User`s manual

2 HP PCL-II

Introduction

This chapter describes the HP

PCL-II emulation host control codes that are

supported for your 5525B/31/32 Series printer. Emulation refers to the ability

of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language.

A printer control language is the coding system used to convey, manipulate,

and print data. It contains character codes and command sequences that

configure the emulation. In this manual, the terms emulation, printer protocol,

and printer control language are synonymous.

In the HP PCL-II emulation mode, your printer can print files coded for the HP

PCL-II printer control language. To select the PCL-II emulation mode as the

active printer emulation, select PCL-II in the ACTIVE EMULATION menu and

then the PCL-II menu will appear under the EMULATION menu, as described

in the

Compaq 5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer User’s Manual

The PCL-II emulation provides many configurable parameters. The default

parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1. You can modify the

emulation parameter values in two ways:

• The PCL-II host control codes. An extensive set of PCL-II control code

commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via

the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the

PCL-II control code commands.

• The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the PCL-II

emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus and control

panel keys as described in the

Compaq 5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer

User’s Manual

A parameter value set by a host control code overrides a value set from the

printer’s control panel.

NOTE: Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control

codes can be saved to memory so that they will not be lost when you

power off the printer. The menu selection for saving a configuration to

memory is described in the

Compaq 5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer

User’s Manual.