HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part II

EN DV, Define Variable Text Path 23-49
Example:Using theDV Command
The following example illustrates how Line Feeds and Carriage
Returns affect vertical labels. Horizontal labels are shown for
comparison.
Table 23-24 Example: Using the DV Command
E
C
E Reset the printer.
E
C
%0B Enter HP-GL/2 mode.
IN; Initialize HP-GL/2 mode.
SP1; Select pen number 1. Even though there is no
physical pen, the SP command must be used
to enable printing.
PA2000,3000;DV1; Specify absolute plotting and move to
(2000,3000). Define the text path so that each
character begins below the previous
character (vertical text path).
DT@; Define the “@” character as the label
terminator (non-printing).
LBABC CR-LF@; Print ABC, followed by a Carriage Return/Line
Feed (CR-LF).
LBDEF LF@; Print DEF, followed by a Line Feed.
LBGHI LF@; Print GHI, followed by a Line Feed.
LO3; Change the label Origin to 3 (the default LO1
was used prior to this).
LBJKL@ Print JKL.
LO1; Return to the default label Origin (LO1).
PA4000,3000;DV0; Move to (4000,3000) and define the text path
so that each character begins to the right of
the previous one (horizontal [default] text
path).
LBABC CR-LF@; Print ABC, followed by CR-LF.
LBDEF LF@; Print DEF, followed by Line Feed.
LBGHI@; Print GHI (without CR or LF).