HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Quick Reference Guide
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Page Control (continued)
Page Orientation 
Designates the logical page position with respect to the physical page. 
? & l # O 
# = 0 - Portrait
1 - Landscape
2 - Reverse Portrait
3 - Reverse Landscape 
Print Direction 
Rotates the logical page coordinate system counterclockwise in 90 degree 
increments with respect to the orientation of the current logical page. 
? & a # P 
# = Degrees of rotation (0, 90, 180, 270) 
Character Text Path Direction
Specifies the direction text is printed on the page, providing a means of 
printing using either a horizontal or vertical text path.
? & c # T
# = 0 - Horizontal printing
 = –1 - Vertical rotated printing
Text Parsing Method
Specifies PCL parsing method as either 1-byte or 2-byte characters 
codes.
? & t # P
# = 0, 1 - All character codes processed as one-byte characters
 = 21 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters 
(see 
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
)
 = 31 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters 
(see 
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
)
 = 38 - Characters codes processed as two-byte characters (see 
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
)
Left Margin 
Sets the left margin to the left edge of the specified column. 
? & a # L 
# = Column number 
Right Margin 
Sets the right margin to the right edge of the specified column. 
? & a # M 
# = Column number 
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