HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual

3-6 Using PJL EN
Command Groupings by Functionality
This manual categorizes the PJL commands into related groups.
Each group of commands is covered in a separate chapter, as
indicated in the following table. This table lists each command and
gives a short description of each.
Command Group Command Command Description
Kernel Commands
(Chapter 4)
Universal Exit Language
(UEL)
Exits current printer
language and returns
control to PJL.
COMMENT Causes PJL to accept the
command line as a
comment.
ENTER Selects a printer language
for processing the current
job.
Job Separation Commands
(Chapter 5)
JOB Informs printer of the start
of a print job, resets the
page count, allows naming
of the job, supports
non-printing mode for
printing portions of jobs.
Where supported, it adds
PJL password security.
EOJ Tells printer the print job is
complete, resets the page
count.
Environment Commands
(Chapter 6)
DEFAULT Sets default value for
environment variables.
SET Sets an environment
variable to a specified value
for the duration of
a PJL job.
INITIALIZE Resets current and default
PJL variables to factory
default values.
RESET Resets current PJL
variables to default values.