HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Quick Reference Guide

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Character Group (continued)
Relative Label Direction
Specifies the slope of labels relative to P1 and P2 locations.
DR [ run,rise] [;]
run = percentage of distance between P1
X
and P2
X
rise = percentage of distance between P1
Y
and P2
Y
.
Define Label Terminator
Defines the character that “turns off” labeling.
DT [ lblterm [,mode ] ];
lblterm = character to be used as terminator
mode = 0 (print label terminator)
1 (do not print terminator)
Define Variable Text Path
Specifies the label path as right, left, up, or down.
DV [ path [,line ] ] [;]
path = 0 (0 degrees – right)
1 (-90 degrees – down)
2 (-180 degrees – left)
3 (-270 degrees – up)
line = 0 (-90 degrees – normal line feed)
1 (+90 degrees – reverse line feed)
Extra Space
Increases or reduces space between characters and lines of text.
ES [ width [,height ] ] [;]
width = number (or fractional number) of character spaces
height = number (or fractional number) of lines
Select Primary Font ID
Selects as primary a font previously assigned a PCL font ID number.
FI font ID [;]
font ID = Font ID number assigned in PCL mode.
Select Secondary Font ID
Selects as secondary a font previously assigned a font ID number.
FN font ID [;]
font ID = Font ID number assigned in PCL mode.
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