HP 5961-0509 manual Structure of a Typical Job, Preamble

4 PCL Job Control

Commands

Introduction

A job typically consists of three parts:

zCommands providing job control.

zCommands providing page control.

zPrint data.

Table 4-1 Structure of a Typical Job

?%–12345X	UEL Command (exit language)
?E	Printer Reset Command.
Preamble	Job Control Commands.
Page 1	Page Control Commands.
	Data
Page 2	Page Control Commands.1
	Data.
•	•
•	•
•	•
Page n	Page Control Commands.
	Data.
?E	Printer Reset Command.
?%–12345X	UEL Command (exit language).

1.If a number of consecutive pages within a job have the same format (such as margins, VMI, HMI, etc.), the associated page control commands only need to be sent once for that group of pages.

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