HP PCL/PJL reference - PCL 5 Comparison Guide

ENWW Printer-Specific Differences 2-3
Table 2-2. HP LaserJet IIIP PCL Feature Additions
Feature/Command Status Comments
Set Compression Method Modified Adds Adaptive Compression method to the
Set Compression Method command.
End Raster Graphics
Command
Modified Modified version of the End Raster
Graphics command.
User-defined Patterns New Enables users to define and download
their own user-defined pattern.
User-defined Pattern
Command
New
Feature
Used to download the binary data for
user-defined pattern.
Set Pattern Reference Point
Command
New Sets pattern reference point.
Pattern Control Command New Used to make user-defined patterns
permanent or temporary, or to delete them.
Select Pattern & Fill
Rectangular Area
Commands
Modified Adds a parameter to support user-defined
patterns.
Pattern ID Command Modified In addition to selecting internal patterns,
this command is now used to assign an ID
to a user-defined pattern as well as to
select patterns. Also, parameter range is
extended from 100 to 32,767.
User-defined Symbol Sets New
Feature
Enables user to build a symbol set which
contains user-selected characters.
Define Symbol Set
Command
New Identifies the characters for a user-defined
symbol set.
Symbol Set ID Code
Command
New Assigns a number for identification to the
user-defined symbol set.
Symbol Set Control
Command
New Used to make user-defined symbol sets
permanent or temporary, or to delete them.
Unbound Scalable Fonts New
Feature
Allows typefaces (unbound fonts), not just
fonts (bound fonts) to be downloaded to
the printer.
Unbound Scalable Font
Descriptor
New Addition of a new header used for unbound
fonts (font type 10).