Printing menu

The Printing menu is used to set default settings for a specific print job.

Menu item

Values

Description

 

 

 

COPIES

1 to 999 (default: 1)

Number of copies.

 

 

 

CONFIGURE CUSTOM PAPER

YES*

Specifies the dimension of

 

NO

custom sized paper.

 

 

 

UNIT OF MEASURE

INCHES

Set the unit of

 

MM

measurement.

 

 

 

X DIMENSION

 

Determine the length of

 

 

the custom size media.

 

 

 

Y DIMENSION

 

Determine the width of the

 

 

custom size media.

 

 

 

ORIENTATION

PORTRAIT*

Determines the default

 

LANDSCAPE

page orientation.

 

 

 

PCL FONT SOURCE

INTERNAL*

Instructs the printer where

 

SOFT

to look for PCL fonts.

 

SLOT n (n = 1,2,3)

 

 

 

 

PCL FONT NUMBER

0 to 999 (default: 0)

Specifies a default PCL

 

 

font number from the

 

 

printer font list.

 

 

 

PCL FONT PITCH1

0.44 to 99.99

Specifies a default pitch

 

(default: 10)

for scalable PCL fonts.

 

 

 

PCL FONT

4 to 999.75

Specifies a default font

POINT SIZE2

(default: 12)

size for scalable PCL

 

 

fonts.

 

 

 

PCL SYMBOL SET

PC-8(default)

Used to select an

 

 

appropriate symbol set.

 

 

See Appendix B.

 

 

 

WIDE A4

NO*

Sets the printer to allow

 

YES

wide-A4 type media.

 

 

 

APPEND CR TO LF

NO*

Appends a carriage return

 

YES

to each line feed character

 

 

in the data stream. (UNIX)

 

 

 

1Displays only when a fixed space font is specified

 

2Displays only when a proportional space font is specified

 

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HP 4550 manual Printing menu, Menu item Values Description