Function

Command

Options (#)

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical position (rows)

?&a#R

# = Row number

 

 

 

 

Positioning

Vertical position (dots)

?*p#Y

# = Dot number (300 dots = 1 inch)

 

 

 

Vertical position (decipoints)

?&a#V

# = Decipoin number (720 decipoints = 1 inch)

 

 

 

Horizontal position (columns)

?&a#C

# = Column number

 

 

 

 

Horizontal position (dots)

?*p#X

# = Dot number (300 dots = 1 inch)

Cursor

 

 

 

Horizontal position (decipoints)

?&a#H

# = Decipoint number (720 decipoints = 1 inch)

hints

 

 

 

 

End of line wrap

?&s#C

0

= Enable

 

 

1

= Disable

programming

 

 

 

 

 

Display functions on

?Y

n/a

 

 

 

Display functions off

?Z

n/a

 

 

 

 

selection

 

 

 

 

Enter PCL 6 or PCL 5e mode

?%#A

0

= Use previous PCL 5e cursor position

 

 

1

= Use current HP-GL/2 pen position

 

 

 

 

Enter HP-GL/2 mode

?%#B

0

= Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position

Language

 

 

1

= Use current PCL 5e cursor position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symbol sets

?(#

8U = HP Roman-8 Symbol Set

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary spacing

?(s#P

0

= Fixed

 

 

 

1

= Proportional

 

 

 

 

 

Primary pitch

?(s#H

# = characters/inch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set pitch mode2

?&k#S

0

= 10

 

 

 

4

= 12 (elite)

 

 

 

2

= 16.5 - 16.7 (compressed)

 

 

 

 

 

Primary height

?(s#V

# = Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary style

?(s#S

0

= Upright (solid)

 

 

 

1

= Italic

 

 

 

4

= Condensed

 

 

 

5

= Condensed italic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary stroke wt.

?(s#B

0

= Medium (book or text)

selection

 

 

1

= Semi bold

 

 

3

= Bold

 

 

4

= Extra bold

 

 

 

 

Typeface

?(s#T

Print a PCL 6 or PCL 5e font list to view the command for each

Font

 

 

internal font.

 

 

 

 

 

1.For custom paper, replace “Custompapertype” with the name of the paper, and replace the “#” with the number of characters in the name, plus 1.

2.The preferred method is to use the primary pitch command.

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4300dtn, 4200tn, 4200n, 4200dtnsl, 4200dtn specifications

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