Table B-3

 

Frequently Used PCL Printer Commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command

Function

# Refers To

 

 

 

 

 

?

Escape character

(See Table B-1 or your software manual.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

Line feed

n/a

 

 

F

 

 

F

Formfeed

n/a

 

 

F

 

 

C

Carriage return

n/a

 

 

R

 

 

?E

Resets the Printer

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l0H

Ejects page

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#X

Indicates number of copies

1 to 32,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#G

Selects paper destination

0

= Automatic selection

5

= Multi-Bin Mailbox #3

 

 

 

1

= Top Output Bin (face-down)

6

= Multi-Bin Mailbox #4

 

 

 

2

= Left Output Bin (face-up)

7

= Multi-Bin Mailbox #5

 

 

 

3

= Multi-Bin Mailbox #1

8

= Stapler Bin

 

 

 

4

= Multi-Bin Mailbox #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#H

Selects paper source

0

= prints/ejects current page

5

= 2000-Sheet

 

 

 

1

= Tray 2

 

Input Tray (Tray 4)

 

 

 

2

= Manual Feed - paper

6

= Envelope Feeder

 

 

 

3

= Manual Feed - envelope

7

= Auto Select

 

 

 

4

= Tray 3

8 = Tray 1

 

 

 

 

?&l#A

Sets paper size or envelope size

1= Executive

72 = JPOSTD

 

 

 

2

= Letter

80 = Monarch

 

 

 

3

= Legal

81 = Commercial 10

 

 

 

6

= 11 in x17 in

90 = DL

 

 

 

26

= A4

91 = International C5

 

 

 

27

= A3

100 = Commercial B5

 

 

 

45

= JIS B5

101 = Maximum

 

 

 

46

= JIS B4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#O

Selects orientation

0

= portrait

2

= reverse portrait

 

 

 

1

= landscape

3

= reverse landscape

 

 

 

 

 

?&a#L

Sets left margin

Column number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&a#M

Sets right margin

Column number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#E

Sets top margin

Number of lines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#F

Sets text length (bottom margin)

Number of lines from top margin

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&l#D

Sets line spacing

Lines per inch (1, 2 , 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16,

24, or 48)

 

 

 

 

 

 

?&d#D

Begins underline

0

= fixed

 

3 = floating

 

 

 

 

 

?&d@

Ends underline

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

?&k#H

Sets horizontal motion index

1/120 in (.21 mm) increments (compresses print horizontally)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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