Common PCL Printer Commands

Common PCL Printer Commands

Job Control Commands

Page Control Commands

Function

Command

Options (#)

Reset

?E

n/a

Number of Copies

?&l#X

1 to 999

2-sided/1-sided printing

?&l#S

0 = Simplex (1-sided) printing

 

 

1

= Duplex (2-sided) with long edge binding

 

 

2

= Duplex (2-sided) with short edge binding

Paper Source

?&l#H

0 = prints or ejects current page

 

 

1

= Tray 2

 

 

2

= manual feed, paper

 

 

3

= manual feed, envelope

 

 

4

= Tray 1

 

 

5

= Tray 3

 

 

6

= Envelope Feeder

 

 

7

= auto select

 

 

8

= Tray 4

 

 

20-69 = external trays

Paper size

?&l#A

1 = Executive

 

 

2

= Letter

 

 

3

= Legal

 

 

25 = A5

 

 

26 = A4

 

 

45 = B5-JIS

 

 

80 = Monarch

 

 

81 = Commercial 10

 

 

90 = DL

 

 

91 = International C5

 

 

100 = B5

 

 

101 = Custom

Paper Type

?&n#

5WdBond = Bond

 

 

6WdPlain = Plain

 

 

6WdColor = Color

 

 

7WdLabels = Labels

 

 

9WdRecycled = Recycled

 

 

11WdLetterhead = Letterhead

 

 

10WdCardstock = Cardstock

 

 

11WdPrepunched = Prepunched

 

 

11WdPreprinted = Preprinted

 

 

13WdTransparency = Transparency

 

 

#WdCustompapertype = Custom1

Orientation

?&l#O

0 = Portrait

 

 

1

= Landscape

 

 

2

= Reverse Portrait

 

 

3

= Reverse Landscape

EN

Printer Commands D-5