HP 5M manual Setup Strings, Table B-2, Function Command Decimal Value Job Control Commands

Table B-2		Common Symbol Sets Values
Code		Symbol Set	Code	Symbol Set
8U	HP Roman-8 Symbol Set		19U	Windows 3.1 Latin 1
10U	IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default		9E	Windows 3.1 Latin 2 (commonly used in Eastern
	Symbol Set			Europe)
12U	IBM Layout for Europe (PC-850) (code page		5T	Windows 3.1 Latin 5 (commonly used in Turkey)
	850)
8M	Math-8		579L	Wingdings Font

Point size (or pitch) is another variable. In the following example, “12U” has been filled in for the PC-850 symbol set and “12v” for the point size. This printer command would select a 12 point Univers Medium font.

?(12U?(s1p12v0s0b4148T

Setup Strings

Some software applications, like older versions of Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS, require setup strings with PCL printer commands. In the following example, the Lotus escape charter (\027) is shown. This setup string would be used to change the orientation to landscape, select the PC-8 symbol set with line draw characters, select the small Line Printer font, and change the line spacing to 8 lines-per-inch.

\027&l1O\027(10U\027(s0p16.67h8.5v0s0b0T\027&l8D

Several frequently used PCL printer commands are shown below:

Function	Command	Decimal Value
	Job Control Commands
Reset	?E	027 069
Number of Copies (1-999)	?&l#X	027 038 108 # 088
2 sided/1 sided printing	?&l#S	027 038 108 # 083
	Page Control Commands
Page Length and Size
Paper Source	?&l#H	027 038 108 # 072
Paper size	?&l#A	027 038 108 # 065
Orientation	?&l#O	027 038 108 # 079

Paper Source: 1=Tray 2, 2=manual feed Tray 1, 4=Tray 1, 5=optional Tray 3.

Paper Size: 1=executive, 2=letter, 3=legal, 25=A5, 26=A4, 81=Com10, 80=monarch, 91=C5, 90=DL, 100=B5.

Orientation: 0 =portrait, 1=landscape.

B-4 Common PCL Printer Commands

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