NOTE Fonts are either "fixed" or "proportional" in spacing. The printer contains both fixed fonts (Courier, Letter Gothic, and Lineprinter) and proportional fonts (CG Times, Arial, Times New Roman, and others). Fixed-spaced fonts are generally used in programs such as spreadsheets and databases, where it is important for columns to line up vertically. Proportional-spaced fonts are generally used in text and word-processing programs.

Common PCL 6 and PCL 5 printer commands

Table F-1Job-control commands

Function

Command

Options (#)

 

 

 

Reset

EcE

Not available

 

 

 

Number of copies

Ec&l#X

1 to 999

 

 

 

 

two-sided/one-sided printing

Ec&l#S

0

= Simplex (one-sided) printing

 

 

1

= Duplex (two-sided) with long edge

 

 

binding

 

 

2

= Duplex (two-sided) with short edge

 

 

binding

 

 

 

 

Table F-2Page-control commands

Function

Command

Options (#)

 

 

 

Paper source

Ec&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 to 69 = external trays

 

 

 

Paper size

Ec&l#A

1 = Executive

 

 

2

= Letter

 

 

3

= Legal

 

 

25 = A5

26 = A4

45 = JIS B5

216 Appendix F Printer commands

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