HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual
EN Product-Specific Feature Support A-23
PAPER 
(Letter, Legal, Ledger, 
A3, A4, Executive, 
JISB4, and JISB5 are 
paper sizes; Com10, 
C5, DL, Monarch, and 
B5 are envelope sizes; 
JPOST and JPOSTD 
are Japanese post 
card sizes; CUSTOM 
is for feeding other 
sizes, such as 3 x 5 
cards and labels [for 
the LaserJet 4V/4MV 
printer, 11.7" x 17.7" 
only])
LETTER Y Y (Y) (Y) (Y) Y (Y) (Y)
LEGAL Y YYY Y Y YY
A4 (Y) (Y) Y Y Y Y Y Y
LEDGER ns ns ns ns ns Y ns ns
A3 ns ns ns ns ns Y ns ns
JIS B4 ns ns ns ns ns Y ns ns
JISB5 Y Y ns ns Y Y ns ns
EXECUTIVE Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ns
COM10 Y YYY Y Y Yns
MONARCH, DL Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ns
C5 Y YYY Y Y Yns
B5 Y YYY Y Y Yns
CUSTOM Y Y ns Y Y Y ns ns
JPOST Y Y ns ns Y ns ns ns
JPOSTD Y Y ns ns Y Y ns ns
A5 ns ns ns ns Y ns Y ns
PARALLEL SLOW ns ns ns ns ns ns ns
Y
2
FAST ns ns ns ns ns ns ns
Y
2
PASSWORD
1
(0) to 65535 ns ns ns Y Y Y Y ns
PERSONALITY
3
AUTO ns ns ns (Y) (Y) Y (Y) ns
PCL Y (Y) (Y) Y Y Y Y
Y
2
POSTSCRIPT ns ns ns Y Y Y Y
Y
2
ESCP
(Y)
3
ns ns ns ns Y ns ns
INSTALLED ns ns ns ns ns ns ns (Y)
PLANESINUSE (3) ns ns ns ns ns ns ns ns
1 ns nsnsns ns ns nsns
POWERSAVE (ON) ns  ns ns ns ns Y Y
Y
2
OFF ns nsnsns ns Y Y
Y
2
1
 The PASSWORD variable is only available using the DEFAULT, DINQUIRE and INQUIRE commands. 
2
 DeskJet 1600C — these variables are only available using the DEFAULT and DINQUIRE commands. 
3
 For the LaserJet 4PJ printer, PERSONALITY is a port-specific variable. For all other LaserJet printers, personality is not 
I/O port-specific.
Table A-3.  PJL Environment Variables for HP LaserJet and DeskJet Printers
Environment 
Variable
Variable
Values
4PJ
4LJ Pro
4 LC 5L
6L
5P
5MP
6P
6MP
5Si
5SiMx,
Mopier
5
5M
1600C










