5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer PCL II Programmer's Reference Manual

Table of Contents
1 Introduction............................................................. 9
About This Guide................................................................................. 9
Warnings and Special Information ................................................ 9
Related Product Information ......................................................... 9
Software Features ............................................................................... 10
2 HP PCL-II ............................................................. 11
Introduction.......................................................................................... 11
HP PCL-II Emulation Default Settings........................................... 12
Switching Between the Emulations ............................................... 12
Configuring the PCL-II Emulation with Control Codes......................... 13
Printer Feature Set Compatibility .................................................. 13
General Information ...................................................................... 14
Escape Sequences ....................................................................... 15
Programmable Reset .................................................................... 18
Character Font Selection .............................................................. 19
Printing in the Hex 80 through Hex FF Region.............................. 22
Print Pitch Selection ...................................................................... 22
Character Style Selection.............................................................. 22
Character Density Selection.......................................................... 23
Switching Character Fonts ............................................................ 25
Display Functions Mode................................................................ 26
Self-test ......................................................................................... 26
Print Mode Selection ..................................................................... 26
Line Spacing ................................................................................. 27
Vertical Forms Control (VFC)........................................................ 27
Standard (Computed) VFC............................................................ 27
Programmable VFC....................................................................... 29
Logical Page Length Selection...................................................... 37
Text Length (Vertical Margin) Selection ........................................ 38
Perforation Skip Mode................................................................... 38
Horizontal Margin Selection .......................................................... 39
Transparent Print Data.................................................................. 39
Cursor Control............................................................................... 40
Raster Graphics ............................................................................ 41
Underlining .................................................................................... 42