HP 4050 manual Understanding PCL 5e Printer Command Syntax, Printer Commands

Understanding PCL 5e Printer

Command Syntax

Before using printer commands, compare these characters:

Lowercase l:	l	Uppercase O:	O
Number one:	1	Number 0:	0

Many printer commands use the lowercase letter l (l) and the number one (1), or the uppercase letter O (O) and the number zero

(0). These characters may not appear on your screen as shown here. You must use the exact character and case specified for PCL 5e printer commands.

Figure D-1 displays the elements of a typical printer command (in this instance, a command for page orientation).

Escape character Value field (contains both

Terminination character

Parameterized Group(uppercase)

character character

Figure D-1 Printer Command Elements

D-2 Printer Commands

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