Command Reference Guide for Software Developers
Table Of Contents
- Technical Reference Guide
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- GLOSSARY
- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 2 PCL PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE
- 1. COMMAND LIST
- 2. INTRODUCTION
- 3. CONTROLLING THE PRINTER
- 4. JOB CONTROL
- 4.1 . Commands
- 4.1.1. Page size
- 4.1.2. Media type selection
- 4.1.3. Output tray
- 4.1.4. Paper source
- 4.1.5. Left long-edge offset registration
- 4.1.6. Top offset registration
- 4.1.7. Simplex/duplex printing
- 4.1.8. Paper side selection
- 4.1.9. Job separation command
- 4.1.10. Reset
- 4.1.11. Reset to factory default settings
- 4.1.12. Reset to user settings
- 4.1.13. Printer self test
- 4.1.14. Exit current emulation mode
- 4.1.15. Change emulation mode
- 4.2. The Page
- 4.2.1. Physical page
- 4.2.2. Printable area
- 4.2.3. Logical page
- 4.2.4. Text area
- 4.2.5. HP-GL/2 graphics window
- 4.2.6. Portrait page dimensions
- 4.2.7. Landscape page dimensions
- 4.2.8. Coordinates
- 4.2.9. Units
- 4.2.10. Unit of measure
- 4.2.11. Setting the left and right margins
- 4.2.12. Resetting the horizontal margins
- 4.2.13. Setting the top margin
- 4.2.14. Setting the vertical motion index (VMI)
- 4.2.15. Setting the horizontal motion index (HMI)
- 4.2.16. Setting line spacing
- 4.2.17. Text length
- 4.2.18. Page length
- 4.2.19. Perforation skip
- 4.2.20. Positioning the cursor
- 4.2.21. Vertical positioning
- 4.2.22. Horizontal position
- 4.2.23. Positioning the cursor using control codes
- 4.2.24. Using the cursor position stack
- 4.2.25. Half line feed
- 4.2.26. Logical page orientation
- 4.2.27. Text direction
- 4.1 . Commands
- 5. USING FONTS
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.1.1. Font types
- 5.1.2. Bitmap fonts
- 5.1.3. Scalable fonts
- 5.1.4. Bound fonts
- 5.1.5. Unbound fonts
- 5.1.6. Font sources
- 5.1.7. Internal fonts
- 5.1.8. Card/cartridge fonts
- 5.1.9. Downloadable fonts
- 5.1.10. Primary and secondary fonts
- 5.1.11. Specifying the primary font
- 5.1.12. Specifying the secondary font
- 5.1.13. Selecting the default fonts
- 5.1.14. Switching between the primary and secondary fonts
- 5.1.15. Criteria for font selection
- 5.1.16. Symbol set
- 5.1.17. Symbol collections
- 5.1.18. Type of character spacing
- 5.1.19. Pitch
- 5.1.20. Height
- 5.1.21. Style
- 5.1.22. Stroke weight
- 5.1.23. Typeface
- 5.2. Font Selection Commands
- 5.2.1. User-defined symbol sets
- 5.2.2. Symbol set ID code command
- 5.2.3. Define symbol set
- 5.2.4. Symbol set control command
- 5.2.5. Selecting the symbol set
- 5.2.6. Selecting the type of character spacing
- 5.2.7. Selecting the pitch
- 5.2.8. Selecting the height
- 5.2.9. Scaling the scalable fonts vertically or horizontally
- 5.2.10. Selecting the style
- 5.2.11. Selecting the stroke weight
- 5.2.12. Selecting the typeface
- 5.2.13. Font orientation
- 5.2.14. Transparent print data
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- 5.3. Downloadable font manipulation
- 5.4. Creating Downloadable Fonts
- 5.1. Introduction
- 6. USING GRAPHICS
- 6.1. Source, Pattern and Destination
- 6.2. Plotting Rectangles
- 6.3. Raster Graphics
- 6.3.1. Positioning the cursor
- 6.3.2. Set raster resolution
- 6.3.3. Set high resolution control
- 6.3.4. Set raster image orientation
- 6.3.5. Set raster area height
- 6.3.6. Set raster area width
- 6.3.7. Set raster y-offset
- 6.3.8. Set compression mode
- 6.3.9. Start raster transfer
- 6.3.10. Send raster data
- 6.3.11. Compress transfer graphics
- 6.3.12. End raster transfer
- 6.3.13. Horizontal 1200-dpi image format mode (Raster Graphic Mode 1027)
- 6.4. Vector Graphics
- 6.5. The Picture Frame
- 7. MACROS
- 7.1. The Purpose of a Macro
- 7.2. Defining a Macro
- 7.3. Running a Macro
- 7.4. Handling Macros
- 7.4.1. Delete all macros
- 7.4.2. Delete all temporary macros
- 7.4.3. Delete macro
- 7.4.4. Make macro temporary
- 7.4.5. Make macro permanent
- 7.4.6. Delete all macros from the storage device
- 7.4.7. Delete macro from the storage device
- 7.4.8. Save macro into the storage device
- 7.4.9. Execute data
- 7.4.10. AppleTalk configuration
- 7.4.11. MIO video I/O port control
- 8. STATUS READBACK
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Memory Status request
- 8.3. Entity Status
- 8.4. Status Response
- 8.5. Status Response Syntax
- 8.5.1. Set status readback location type
- 8.5.2. Set status readback location unit
- 8.5.3. Inquire status readback entity
- 8.5.4. Entity status response
- 8.5.5. Font response
- 8.5.6. Bitmap fonts
- 8.5.7. Bound scalable fonts
- 8.5.8. Unbound scalable fonts
- 8.5.9. Download fonts
- 8.5.10. Location type 1 (currently selected) font
- 8.5.11. Font extended response
- 8.5.12. Macro response
- 8.5.13. Use-defined pattern response
- 8.5.14. Symbol set response
- 8.5.15. Entity error codes
- 8.5.16. Free space command
- 8.5.17. Font cache
- 8.5.18. Memory status response
- 8.5.19. Memory error response
- 8.5.20. Flush all pages command
- 8.5.21. Echo command
- 9. INDEX
- CHAPTER 3 PCL5C
- CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 GRAPHICS LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER 5 PJL PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. HOW TO USE PJL
- 3. COMMAND GROUP
- 4. KERNEL COMMANDS
- 5. JOB SEPARATION COMMANDS
- 6. ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS
- 7. STATUS READBACK COMMANDS
- 8. DEVICE ATTENDANCE COMMANDS
- 9. INDEX
- CHAPTER 6 EPSON FX-850
- CHAPTER 7 IBM PROPRINTER XL
- CHAPTER 8 BAR CODE CONTROL
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. PRINT BAR CODES OR EXPANDED CHARACTERS
- 3. DEFINITION OF PARAMETERS
- 3.1. Bar Code Mode
- 3.2. Bar Code Style, Expanded Character Shading, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Shading
- 3.3. Bar Code Scaling (Width only)
- 3.4. Bar Code Human Readable Line On or Off
- 3.5. Quiet Zone
- 3.6. Bar Code, Expanded Character Unit, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Units
- 3.7. Bar Code, Expanded Character, Line, Block Drawing & Box Drawing Offset in the X-axis
- 3.8. Bar Code & Expanded Character Offset in the Y-axis
- 3.9. Bar Code, Expanded Character, Line, Block Drawing & Box Drawing Height
- 3.10. Expanded Character, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Width
- 3.11. Expanded Character Rotation
- 3.12. Bar Code Data Start
- 3.13. Box Drawing
- 3.14. Line Block Drawing
- 3.15. Expanded Character Data Start
- 3.16. Table of Code(EAN) 128 set C
- 4. EXAMPLE PROGRAM LISTINGS
- CHAPTER 9 HP-GL GRAPHICS LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER 10 CARBON COPY FUNCTION
- APPENDIX A COMPARISON LIST
- APPENDIX B FLASH/PCMCIA CARD COMMANDS
- APPENDIX C HBP MODE COMMANDS
- APPENDIX D REFERENCE LIST OF MX-2000/4000/5000/7000 SERIES UNIQUE COMMANDS
- APPENDIX E REFERENCE LIST OF FS-5050 UNIQUE COMMANDS
- APPENDIX F REFERENCE LIST OF SF- 4000 SERIES UNIQUE COMMANDS
APPENDIX C HBP MODE COMMANDS - 9
3.2.5 Engine related setting commands
Command
@J+*
Function
This command allows the setting of engine related commands. Each setting depends on the value of the 3 byte
command string.
@J+CHR$ (0) +CHR$ (n): Sets Media Type
This command allows the printer to change the temperature control for the fuser unit when printing.
n=0: Regular (Default)
n=1: Thick paper
n=2: Thicker paper
n=3: Transparency
@J+CHR$ (1) +CHR$ (n): Sets the toner stirring time
The value of n (0-255) sets the toner stirring time in seconds. The value 0 gives the default setting of 30
seconds stored in the printer, and 1- 6 is fixed at 6 seconds. Toner is stirred by the @K+CHR$ (0) command.
It is not necessary to set it from the driver.
@J+CHR$ (2) +CHR$ (n): Indicates Envelope mode
n=0 Normal mode
n=1 Envelope mode
The driver sets the value to 1 if the paper length is from 180 mm to 250 mm, and the value to 0 when it is
shorter or longer.
@J+CHR$ (3) +CHR$ (n): Sets the envelope mode level
The value n sets the time limit in continuous envelope printing. The default (0) is 20 seconds, which represents
a printing speed of 3 ppm.
When set to 0, the time limit in continuous envelope printing is set to 20 seconds.
The printing speed is fastest if the setting is shorter than normal loading speed, such as 1 second or 2 seconds. It
is not necessary to set it from the driver.
3.2.6 Engine related execute commands
Command
@K+*
Function
This is an immediately executed command.
@K+CHR$ (0): Execute toner stirring
To set the toner stirring time, use the command, @J+CHR$(1)+CHR$(n).
It is not necessary to set this command from the driver.