Common PCL 6 and PCL 5e printer commands

 

Function

Command

Options (#)

 

 

 

 

 

commands

Reset

?E

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of copies

?&l#X

1 to 999

 

 

 

 

 

controlJob

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

= Optional envelop 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 = JIS B5

 

 

 

80 = Monarch envelope

 

 

 

81 = Commercial 10 envelope

 

 

 

90 = DL ISO envelope

 

 

 

91 = C5 ISO envelope

 

 

 

100 = B5 ISO envelope/B5 ISO

commands

 

 

101 = Custom

 

 

 

 

Paper type

?&n#

5WdBond = Bond

 

 

 

 

6WdPlain = Plain

control

 

 

6WdColor = Color

 

 

7WdLabels = Labels

 

 

 

 

 

 

9WdRecycled = Recycled

Page

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Top margin

?&l#E

# = Number of lines

 

 

 

 

 

Text length (bottom margin)

?&l#F

# = Number of lines from top margin

 

 

 

 

 

Left margin

?&a#L

# = Column number

 

 

 

 

 

Right margin

?&a#M

# = Column number from left margin

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal motionindex

?&k#H

1/120-inch increments (compresses print horizontally)

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical motion index

?&l#C

1/48-inch increments (compresses print vertically)

 

 

 

 

 

Line spacing

?&l#D

# = Lines per inch (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 16, 24, 48)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perforation skip

?&l#L

0

= Disable

 

 

 

1

= Enable

 

 

 

 

 

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