio n Paper sizes supportedPostScript paper tray support Tray selected with tray operatorsPostScript envelope size support Envelope sizes supportedPostScript envelope tray support Literal names supportedEnvelopetray operator selections Noise emission levels Printer specif icationsAirflow requirement Electrical specifications Power requirementsPhysical specifications Lexmark X546dtn MFP nominal average power requirementsEnvironmental conditions Altitude specifications and atmospheric pressureClearance requirements Atmospheric Pressure PCL emulation commands Append ix a PC L suppor tSet Page Size ESC&l#Mb Paper Type Secondary Font Symbol Set Logical Operation ESC*r#U Simple Color GL/2 commands Appendix a PCL support Appendix a PCL support Appendix a PCL support Append ix B PJL support Common variables for both printer languagesAppendix 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 Common variables for PCL emulation Printer-unique variables for PCL emulationCommon variables for PostScript emulation Printer-unique variables for PostScript emulationUstatus unsolicited status variables Status Readback commandsPrinter-unique Lresource variables PJL messages for auto-continuable conditions Configuration Change, some Held jobs were Not restored Serial Disabled Unformatted Insert Box M Not enough Installed PJL messages for attendance conditionsInsert Hole Close Deflector Cover Open CMYK* Cartridge Tray x or Disks installed Low Empty Cmyk Check Duplex Box nearly full Color pc unit Replace PC Yellow Photoconductor Abnormal Reload printed PJL messages for paper handling Exposure Change source 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 Appendix B PJL support Device attendance messages Service errorsLexmark-unique PJL commands File and device protection commands Lqueryseed Append ix C PostScript su p po rt Supplemental operatorsAppendix C PostScript support Appendix C PostScript support Device parameters IET 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 Appendix C PostScript support Appendix C PostScript support DelayedOutputClose Enabled Filtering HasNames PortLocation Type Device Parameters for the Parameters Device %Engine% Appendix C PostScript support 100 PostScript message keys commands Index Lresource103