General PJL Environment Variables
Variable Description Sample Value
Range
PAPER Physical paper (and envelope) sizes. Letter,
Legal, Ledger, A5, A4, A3, Executive, JISB4,
and JISB5 are paper sizes; Com10, C5, DL,
Monarch, and B5 are envelope sizes; JPOST
and JPOSTD are Japanese postcard sizes;
CUSTOM is for feeding different sizes, but it
varies with the printer: the LaserJet 4P/4MP
printers interpret CUSTOM as odd sizes, such
as 3 x 5 cards and labels; the LaserJet 4V/4MV
printers interpret CUSTOM as 11.7" x 17.7"
paper.
LETTER, LEGAL,
A5, A4,
EXECUTIVE,
LEDGER, A3,
COM10, C5, DL,
MONARCH, B5,
CUSTOM, JISB4,
JISB5, JPOST,
JPOSTD
and others
(see Appendix A)
PAPERLENGTH Sets the length of the paper in decipoints
(1/720th of an inch).
0 to 432000
PAPERWIDTH Sets the width of the paper in decipoints
(1/720th of an inch).
0 to 432000
PARALLEL Sets the speed of the parallel port. This will
not take effect until the next power cycle.
FAST, SLOW
PASSWORD Default password for PJL security. 0 to 65535
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