Lexmark Printer manual Linking Commands

2-61 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:

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

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