Brother 1270N, 1660e, HL- 1250/ P2500, HL- 2400C, HL- 2400Ce, HL- 3400CN, HL-1050, hl-1650, HL-1670N, HL-2060, HL-2460 CHAPTER 2 PCL

2001/10/02

CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 1

CHAPTER 2 PCL

PRINTER CONTROL

LANGUAGE

Contents

Main Page TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 PCL CHAPTER 3 PCL5C CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 GRAPHICS LANGUAGE Page GLOSSARY Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Page 1. ABOUT THE MANUAL 2. AREAS OF USE 2.1 Using Word Processing Packages and Spreadsheets 2.2 Graphics 2.3 Programming Page Page CHAPTER 2 PCL PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 3. CONTROLLING THE PRINTER 3.1. Control Codes Page Page 3.3. Environments 4. JOB CONTROL Page Page Positive Negative Page Page Page 4.2. The Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 5. USING FONTS 5.1. Introduction Page Page Page Page Page 5.2. Font Selection Commands Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 5.3. Downloadable font manipulation 5.4. Creating Downloadable Fonts Page Page Page Page Page Page = 141.17646 1 inch 600 dpi 4 17 chara. 1 inch 1 0.17646 256 4 1 = 45.17376 10 point 72 300 dots 1 dots 1 1 inch 4= 166.667 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 68 Page 6. USING GRAPHICS 6.1. Source, Pattern and Destination Page Page Page Page Page 6.2. Plotting Rectangles Page 6.3. Raster Graphics CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 79 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page a b c d e f Page Page Page 6.5. The Picture Frame 7. MACROS 7.1. The Purpose of a Macro Page 7.3. Running a Macro 7.4. Handling Macros Page Page 8. STATUS READBACK 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Memory Status request 8.3. Entity Status 8.4. Status Response 8.5. Status Response Syntax Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 9. INDEX A B C D I J L M O T U V W Y CHAPTER 3 PCL5C Page Page 2. COLOR MODES 2.1. Using Simple Color Mode - Set Simple Color 2.2. Using PCL Color Mode - Set PCL Color Setting Page (i.e.) (i.e.) Page Page 3. COLOR PALETTES 3.1. Set Color #1 3.2. Set Color #2 3.3. Set Color #3 3.4. Set Color to Palette 3.6. Push/Pop Palette 4. COLOR GRAPHICS 4.1. Start Raster Transfer 4.2. Set Destination Raster Width 4.3. Set Destination Raster Height 4.4. Set Scale Algorithm 4.5. Send Raster Data by Plane 4.6. Enter HP-GL/2 Mode 5. ENHANCE OUTPUT 5.1. Set Render Algorithm 5.2. Set Monochrome Mode 5.3. Set Gamma Correction 5.4. Download Dither Matrix 5.5. User-defined Pattern Command 6. HP-GL/2 6.1. IN (Initialize Set Instruction) Command 6.2. PC (Pen Color) Command 6.3. NP (Number of Pens) Command 6.4. CR (Color Range) Command 7. INDEX Page Page Page Page Page Page 3. TERMINOLOGY Page 4. COMMAND SYNTAX 5. THE HP-GL GRAPHICS WINDOW 6. PREPARING TO PRINT GRAPHIC IMAGES 7. COMMANDS 7.1. Initialize Commands Page 7.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions Page Page Page 7.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.4. The polygon group Page Page Page ** * 7.5. Plot Function Instructions Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.6. Character Plot Instructions Page Page Page Page Page Page sin Page If you omit both parameters the text path is horizontal, left to right. Page Page Page Page Page 8. INDEX A B C D T U W Page CHAPTER 5 PJL PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE Page 1.1. About PJL Printer PJL Emulations ( BR-Script, PCL, IBM, EPSON etc... ) 1.2. In Case of Using PJL with a Non-PJL Printer 1.3. PJL Syntax and Format 1.4. Variables 1.5. Invalid Commands 2. HOW TO USE PJL 2.1. Overview 2.2. PJL Job Requirement 3. COMMAND GROUP 4. KERNEL COMMANDS 4.1. Introduction 4.2. UEL Command 4.3. EXECUTE Command 4.4. ENTER Command 4.5. COMMENT Command 4.6. Printer Language Switching 5. JOB SEPARATION COMMANDS 5.1. Introduction 5.2. JOB Command 5.3. EOJ Command 6. ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS 6.1. Introduction Page Page 6.2. Variables Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 6.3. Default Command 6.4. Initialize Command 6.5. Reset Command 6.6. Set Command Page 7. STATUS READBACK COMMANDS 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Inquire Command 7.3. DINQUIRE Command 7.4. ECHO Command 7.5. INFO Command Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.6. USTATUS Command Page Page Page 7.7. USTATUSOFF Command 7.8. JOB Recovery 8. DEVICE ATTENDANCE COMMANDS 8.1. Introduction 8.2. RDYMSG Command 8.3. OPMSG Command 8.4. STMSG Command Page 9. INDEX C D E Page CHAPTER 6 EPSON FX-850 Page Page Page Page 3. EMULATION DETAILS 3.1. Ignored Commands 3.2. Resolution 4. TERMINOLOGY 4.1. Syntax 4.2. Conventions 5. CONTROLLING THE PRINTER 5.1. The Control Panel 5.2. Control codes 5.3. Escape sequence 6. COMMANDS 6.1. Basic printer operations Page Page 6.2. Page set up or Page 6.3. Line Spacing Page 6.4. Using Tabs 6.5. Using Standard Characters Page Page Page Page 6.6. Using customized characters Page 6.7. Graphics Page Page Page Page Page 7. INDEX Page Page Page Page Page 3. EMULATION DETAILS 3.1. Ignored Commands 3.2. Resolution 3.3. Character Set selection 3.4. Controlling the Printer 4. NOTATION USED IN THIS EMULATION DESCRIPTION 4.1. Syntax 4.2. Data Conventions 5. COMMANDS 5.1. Basic Printer Operation Page Page 5.2. Page Format Page Page 5.3. Using Characters Page Page Page 5.4. Graphics Page Page 6. INDEX Page Page Page Page Page 3. DEFINITION OF PARAMETERS 3.1. Bar Code Mode 3.2. Bar Code Style, Expanded Character Shading, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Shading 3.3. Bar Code Scaling (Width only) 3.4. Bar Code Human Readable Line On or Off 3.5. Quiet Zone 3.6. Bar Code, Expanded Character Unit, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Units 3.7. Bar Code, Expanded Character, Line, Block Drawing & Box Drawing Offset in the X-axis 3.8. Bar Code & Expanded Character Offset in the Y-axis 3.9. Bar Code, Expanded Character, Line, Block Drawing & Box Drawing Height 3.10. Expanded Character, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Width 3.11. Expanded Character Rotation 3.12. Bar Code Data Start 3.13. Box Drawing 3.14. Line Block Drawing 3.15. Expanded Character Data Start 4. EXAMPLE PROGRAM LISTINGS Page Page Page 2. INTRODUCTION P A 10 20 ; 2.1. HP-GL Syntax 2.2. Font Selection 2.3. Coordinate System and Printing Area Page 3. COMMANDS 3.1. Initialization and Default Setting Instructions 3.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions 3.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions Page Page Page 3.4. The polygon Group Page Page Page 3.5. Plot Function Instructions 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : P Page 3.6. Character Plot Instructions Page sin Page Page 3.7. Dual Context Extensions 4. INDEX Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 2. HOW TO READ THE CARD COMMANDS SPECIFICATION 2.1 Commands 2.2 Available Devices 2.3 Description 2.4 Error 3. COMMANDS 3.1 Select Storage Device Command (For HL-2060/2400C/2400Ce/3400CN/2460/3260N Only) 3.2 Format Command 3.3 Save Data Command 3.4 Data 3.5 Font 3.6 Macro Page 3.7 Copy Card (For HL-1660e/2060/2400C/2400Ce/3400CN/2460/3260N Only) 4. USE CARD COMMANDS FROM PCL 4.1 Execute Macros 4.2 Use Download Fonts 5. USE CARD COMMANDS FROM POSTSCRIPT Page Page 1. DESCRIPTIONS 2. COMMAND TO ENTER HBP MODE 3. HBP COMMANDS 3.1 Command List 3.2 Commands (Detailed Explanation) Page Page Page Page 3.3 Graphic Data Format 0 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 1 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 Page 4. RECOMMENDED COMMAND STRING Page APPENDIX D Page 2. GENERAL SPECIFICATION 3. COMMAND REFERENCE LIST 3.1. Commands Descriptions Page Page Page Page APPENDIX E REFERENCE LIST OF FS-5050 UNIQUE COMMANDS Page 1. INTRODUCTION 2. GENERAL SPECIFICATION 3. COMMAND REFERENCE LIST 3.1. Commands Descriptions

Brother CHAPTER 2 PCL

Models: 1270N 1660e HL- 1250/ P2500 HL- 2400C HL- 2400Ce HL- 3400CN HL-1050 hl-1650 HL-1670N HL-2060 HL-2460

PRINTER CONTROL

LANGUAGE