ENWW Common PCL 5e printer commands 173
Horizontal Position
(Columns)
?&a#C # = column number
Horizontal Position (Dots)
?*p#X # = dot number (300 dots = 1 inch)
Horizontal Position
(Decipoints)
?&a#H # = decipoint number (720 decipoints = 1 inch)
Programming hints
End of Line Wrap ?&s#C 0 = Enable
1 = Disable
Display Functions On
?Yn/a
Display Functions Off
?Zn/a
Language selection
Enter PCL Mode ?%#A 0 = Use previous PCL cursor position
1 = Use current HP-GL/2 pen position
Enter HP-GL/2 Mode
?%#B 0 = Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position
1 = Use current PCL cursor position
Font selection
Symbol Sets ?(# 8U = HP Roman-8 Symbol Set
10U = IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default
Symbol Set
12U = IBM Layout for Europe (PC-850) (code page
850)
8M = Math-8
19U = Windows 3.1 Latin 1
9E = Windows 3.1 Latin 2 (commonly used in Eastern
Europe)
5T = Windows 3.1 Latin 5 (commonly used in Turkey)
579L = Wingdings Font
Primary Spacing
?(s#P 0 = fixed
1 = proportional
Primary Pitch
?(s#H # = characters/inch
Set Pitch Mode
1
?&k#S 0 = 10
4 = 12 (elite)
2 = 16.5 - 16.7 (compressed)
Primary Height
?(s#V # = points
Primary Style
?(s#S 0 = upright (solid)
1 = italic
4 = condensed
5 = condensed italic
Primary Stroke Wt.
?(s#B 0 = medium (book or text)
1 = semi bold
3 = bold
4 = extra bold
Typeface ?(s#T Print a PCL font list to view the command for each
internal font.
1.The preferred method is to use the primary pitch command.
Function Command Options (#)
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