Specifications

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2. PCL-Specific Variables
The following values are PCL (HP LaserJet emulation) specific and can be set and requested using PJL.
These variables must be set using the LPARM : PCL option.
Variables Description Sample Value Range
The valid values for FONTSOURCE are
I (Internal Fonts)
C (Cartridge Fonts)
C1 (Card Fonts)
S (Permanent Soft Fonts)
If the specified value becomes invalid, it is automatically
changed to the default value.
FONTNUMBER Font number. This value can be seen on the Print Font
Test selected from the Control Panel. This value is
automatically changed to the lowest value whenever the
FONTSOURCE setting is changed.
0, 1, 2, ..n
PITCH Pitch of the default font in units of characters per inch.
The pitch value can be specified to two decimal places
0.44, 0.45, 99.99
PTSIZE Height of the default font in units of points. The point
size can be specified to a quarter of a point
4.00, 4.25, .......999.75
SYMSET Symbol set ROMAN8, ISOL1, ISOL2, ISOL5, PC8, PC8DN,
PC850, PC852, PC8TK, WINL1, WINL2, WINL5,
DESKTOP, PSTEXT, VNINTL, VNUS, MSPUBL,
MATH8, PSMATH, VNMATH, PIFONT, LEGAL, ISO2,
ISO4, ISO6, ISO10, ISO11, ISO 14, ISO15, ISO16,
ISO17, ISO21, ISO 25, ISO 57, ISO60, ISO61, ISO69,
ISO84, ISO85, WIN30, HPGERM, HPSPAN, MCTEXT
LEFTMARGIN Sets the left margin. 0 to 145 columns
RIGHTMARGIN Sets the right margin 10 to 155 columns
TOPMARGIN Sets the top margin 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 inch
BOTMARGIN Sets the bottom margin. 0, 0.33, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 inch
FORMLINES Sets the number of lines per page. 5 to 128 lines
AUTOLF Sets AUTO LF ON or OFF
AUTOCR Sets AUTO CR ON or OFF
AUTOWRAP Sets AUTO WRAP ON or OFF
AUTOSKIP Sets AUTO SKIP ON or OFF
FONTSOURCE I, C, C1, S,
3. PostScript-Specific Variable
The currently defined PostScript specific variable is listed as follows. This variable can be set using the
LPARM : POSTSCRIPT option.
Variable Description Sample Value Range
PRTPSERRS The printing of a PostScript error page is enabled or
disabled by this variable
OFF, ON