HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual
D-20 PJL Status Codes EN
Paper Jam Messages (LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx 
only) (42xyy)
Foreground paper loading messages are sent when one of the paper 
input sources is out of paper and there is no other input source 
available and loaded with the correct paper size. When this occurs, 
the printer goes offline until someone loads paper.
The messages are in the format 42xyy, where x is the number of 
jammed pages that need to be cleared and yy is the location of the 
jam that was detected. The following table lists the y values for these 
messages. For example, 42203 indicates 2 pages are jammed in the 
fuser output.
11 DL Envelope
12 Japan B4 Paper 
13 Japan B5 Paper 
14 B5 Envelope
15 Custom Media Paper
16 J-Postcard (or JB4 paper—LaserJet 6P, 
LaserJet 2100)
17 J-RoundTrip Postcard (or JB5 paper—
LaserJet 6P, LaserJet 2100)
18 A5 Paper (or JPostcard—LaserJet 6P
19 Letter-R Paper (or JDoublePostCard—
LaserJet 6P, LaserJet 2100)
20 A4-R Paper (or A5 Paper—LaserJet 6P, 
LaserJet 2100)
21 A5-R Paper
22 Japan B5-R Paper
23 Exec-R Paper
24 A6 Paper
25 Foolscap Paper
26 Japan B6 Paper
YY = Media Code Media Size










