HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual
EN Product-Specific Feature Support A-35
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)
LETTER
3
(Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)
LEGAL YYY Y YYY
A4
3
YYY Y YYY
LEDGER ns ns ns ns Y Y Y
A3, JISB4 nsnsns ns Y Y Y
JISB5 ns Y Y Y Y Y Y
EXECUTIVE Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
COM10
3
YYY Y YYY
MONARCH Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
DL
3
YYY Y YYY
C5 YYY Y YYY
B5 YYY Y YYY
CUSTOM ns Y Y Y Y Y Y
JPOST ns Y ns ns ns ns ns
JPOSTD ns Y ns ns Y Y Y
A5 ns Y Y Y Y Y Y
ROC8K, ROC16K ns ns ns ns ns Y ns
JISEXEC ns ns ns ns ns Y ns
PARALLEL SLOW ns ns ns ns ns ns ns
FAST ns ns ns ns ns ns ns
PASSWORD
1
(0) to 65535 ns Y Y Y Y Y Y
PERSONALITY
2
AUTO ns (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)
PCL (Y) Y Y Y Y Y Y
POSTSCRIPT ns Y Y Y Y Y Y
PLANESINUSE
1 or (3)
4
ns ns Y ns ns ns ns
POWERSAVE ON nsns(Y) (Y) (Y)(Y)Y
OFF nsnsY Y Y Y Y
1
 The PASSWORD variable is only supported with the DEFAULT, DINQUIRE, and INQUIRE commands.
2 
For the LaserJet 4PJ printer, PERSONALITY is a port-specific variable. For all other LaserJet printers, 
personality is not I/O port-specific. Available only if the optional ESC/P personality is installed.
3
 If configured for metric paper sizes, A4 is the default paper size and DL is the default envelope size.
4
 Monochrome = 1, color = 3
Table A-4.  PJL Environment Variables for HP LaserJet Printers
Environment
Variable
Variable 
Values
1100 
Series
2100 
Series
4500 
Series
5000
Series
8000 
Series
8100 
Series
8500 
Series










