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
 - 5.2.15. Esc&d#D (27)(38)(100)#(68) <1Bh><26h><64h>#<44h>
 
 - 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
 
 
 
First version  August, 1999  Created for HL-1050/1070/1250/1270N/ 
1450/1470N/P2500/1660e/2060/2400C 
Ver. A  March, 2000  Revised for Addition of HL-2400Ce/3400CN 
Ver. B  March, 2001  Revised for Addition of HL-1650/1670N/3260N/2460 
Ver. C  October, 2001  Revised for Addition of HL-1450/1470N 
Ver. D  June, 2003  Revised for Addition of HL-7050/1850/1870N/5050/ 
5070N 
Ver. E  September, 2003  Revised for Addition of HL-2600CN/3450CN. 
Ver. F  October, 2003  Revised for Addition of HL-5040. 
Ver. G  January, 2004  Correct Paper Source command of PCL5. 
Ver. H  February, 2004  Correct Epson & IBM emulation, PJL and Barcode. 
Ver. I  June, 2004  Revised for Addition of HL-6050/6050D/6050DN/ 
8050N/2700CN. 
Ver. J  July, 2004  Revised for Addition of HL-5140/5150D/5150DN and 
addition of a section of Carbon Copy and addition of a 
table of Tray Selection of TRAYCOMMAND Special. 
Ver. K  December, 2004  Revised for Addition of HL-2070N. 
Ver. L  March, 2006  Revised for Addition of HL-
5240/5250DN/5270DN/5280DW. 
Ver. M  June, 2007  Revised for Addition of HL-
4040CN/4050CDN/4070CDW. 
Ver. N  April,2009  Revised for Addition of HL-2140/2150N/2170W. 
Ver. O  April,2009  Revised for Addition of HL-
5340D/5350DN/5370DW/5380DN. 
Ver. P  June, 2009  Revised for Addition of HL-3040CN/3070CW 
Ver. Q  June, 2010  Revised for Addition of HL-
2130/2240D/2250DN/2270DW/4140CN/4150CDN/45
70CDW 
Ver. R  November, 2011  Revised for Addition of HL-
3045CN/3075CW/5440D/5450DN/5470DW/6180DW 
Ver. S  March, 2012  Revised for Addition of HL-S7000DN 
Ver. T  October, 2012  Revised for Addition of HL-3140CW/HL-
3150CDW/HL-3150CDN/HL-3170CDW 
Ver. U  March, 2013  Revised for Addition of HL-1110/1111/1112/1118 
Ver. V  November, 2013  Revised for Addition of HL- 
L8250CDN/L8350CDW(T)/L9200CDW(T) 
Ver.W  March, 2014  Revised for Addition of HL- 
L2300/L2300D/L2320D/L2321D/2260/2260D/L2305
W/L2340DW/L2360DN/L2361DN/2560DN/L2360D
W/L2365DW/L2366DW/2569DW 
Ver.X June, 2014 Revised for Addition of HL- 
HL-1212W/1210W/ 1210WR/1212WR/ 
1210WE/1211W/1218W/1200/1201/1202/1208 
Ver.Y  November, 2014  Revised for Addition of HL-L9300CDW(T) 
Ver.Z October, 2015 Revised for Addition of HL-
L5000D/5580D/5585D/5595DN/L5102DW/L5100DN
(T)/5590DN/L5200DW(T)/L5202DW/L6200DW(T)/
L6202DW/L6250DN/L6250DW/L6300DW(T)/L6400
DW(T)/L6402DW 
Ver.AA January, 2017 Revised for Addition of HL-
L8260CDN/L8260CDW/L8360CDW(T)/L9310CDW 










