SATO D512 PCL PCL EMULATION

Unit 1: PCL Emulation

Page 1-2 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual

PCL EMULATION

The D512 printer supports the Hewlett-Packard Company’s LaserJet Printer Command

Language. This chapter discusses PCL emulation commands, along with resident PCL

emulation font and symbol set support.

To determine which commands your printer supports, see Section, “PCL Support.”

SELECTING PCL EMULATION

USING YOUR SOFTWARE PROGRAM

The D512 requires a PJL prologue, or series of commands, at the start of each print job,

including the Printer Job Language (PJL) Enter Language Command. See “ENTER LANGUAGE

Command” in Printer Job Language section for more information. See “Printer Job Language” in

the Printer Job Language section for the syntax and use of PJL. An example of a well-structured

PJL prologue would be the following:

[esc]%-12345X

@PJL SET LCUSTOMPAPERUNITS=INCHES

@PJL SET LCUSTOMPAPERHEIGHT=6

@PJL SET LCUSTOMPAPERWIDTH=4

@PJL SET RESOLUTION=300

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL

Contents

Main SATO America, Inc. WARNING Table of Contents Page 1PCL EMULATION PCL EMULATION SELECTING PCL EMULATION PAGE FORMATTING FONT AND SYMBOL SET SUPPORT Page Page COMMAND STRUCTURE Page SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-9 PCL EMULATION COMMANDS Page 1-10 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-6: Page Control Table 1-5: Job Control (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-11 Table 1-6: Page Control (continued) Page 1-12 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-6: Page Control (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-13 Table 1-7: Cursor Positioning Page 1-14 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-15 Table 1-8: Font Selection (continued) Page 1-16 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-9: User-Defined Symbol Set Table 1-8: Font Selection (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-17 Table 1-10: Font Creation Table 1-11: Macros Page 1-18 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-12: Print Model SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-19 Table 1-13: User-Defined Pattern Table 1-14: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics Page 1-20 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-14: Rectangular Area Fill Graphics (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-21 Table 1-15: Raster Graphics and ignored. Page 1-22 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-15: Raster Graphics (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-23 Table 1-15: Raster Graphics (continued) Page 1-24 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-16: Status Readback SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-25 Table 1-17: Picture Frame Table 1-18: Miscellaneous Commands Table 1-18: Miscellaneous Commands (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-27 GL/2 COMMANDS Table 1-19: Configuration Group Table 1-20: Vector Group Page 1-28 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 1-21: Polygon Group Table 1-22: Character Group SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 1-29 Table 1-23: Line and Fill Attributes Group Table 1-24: Miscellaneous Group Table 1-22: Character Group (continued) RASTER IMAGE GRAPHICS Page Page Page Page Page Page Page MACROS Page PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE PJL COMMAND NOTATION KERNEL COMMANDS UNIVERSAL EXIT LANGUAGE Command ENTER LANGUAGE Command COMMENT Command JOB SEPARATION COMMANDS JOB Command Page EOJ Command ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS AND VARIABLES DEFAULT Command SET Command INITIALIZE Command Unit 2: Printer Job Language Page 2-10 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual RESET Command @PJL RESET[<CR>]<LF> Unit 2: Printer Job Language SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 2-11 Table 2-2: PJL Variables (continued) STATUS READBACK COMMANDS DINQUIRE Command ECHO Command INFO Command INQUIRE Command USTATUS Command Page STATUS MESSAGE FORMAT Page Page 3-2 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual PCL SUPPORT SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 3-3 Page 3-4 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 3-5 Table2 lists GL/2 commands and identifies the printers that support them. Page 3-6 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 3-2: GL/2 Commands SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 3-7 Table 3-2: GL/2 Commands (continued) Page 3-8 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 3-2: GL/2 Commands (continued) Page Page 4-2 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE SUPPORT SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 4-3 Table 4-1: PJL Variables (continued) Page 4-4 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 4-2: Common Variables for PCL Emulation Table 4-3: Common Variables for PostScript Emulation Table 4-1: PJL Variables (continued) SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 4-5 Table 4-4: Status Readback Commands Table 4-5: USTATUS Unsolicited Status Variables Table 4-6: Device Attendance Messages Page Page Page 5-2 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual BAR CODE COMMANDS Table 5-1: PCL Emulation Escape Sequences SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Page 5-3 Table 5-2: PCL Emulation Parameter List Page 5-4 SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual Table 5-2: PCL Emulation Parameter List (continued) TWO-DIMENSIONAL BAR CODES Page Page Page Page SETTING THE PRINTER TO SBPL LANGUAGE Command to set SBPL Language PCL Language Set Command SETTING THE PRINTER TO PCL LANGUAGE Command to set PCL Language ESC+RN ESC+RNESC+R Page Page Page SATO GROUP OF COMPANIES International Headquarters SATO INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. Asia Pacific & Oceania Region SATO INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. SATO ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.