Common PCL 5e printer commands (continued)
Function | Command | Options (#) |
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Symbol Sets | ?(# | 8U = HP |
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| 10U = IBM Layout |
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| 12U = IBM Layout for Europe |
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| 8M = |
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| 19U = Windows 3.1 Latin 1 |
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| 9E = Windows 3.1 Latin 2 (commonly used in Eastern Europe) |
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| 5T = Windows 3.1 Latin 5 (commonly used in Turkey) |
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| 579L = Wingdings Font |
Font selection
Primary Spacing
Primary Pitch
Set Pitch Mode2
Primary Height
Primary Style
?(s#P
?(s#H
?&k#S
?(s#V
?(s#S
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
Primary Stroke Wt. | ?(s#B | 0 | = medium (book or text) |
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| 1 | = semi bold |
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| 3 | = bold |
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| 4 | = extra bold |
Typeface | ?(s#T | Print a PCL 5e font list to view the command for each internal | |
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| font (page 190). |
1For custom paper, replace “Custompapertype” with the name of the paper, and replace the “#” with the number of characters in the name, plus 1.
2The preferred method is to use the primary pitch command.
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