HP Emulation Mode

Printable area

The size of the printable area for the LaserJet IIP and this printer is the same. The maximum number of characters that can be printed per line is also the same. However, the absolute print position may not be exactly the same as a printout from an HP LaserJet IIP printer.

In order to match your printing to the output produced on a LaserJet printer, you can use the T-OFFSET and L-OFFSET feature of the SelecType Level 1 SYSTEM CONFIG option to make fine adjustments to the print start position. However, because the offset feature can move the printing position to a point outside of the printable area, some of the data may not be printed.

Character clipping

If a character is partially outside the printable area, the HP LaserJet does not print any portion of the character. Your printer prints that portion of the character that falls within the printable area.

Paper handling

When using the printer in HP emulation mode, the paper size is not determined by the paper cassette as it is with an HP LaserJet printer. Use the P-SIZE option in SelecType Level 1 to set any of the fourteen paper sizes supported by the printer. For certain nonstandard sizes of paper, you may need to use the manual feed option described in Chapter 5.

HP emulation command summary

This section lists the printer commands supported by HP emulation mode. For more information on printer commands, see the Hewlett- Packard LaserJet IIP Technical Reference Manual.

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