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USER’S GUIDE
QUICK REFERENCE OF COMMANDS
The following tables show commands sorted by function. For further information about commands, refer to the “Technical Reference Manual,” which is optionally available.
✒Note
l represents the lowercase l letter. Script notation is used because lowercase l and the number 1 can be easily confused with each other.
HP LaserJet 4+ Mode
PCL Command Sets
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Backspace | BS | 08 | 08 |
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Horizontal Tab | HT | 09 | 09 |
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Line Feed | LF | 10 | 0A |
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Form Feed | FF | 12 | 0C |
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Carriage Return | CR | 13 | 0D |
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Secondary Font Select | SO | 14 | 0E |
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Primary font Select | SI | 15 | 0F |
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Escape | ESC | 27 | 1B |
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Page Length | ESC & l # P | 27 38 108 ## 80 | 1B | 26 | 6C | ## 50 |
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Top Margin | ESC & l # E | 27 38 108 ## 69 | 1B | 26 | 6C | ## 45 |
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Text Length | ESC & l # F | 27 38 108 ## 70 | 1B | 26 | 6C | ## 46 |
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Left Margin | ESC & a # L | 27 38 97 ## 76 | 1B 26 | 61 ## 4C | ||
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Right Margin | ESC & a # M | 27 38 97 ## 77 | 1B | 26 | 61 ## 4D | |
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Clear Side Margin | ESC 9 | 27 57 | 1B | 39 |
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Line Pitch | ESC & l # C | 27 38 108 ## 67 | 1B | 26 | 6C | ## 43 |
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Line Spacing | ESC & l # D | 27 38 108 ## 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | ## 44 |
1 line/inch | ESC & l 1 D | 27 38 108 49 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 31 44 |
2 lines/inch | ESC & l 2 D | 27 38 108 50 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 32 44 |
3 lines/inch | ESC & l 3 D | 27 38 108 51 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 33 44 |
4 lines/inch | ESC & l 4 D | 27 38 108 52 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 34 44 |
6 lines/inch | ESC & l 6 D | 27 38 108 54 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 36 44 |
8 lines/inch | ESC & l 8 D | 27 38 108 56 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 38 44 |
12 lines/inch | ESC & l 12 D | 27 38 108 49 50 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 31 32 44 |
16 lines/inch | ESC & l 16 D | 27 38 108 49 54 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 31 36 44 |
24 lines/inch | ESC & l 24 D | 27 38 108 50 52 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 32 34 44 |
48 lines/inch | ESC & l 48 D | 27 38 108 52 56 68 | 1B | 26 | 6C | 34 38 44 |
Character Pitch | ESC & k # H | 27 38 107 ## 72 | 1B | 26 | 6B | ## 48 |
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ex. 10 pitch | ESC & k 12 H | 27 38 107 49 50 72 | 1B | 26 | 6B | 31 32 48 |
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