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 “Appe ndix A: PCL support” on page 24.

Printable areas

The printable areas and logical pages for PCL emulation (both portrait and landscape ori entation) 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 pag e 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 d imensions of each area labeled on the preceding
diagram for all paper and envelope sizes your printer suppor ts.
Printer Control Language (PCL) page format ting
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