Common PCL Printer Commands

Common PCL Printer Commands

Function

ControlJob Commands

Reset

Number of Copies

 

 

2-sided/1-sided printing

 

Paper Source

Paper size

Page Control Commands

Paper Type

Orientation

Command

Options (#)

?E

n/a

 

?&l#X

1 to 999

?&l#S

0 = Simplex (1-sided) printing

 

1

= Duplex (2-sided) with long edge binding

 

2

= Duplex (2-sided) with short edge binding

?&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

 

7

= auto select

 

20

= Tray 4

?&l#A

1 = Executive

 

2

= Letter

 

3

= Legal

 

6

= 11 x 17

 

17

= 16K

 

18

= JIS EXEC

 

19

= 8K

 

25

= A5

 

26

= A4

 

27

= A3

 

44

= B6-JIS

 

45

= B5-JIS

 

46

= B4-JIS

 

72

= Postcard (double)

 

80

= Monarch

 

81

= Commercial 10

 

90

= DL

 

91

= International C5

 

100 = B5

 

101 = Custom

?&n#

5WdBond = Bond

 

6WdPlain = Plain

 

6WdColor = Color

 

7WdLabels = Labels

 

9WdRecycled = Recycled

 

11WdLetterhead = Letterhead

 

10WdCardstock = Cardstock

 

11WdPrepunched = Prepunched

 

11WdPreprinted = Preprinted

 

13WdTransparency = Transparency

 

#WdCustompapertype = Custom1

?&l#O

0 = Portrait

 

1

= Landscape

 

2

= Reverse Portrait

 

3

= Reverse Landscape

ENWW

Printer Commands D-5