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

EN LB, Label 23-59
LB, Label
This command prints text using the currently defined font. Use LB to
annotate drawings or create text-only charts.
LB text . . . text label terminator
The LB command includes an automatic pen down function. When
the command is completed, the original pen up/down status is
restored.
z text . . . text— ASCII characters. are drawn using the currently
selected font. (Refer to AD, SA, SD, and SS commands for details
on specifying and selecting fonts.)
You can include non-printing characters such as the Carriage
Return (CR, decimal code 13) and Line Feed (LF, decimal code
10). These characters invoke the specified function, but are not
drawn. Refer to Appendixes A and B of the PCL 5 Comparison
Guide for a list of ASCII characters.
The label begins at the current pen location, (unless altered by
LO). After each character is drawn, the pen location is updated
to be the next character origin. (Refer to “Working With the
Character Cell” earlier in the chapter.)
E
C
*c#D, Font ID (assign) PCL Commands
E
C
*c6F, Font Control, Copy Assign
E
C
(#X, Designate Font # as Primary
E
C
)#X, Designate Font # as Secondary
Table 23-31
Parameter Format Functional Range Default
text . . . text character any character(s) no default