P C L P r i n t e r C o m m a n d s

PCL Printer Commands

PCL printer commands—also called escape sequences—are

used by software applications to control how fonts and

graphics are printed on the page. Figure B.1 lists the PCL

printer commands for the 4520/4520mp printers.

Figure B.1 PCL printer commands

Function

Parameter

Command

Decimal Value

Hexadecimal Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOB CONTROL COMMANDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal Exit

EC%-12345X

027 037 045

049 050

1B 25 2D 31 32 33 34 35

Language (ULE)

 

 

051 052 053

088

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

ECE

027 069

 

1B

45

 

Number Of

# of Copies

EC&l#X

027 038 108

# ... # 088

1B

26

6C # ... # 58

Copies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Edge (Left)

# of Decipoints

EC&l#U

027 038 108

# ... # 085

1B

26

6C # ... # 55

Offset

(1/720”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Edge

# of Decipoints

EC&l#Z

027 038 108

# ... # 090

1B

26

6C # ... # 5A

(Top) Offset

(1/720”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit Of

# = Number of

EC&u#D

027 038 117

# ... # 068

1B

26

75 # ... # 44

Measure

units per inch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Xerox 4520mp manual Graphics are printed on the page. Figure B.1 lists the PCL