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For more information on PCL, refer to 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 22.
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.
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
I Distance 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.
Printer Control Language (PCL) page formatting
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