HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part I
EN Entity Status Responses 16-17
A macro status response might appear as shown below.
PCL 
INFO MACROS 
IDLIST=“1,3,8,29,32”
User-Defined Pattern Response
The status response for user-defined patterns (inquire entity value 
field 2) lists all of the user-defined pattern IDs (“IDLIST=”) for the 
patterns in the specified location.
A user-defined pattern response might appear as shown below.
PCL 
INFO PATTERNS 
IDLIST=“1,2,9,13,27,456”
If the location type is set to 1 (currently selected), then “LOCTYPE=” 
and “LOCUNIT=” lines are added.
 “LOCTYPE=” is returned for a status location type 1 request only. 
It identifies the location type of the currently selected pattern.
 “LOCUNIT=” is returned for a status location type 1 request only. 
It identifies the location unit of the currently selected pattern.
A user-defined pattern response for the currently selected pattern 
might appear as shown below.
PCL 
INFO PATTERNS 
IDLIST=“88” 
LOCTYPE=4 
LOCUNIT=2
If the current pattern is set to one of the internal HP-defined patterns 
(no pattern ID number assigned), then no number is available and the 
response, “ERROR=NONE” is returned.
PCL 
INFO PATTERNS 
ERROR=NONE










