HP PCL/PJL reference - PCL 5 Comparison Guide Addendum
50 Chapter 2 PCL 5 feature support ENWW
Cursor positioning
Horizontal Position ?&a#C
✓✓✓
?*p#X ✓✓✓
?&a#H ✓✓✓
Vertical Position ?&a#R ✓✓✓
?*p#Y ✓✓✓
?&a#V ✓✓✓
Half Line Feed ?= ✓✓✓
Line Termination ?&k#G ✓✓✓
Push/Pop Position ?&f#S ✓✓✓
Font selection
The Primary font printer commands in this table can be changed to Secondary by replacing 
the left parenthesis “(” in the command with a right parenthesis “)”.
Symbol Set [Primary] ?(ID
✓✓✓
Spacing [Primary] ?(s#P ✓✓✓
Pitch [Primary] ?(s#H ✓✓✓
Height [Primary] ?(s#V ✓✓✓
Style [Primary] ?(s#S ✓✓✓
Stroke Weight [Primary] ?(s#B ✓✓✓
Typeface [Primary] ?(s#T ✓✓✓
Font Selection By ID # 
[Primary]
?(#X ✓✓✓
Select Default Font 
[Primary]
?(3@ ✓✓✓
Underline ?&d#D  ✓✓✓
?&d@  ✓✓✓
Transparent Print Data ?&p#X[data] ✓✓✓
Text Parsing Method ?&t#P  ✓✓✓
Font management
Assign Font ID # ?*c#D
✓✓✓
Font Control ?*c#F ✓✓✓
User-defined symbol set
Symbol Set ID Code ?*c#R
✓✓✓
Define Symbol Set ?(f#W[data] ✓✓✓
Symbol Set Control ?*c#S ✓✓✓
✓ - Indicates a command is supported. ns - Indicates a command is not supported.
The information contained in this table is subject to change without notice. To ensure that 
the specific support information is correct, test these functions and commands on your 
product.
Table 6. PCL 5 feature support for color LaserJet products (continued)
Functions Commands color 
LaserJet 
2500 
series
color 
LaserJet 
4550 
series
color 
LaserJet 
4600 
series










