HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual

EN Programming Tips for Using PJL 11-17

Spooler Job That Prints a Banner Page Followed by

an Application-Generated Job (Application specifies

printer language)

The following example demonstrates a spooling application that prints

a banner page, and then prints a PostScript job. The application that

produced the print file specifies the printer language.

@PJL COMMENT Spooling Job with Banner <CR><LF>

@PJL JOB NAME = "Spooler #1" <CR><LF>

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL <CR><LF>

<ESC>E . . . Banner Page Data . . . <ESC>E

~<ESC>%-12345X

~<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT <CR><LF>

%!PS-ADOBE . . PostScript print data . . ^D

~<ESC>%-12345X

~<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>

@PJL EOJ <CR><LF>

<ESC>%-12345X

Spooler Job That Prints a Banner Page Followed by

an Application-Generated Job (Application Does Not

Specify Printer Language)

The following example demonstrates a spooling application that prints

a banner page. The application was not created with a PJL-ready

driver, so it does not begin and end with UEL commands, or specify

the printer language—the printer implicitly switches to the correct

printer language.

@PJL JOB NAME = "Spooler #2" <CR><LF>

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL <CR><LF>

<ESC>E . . Banner Page Data. .<ESC>E

~<ESC>%-12345X

. . . PCL or PostScript print data . . .

~<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>

@PJL EOJ <CR><LF>

<ESC>%-12345X