Common PCL Printer Commands (continued)

Function

Command

Options (#)

 

 

 

 

Language Selection

 

 

 

Enter PCL Mode

?%#A

0

= Use previous PCL cursor position

 

 

1

= Use current HP-GL/2 pen position

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode

?%#B

0

= Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position

 

 

1

= Use current PCL cursor position

Font Selection

Symbol Sets

Primary Spacing

Primary Pitch

Set Pitch Modea

Primary Height

Primary Style

?(#

?(s#P

?(s#H

?&k#S

?(s#V

?(s#S

8U = HP Roman-8 Symbol Set

10U = IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default Symbol Set

12U = IBM Layout for Europe (PC-850) (code page 850)

8M = Math-8

19U = Windows 3.1 Latin 1

9E = Windows 3.1 Latin 2 (commonly used in Eastern Europe)

5T = Windows 3.1 Latin 5 (commonly used in Turkey) 579L = Wingdings Font

0 = fixed

1 = proportional

# = characters/inch

0 = 10

4 = 12 (elite)

2 = 16.5 - 16.7 (compressed)

# = points

0 = upright (solid)

1 = italic

4 = condensed

5 = condensed italic

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