Xerox 4215/MRP manual HP LaserJet Emulation mode, HP PCL 5 compatibility

2.HP LaserJet Emulation mode

Your Xerox laser printer supports Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet IIISi printer commands as documented in the HP LaserJet IIISi Printer User's Reference Manual and the HP PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual. In addition, several additional capabilities of the HP LaserJet III and HP LaserJet 2000 are supported, as outlined in this chapter.

This chapter is intended for the advanced user who wants to control the printer directly through commands, or for the programmer writing application software.

The information in this chapter is not a tutorial for HP PCL programming. This chapter only highlights certain features specific to the Xerox HP LaserJet Emulation mode. Because this chapter is only a supplement, the standard information described in Hewlett-Packard documentation has been omitted.

In HP LaserJet Emulation mode, the printer is suitable for a wide range of office graphics and text processing applications, including the following:

·Word processing

·Database reporting

·Financial planning

·Business graphics

·Office publishing

HP PCL 5 compatibility

The Xerox HP PCL 5 emulation command interpreter is compatible with the HP LaserJet Series IIISi. The following capabilities of the HP LaserJet Series III and LaserJet Series 2000 are supported:

·The printer implements the HP LaserJet Series IIISi font set.

·The printer does not have the capability to emulate HP cartridge fonts.

·The HP PCL 5 commands do not support any of the available printer options, such as the hard disk and network interface controllers.

For a complete list of supported HP commands, refer to the ªHP PCL command quick referenceº and ªHP-GL/2 command quick referenceº appendices.

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