HP 5M manual Using PCL Printer Commands, PCL Font Selection, Escape Character, Table B-1

Using PCL Printer Commands

Escape Character

Printer commands always begin with the escape character (?). Table B-1 shows how the escape character can be entered from various software applications.

Table B-1	Software Escape Character Commands
DOS Software Package		Entry	What Appears
Lotus 1-2-3 and		Type \027	027
Symphony
Microsoft Word for DOS		Hold down Alt] key and type 027 on the numeric keypad	←
WordPerfect for DOS		Type <27>	<27>
MS-DOS Editor		Hold down [CTRL] [P] then [Esc]	←
MS-DOS Edlin		Hold down [CTRL] [V] then [	^[
dBase		?? CHR(27)+"command"	?? CHR(27)+" “

PCL Font Selection

PCL printer commands to select fonts can be found on the PCL Font List (see Chapter 7, “Checking Installed PCL Fonts”). A sample section is shown below. Notice the two variable boxes for symbol set “?” and point size:

These variables must be filled in or the printer will use defaults. For example, if you want a symbol set that contains line-draw characters, select the 10U (PC-8) or 12U (PC-850) symbol set. Other common symbol set codes are listed in Table B-2 (see next page). Order the PCL/PJL Technical Reference Package if you require symbol set charts or want more information.

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Common PCL Printer Commands B-3

B Common PCL Printer Commands