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

5-2 Job Separation Commands EN
JOB Command
The JOB command informs the printer of the start of a PJL job and
synchronizes the job and page status information. It also is used to
specify which pages of a job are printed. Use the JOB/EOJ
commands for spooling and related applications to monitor printing
status, name a job, print portions of a job, or to mark job boundaries
to keep the printer from treating a single print job as multiple jobs (for
example, when printing a job with a banner page). Also, in jobs sent
to those printers supporting the PASSWORD option, use a JOB
command to specify the correct password. For printers that support
the DISPLAY variable, the JOB command can be used to display a
control panel message while printing the job.
Note The JOB and EOJ commands always are used in pairs. Do not use
one without the other.
Since the JOB command causes a reset condition, any SET
commands must be positioned after the JOB command.
Syntax:
@PJL JOB [NAME = "job name"][START=first page]
~[END = last page][PASSWORD = number ]
~[DISPLAY = "display text"][<CR>]<LF>
Parameters:
Parameter Functional Range Default
NAME = "job name" Roman-8 characters 33
thru 255, <SP>, <HT>
N/A
START = first page 1 to 2,147,483,647 1
END = last page 1 to 2,147,483,647 Entire job
PASSWORD = number 0 to 65,535 0
DISPLAY="display text" Roman-8 characters 33
thru 255, <SP>, <HT>
N/A