GCC Printers Elite 12ppm Appendix F: PCL

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Appendix F: PCL

The table below some frequently-used PCL printer commands (escape sequences) that can

be useful when sending a PCL print job from DOS to your GCC printer. PCL commands

tell the printer which actions to perform or which fonts to use.

The commands listed below are a subset of the PCL command set. When entering escape

sequences, substitute the # symbol in the escape sequence referenced in the left column

with the appropriate number from the right column.

The character l shown in some examples after the ampersand (&) is a letter l (a lower-case

letter L).

Printer command

ECE

EC&l#X

EC&l0X

EC&l#H

EC&l#A

EC&l#O

EC&a#L

EC&a#M

EC&l#E

EC&l#F

Function

Escape character

Line feed

Form feed

Carriage return

Resets printer

Number of copies

Ejects page

Selects paper source

Selects a paper size

Select orientation

Sets left margin

Sets right margin

Sets top margin

Sets page length

# refers to

n/a

1 to 32,767

n/a

1 = tray 1, 2 = manual feed, 3 = manual feed,

4 = tray 2, 6 = MPFeeder

1 = executive, 2 = letter, 3 = legal 14”, 26 = A4, 45 =

JIS B5, 62 = legal 13”, 71 = postcard,

80 = monarch, 81 = commercial 10, 90 = DL

0 = portrait, 1 = landscape

Column number

Number of lines

Number of lines from top margin