HP 5961-0509 manual Hp Pcl

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1 Introduction to

HP PCL

PCL PRINTER LANGUAGE HISTORY

Hewlett-Packard created the PCL printer language (simply referred to as “PCL” elsewhere in this manual) to provide an economical and efficient way for application programs to control a range of printer features across a number of printing devices. HP has evolved both the definition and implementations of PCL to provide the optimal price and performance balance. PCL 5 represents a new breakthrough in price/performance leadership. Its features were selected in direct response to customer requests. HP will continue to lead enhancements to the PCL printer language to deliver powerful technology advances.

PCL commands are compact escape sequence codes that are embedded in the print job data stream. This approach minimizes both data transmission and command decoding overhead.

HP PCL formatters and fonts are designed to quickly translate application output into high-quality, device-specific, raster print images.

PCL printer language commonality from HP printer to HP printer helps to minimize printer support problems and protect HP printer customer investment in applications and printer driver software.

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