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

EN Job Separation Commands 5-3
• NAME = "job name" — The command option NAME tags the
print job with a job name. The variable job name can be any
combination of printable characters and spaces or horizontal
tab characters, with a maximum of 80 significant characters.
The job name variable is a string and must be enclosed in
double quotes, as shown in the command syntax. If the NAME
option is included, the unsolicited job status includes the job
name (if unsolicited job status is enabled).
• START = first page — The command option START is used to
provide a non-printing mode for skipping to a selected portion
of the job. It indicates the first page that is printed. If the
START option is omitted, the printer starts printing at the
beginning of the job. If the end of the job comes before the
START page, no pages are printed.
Note For duplex jobs, the front and/or back side of the page is also printed,
depending on the value of START/END. If START is an even number,
the front side of that page will also be printed. If END is an odd value,
the backside of that page will also be printed. This allows the selected
pages to be inserted back into the original duplex job.
• END = last page — The command option END indicates the
page number of the last page to be printed. The last page
variable is relative to page 1 of the print job. If the END variable
is omitted, the printer prints to the end of the job. If the end of
the job is encountered before the START page, no pages are
printed. If the end of job is encountered before the END page,
printing terminates. Additionally, if the START page is greater
than the END page, no pages are printed.
• PASSWORD = number — The command option PASSWORD
allows the application to modify the NVRAM variables if the
password matches the active password variable. (Using PJL,
the NVRAM variables are modified using either the DEFAULT
or INITIALIZE commands; some printer language commands
may also modify NVRAM variables.) Passwords are set using
the DEFAULT command. The default password value is 0,
which indicates PJL security is disabled—any job can modify
printer feature settings using the DEFAULT or INITIALIZE
commands. If any other password value is active, PJL jobs
must issue the correct password value or they are disabled
from using the DEFAULT or INITIALIZE commands. (See the
“PJL Job Security” section at the end of this chapter.)