Lexmark C762, C760 manual Linking Commands

2-33 PCL

Example:

ESC(s16.66H

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Decimal: 27 40 115 49 54 46 54 54 72

Hex: 1B 28 73 31 36 2E 36 36 48

Use the plus symbol (+) or the minus symbol (-) to select a position relative to the current cursor position. For example:

ESC&a6C Move to horizontal cursor position, column six

ESC&a+6C Move six columns to the right of the current position

ESC&a-6CMove six columns to the left of the current position

Linking Commands

You can combine PCL emulation commands by linking them if the first 3 bytes of the commands are identical. The combined, short form sends the first 3 bytes only once in the string. To combine commands:

•Use the first 3 bytes (characters) of the command only once at the start of the command string.

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Make the last letter of each command in the string lowercase.

Capitalize the last letter of the string.

For example, notice that the first 3 bytes of these two commands are the same:

ESC(s10H Select 10 characters per inch

ESC(s4099T Select Courier typeface

To combine these two commands, use this form:

ESC(s10h4099T

which is 3 bytes shorter than the long form:

ESC(s10HESC(s4099T

You can combine more than two commands; for example, you can add Select Stroke Weight Bold (ESC(s3B) to the previous two commands:

ESC(s10h3b4099T

or in the long form:

ESC(s10HESC(s3BESC(s4099T