Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting

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Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting

For more information on PCL, see the Printer Languages and Interfaces Technical Reference. It contains a complete listing with descriptions of PCL commands.

To determine which PCL commands your printer supports, see “Appendix A: PCL support” on page 23.

Printable areas

The printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation (both portrait and landscape orientation) are illustrated below. See the legend that follows for definitions of areas A through I.

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I

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Legend:

 

APortrait physical page width and landscape physical page length

BPortrait physical page length and landscape physical page width

CPortrait logical page width

DLandscape logical page width

EDistance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in portrait

FDistance between the side edge of the physical page and the logical page in landscape

GDistance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and logical page

HDistance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in portrait, or distance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and printable area in landscape

IDistance between the top and bottom edge of the physical page and the printable area in portrait, or distance between the left and right edge of the physical page and the printable area in landscape

Note: The tables that follow in this chapter list the page sizes and dimensions of each area labeled on the preceding diagram for all paper and envelope sizes your printer supports.

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