HP LaserJet 1100 Printer series - Introduction

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Introduction

This appendix lists HP printer language commands. Table A-1 lists
PCL 5 commands in hierarchical order and gives the decimal and
hexadecimal equivalents of each. Table A-2 lists HP-GL/2
commands, where as Table A-3 lists control codes.

Note

Values in parentheses “(x)” identify the lower case of the termination
character which is used for combining commands.

Note

For information about products newer than those included in this
book, see the PCL5 Comparison Guide Addendum, which includes
product-specific information about newer products, as well as
commands and variables added to support these newer products.

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A-2 Printer Commands

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Table A-1. HP PCL5 Commands

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For HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMx printers,

?&l2G

selects the “printer left/face up bin,” which is not available when the High Capacity Output (HCO)

is attached.

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

JOB CONTROL COMMANDS

Reset

Configuration
(AppleTalk)

Key/Value data pair

?

&b#W[data]

027 038 098 #...# 87

1B 26 62 #...# 57

Universal Exit
Language (ULE)

?

%–12345X

027 037 045 049 050 051 052 053 088

1B 25 2D 31 32 33 34 35 58

Reset

?

E

027 069

1B 45

Number of Copies

# of Copies

?

&

l

#X

(x)

027 038 108 #...# 088

(120) 1B 26 6C #...# 58

(78)

Simplex/Duplex Print

Simplex

?

&

l

0S

(s)

027 038 108 048 083

(115) 1B 26 6C 30 53

(73)

Duplex

Long Edge Binding

?

&

l

1S

(s)

027 038 108 049 083

(115) 1B 26 6C 31 53

(73)

Short Edge Binding

?

&

l

2S

(s)

027 038 108 050 083

(115) 1B 26 6C 32 53

(73)

Long-Edge (Left)
Offset Registration

# of Decipoints
(1/720")

?

&

l

#U

(u) 027 038 108 #...# 085

(117) 1B 26 6C #...# 55

(75)

Short-Edge (Top)
Offset Registration

# of Decipoints
(1/720")

?

&

l

#Z

(z)

027 038 108 #...# 090

(122) 1B 26 6C #...# 5A

(7A)

Page Side Selection

Next Side

?

&a0G

(g) 027 038 097 048 071

(103) 1B 26 61 30 47

(67)

Front Side

?

&a1G

(g) 027 038 097 049 071

(103) 1B 26 61 31 47

(67)

Back Side

?

&a2G

(g) 027 038 097 050 071

(103) 1B 26 61 32 47

(67)

Job Separation

?

&

l

1T

(t)

027 038 108 049 084

(116) 1B 26 6C 31 54

(74)

Output (Media) Bin

Automatic selection

?

&

l

0G

(g) 027 038 108 048 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 30 47

(67)

Selection

Upper Output Bin
(Bin #1)

?

&

l

1G

(g) 027 038 108 049 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 31 47

(67)

Rear Output Bin1
(Bin #2)

?

&

l

2G

(g) 027 038 108 050 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 32 47

(67)

Selects Bin #3

?

&

l

3G

(g) 027 038 108 051 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 33 47

(67)

Selects Bin #4

?

&

l

4G

(g) 027 038 108 052 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 34 47

(67)

Selects Bin #5

?

&

l

5G

(g) 027 038 108 053 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 35 47

(67)

Selects Bin #6

?

&

l

6G

(g) 027 038 108 054 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 36 47

(67)

Selects Bin #7

?

&

l

7G

(g) 027 038 108 055 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 37 47

(67)

Selects Bin #8

?

&

l

8G

(g) 027 038 108 056 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 38 47

(67)

Selects Bin #9

?

&

l

9G

(g) 027 038 108 057 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 39 47

(67)

Selects Bin #10

?

&

l

10G

(g) 027 038 108 049 048 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 31 30 47

(67)

Selects Bin #11

?

&

l

11G

(g) 027 038 108 049 049 071

(103) 1B 26 6C 31 31 47

(67)

Self-Test

?

Z

027 090

1B 5A

Finish Mode

Matte

?

&b0F

(f)

027 038 098 048 070

(102) 1B 26 62 30 46

(66)

Glossy

?

&b1F

(f)

027 038 098 049 070

(102) 1B 26 62 31 46

(66)

Driver Function
Config.

Vivid

?

*o3W643

027 042 111 051 087 054 052 051

1B 2A 6F 33 57 36 34 33

Screen Match

?

*o3W646

027 042 111 051 087 054 052 054

1B 2A 6F 33 57 36 34 36

Load Calibration Tbl

?

*o3W647

027 042 111 051 087 054 052 055

1B 2A 6F 33 57 36 34 37

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Printer Commands A-3

Table A-1. HP PCL5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Unit of
Measure

# Number of units per
inch

?

&u#D

(d)

027 038 117 #...# 068

(100) 1B 26 75 #...# 44

(64)

Mechanical
Print Quality

Normal

?

*o0Q

(q)

027 042 111 048 081

(113) 1B 2A 6F 30 51

(71)

Better

?

*o1Q

(q)

027 042 111 049 081

(113) 1B 2A 6F 31 51

(71)

Best

?

*o2Q

(q)

027 042 111 050 081

(113) 1B 2A 6F 32 51

(71)

Media Type

Plain

?

&

l

0M

(m)

027 038 108 048 077

(109) 1B 26 6C 30 4D

(6D)

Bond

?

&

l

1M

(m)

027 038 108 049 077

(109) 1B 26 6C 31 4D

(6D)

Special

?

&

l

2M

(m)

027 038 108 050 077

(109) 1B 26 6C 32 4D

(6D)

Glossy

?

&

l

3M

(m)

027 038 108 051 077

(109) 1B 26 6C 33 4D

(6D)

Transparency

?

&

l

4M

(m)

027 038 108 052 077

(109) 1B 26 6C 34 4D

(6D)

Negative
Motion

Contains negative
motion

?

&a0N

(n)

027 038 097 048 078

(110) 1B 26 61 30 4E

(6E)

Does not contain
negative motion

?

&a1N

(n)

027 038 097 049 078

(110) 1B 26 61 31 4E

(6E)

PAGE CONTROL COMMANDS

Page Length and Size

Paper
Source

Eject Page

?

&

l

0H

(h)

027 038 108 048 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 30 48

(68)

Main Paper Source

?

&

l

1H

(h)

027 038 108 049 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 31 48

(68)

Manual Feed

?

&

l

2H

(h)

027 038 108 050 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 32 48

(68)

Manual Envelope Feed

?

&

l

3H

(h)

027 038 108 051 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 33 48

(68)

Alternate Paper Source

?

&

l

4H

(h)

027 038 108 052 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 34 48

(68)

Optional Large Paper
Source

?

&

l

5H

(h)

027 038 108 053 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 35 48

(68)

Envelope Feeder

?

&

l

6H

(h)

027 038 108 054 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 36 48

(68)

Auto Select

?

&

l

7H

(h)

027 038 108 055 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 37 48

(68)

Tray 1 (right tray)

?

&

l

8H

(h)

027 038 108 056 072

(104) 1B 26 6C 38 48

(68)

Page Size

Executive

?

&

l

1A

(a)

027 038 108 049 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 31 41

(61)

Letter

?

&

l

2A

(a)

027 038 108 050 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 32 41

(61)

Legal

?

&

l

3A

(a)

027 038 108 051 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 33 41

(61)

Ledger

?

&

l

6A

(a)

027 038 108 054 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 36 41

(61)

A3

?

&

l

27A

(a)

027 038 108 050 055 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 32 37 41

(61)

A4

?

&

l

26A

(a)

027 038 108 050 054 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 32 36 41

(61)

A5

?

&

l

25A

(a)

027 038 108 050 053 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 32 35 41

(61)

A6

?

&

l

24A

(a)

027 038 108 050 052 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 32 34 41

(61)

JIS B4 Paper

?

&

l

46A

(a)

027 038 108 052 054 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 34 36 41

(61)

JIS B5 Paper

?

&

l

45A

(a)

027 038 108 052 053 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 34 35 41

(61)

JIS B6 Paper

?

&

l

44A

(a)

027 038 108 052 052 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 34 34 41

(61)

Hagaki Postcard

?

&

l

71A

(a)

027 038 108 055 049 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 37 31 41

(61)

Oufuku-Hagaki

?

&

l

72A

(a)

027 038 108 055 050 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 37 32 41

(61)

Monarch Envelope

?

&

l

80A

(a)

027 038 108 056 048 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 38 30 41

(61)

COM 10 Envelope

?

&

l

81A

(a)

027 038 108 056 049 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 38 31 41

(61)

DL Envelope

?

&

l

90A

(a)

027 038 108 057 048 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 39 30 41

(61)

C5 Envelope

?

&

l

91A

(a)

027 038 108 057 049 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 39 31 41

(61)

B5 Envelope

?

&

l

100A

(a)

027 038 108 049 048 048 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 31 30 30 41

(61)

Custom

?

&

l

101A

(a)

027 038 108 049 048 049 065

(97)

1B 26 6C 31 30 31 41

(61)

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A-4 Printer Commands

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Orientation

Orientation

Portrait

?

&

l

0O

(o)

027 038 108 048 079

(111)

1B 26 6C 30 4F

(6F)

Landscape

?

&

l

1O

(o)

027 038 108 049 079

(111)

1B 26 6C 31 4F

(6F)

Reverse Portrait

?

&

l

2O

(o)

027 038 108 050 079

(111)

1B 26 6C 32 4F

(6F)

Reverse
Landscape

?

&

l

3O

(o)

027 038 108 051 079

(111)

1B 26 6C 33 4F

(6F)

Print Direction

# Degrees of
Rotation
(counter-
clockwise,
90° increments
only)

?

&a#P

(p)

027 038 097 #...# 080

(112)

1B 26 61 #...# 50

(70)

Character Text
Path Direction

Horizontal
Vertical Rotated

?

&c

0

T

?

&c–1T

(t)
(t)

027 038 099 048 084
027 038 099 045 049 084

(116)
(116)

1B 26 63 30 54
1B 26 63 2D 31 54

(74)
(74)

Margins and Text Length

Top Margin

# of Lines

?

&

l

#E

(e)

027 038 108 #...# 069

(101)

1B 26 6C #...# 45

(65)

Text Length

# of Lines

?

&

l

#F

(f)

027 038 108 #...# 070

(102)

1B 26 6C #...# 46

(66)

Left Margin

# of Columns

?

&a#L

(l)

027 038 097 #...# 076

(108)

1B 26 61 #...# 4C

(6C)

Right Margin

# of Columns

?

&a#M

(m) 027 038 097 #...# 077

(109)

1B 26 61 #...# 4D

(6D)

Clear Horizontal
Margins

?

9 027

057

1B 39

Perforation Skip Mode

Perforation Skip

Disable

?

&

l

0L

(l)

027 038 108 048 076

(108)

1B 26 6C 30 4C

(6C)

Enable

?

&

l

1L

(l)

027 038 108 049 076

(108)

1B 26 6C 31 4C

(6C)

Horizontal Column Spacing

Horizontal Motion
Index (HMI)

# of 1/120"
Increments

?

&k#H

(h)

027 038 107 #...# 072

(104)

1B 26 6B #...# 48

(68)

Vertical Line Spacing

Vertical Motion
Index (VMI)

# of 1/48"
Increments

?

&

l

#C

(c)

027 038 108 #...# 067

(99)

1B 26 6C #...# 43

(63)

Line Spacing
(Lines per inch)

1 line/inch

?

&

l

1D

(d)

027 038 108 049 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 31 44

(64)

2 lines/inch

?

&

l

2D

(d)

027 038 108 050 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 32 44

(64)

3 lines/inch

?

&

l

3D

(d)

027 038 108 051 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 33 44

(64)

4 lines/inch

?

&

l

4D

(d)

027 038 108 052 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 34 44

(64)

6 lines/inch

?

&

l

6D

(d)

027 038 108 054 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 36 44

(64)

8 lines/inch

?

&

l

8D

(d)

027 038 108 056 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 38 44

(64)

12 lines/inch

?

&

l

12D

(d)

027 038 108 049 050 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 31 32 44

(64)

16 lines/inch

?

&

l

16D

(d)

027 038 108 049 054 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 31 36 44

(64)

24 lines/inch

?

&

l

24D

(d)

027 038 108 050 052 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 32 34 44

(64)

48 lines/inch

?

&

l

48D

(d)

027 038 108 052 056 068

(100)

1B 26 6C 34 38 44

(64)

ALPHANUMERIC ID

Alphanumeric ID

# of bytes

?

&n#W[operation]

[String]

027 038 110 #...# 087

1B 26 6E #...# 57

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Printer Commands A-5

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

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Additional symbol sets are supported, refer to Table C-1 for a list of these symbol sets.

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

CURSOR POSITIONING

Vertical and Horizontal

Vertical Position

# of Rows

?

&a#R

(r)

027 038 097 #...# 082 (114) 1B 26 61 #...# 52

(72)

# of Units

?

*p#Y

(y)

027 042 112 #...# 089 (121) 1B 2A 70 #...# 59

(79)

# of Decipoints

?

&a#V

(v)

027 038 097 #...# 086 (118) 1B 26 61 #...# 56

(76)

Horizontal Position

# of Columns

?

&a#C

(c)

027 038 097 #...# 067 (99)

1B 26 61 #...# 43

(63)

# of Units

?

*p#X

(x)

027 042 112 #...# 088 (120) 1B 2A 70 #...# 58

(78)

# of Decipoints

?

&a#H

(h)

027 038 097 #...# 072 (104) 1B 26 61 #...# 48

(68)

Half Line Feed

?

=

027 061

1B 3D

End-of-Line Termination

Line Termination

CR=CR; LF=LF; FF=FF

?

&k0G

(g)

027 038 107 048 071 (103) 1B 26 6B 30 47

(67)

CR=CRLF; LF=LF; FF=FF

?

&k1G

(g)

027 038 107 049 071 (103) 1B 26 6B 31 47

(67)

CR=CR; LF=CRLF; FF=CRFF

?

&k2G

(g)

027 038 107 050 071 (103) 1B 26 6B 32 47

(67)

CR=CRLF; LF=CRLF; FF=CRFF

?

&k3G

(g)

027 038 107 051 071 (103) 1B 26 6B 33 47

(67)

Push/Pop Position

Push/Pop Position

Push

?

&f0S

(s)

027 038 102 048 083 (115) 1B 26 66 30 53

(73)

Pop

?

&f1S

(s)

027 038 102 049 083 (115) 1B 26 66 31 53

(73)

FONT SELECTION

Symbol Set Selection

1

Primary Symbol Set

ISO 60: Norwegian 1

?

(0D

027 040 048 068

1B 28 30 44

ISO 4: United Kingdom

?

(1E

027 040 049 069

1B 28 31 45

Windows 3.1 Latin 2

?

(9E

027 040 057 069

1B 28 39 45

ISO 69: French

?

(1F

027 040 049 070

1B 28 31 46

ISO 21: German

?

(1G

027 040 049 071

1B 28 31 47

ISO 15: Italian

?

(0I

027 040 048 073

1B 28 30 49

Microsoft Publishing

?

(6J

027 040 054 074

1B 28 36 4A

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A-6 Printer Commands

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

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Additional symbol sets are supported, refer to Table C-1 for a list of these symbol sets.

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Symbol Set Selection

1

- continued

Primary Symbol Set

DeskTop

?

(7J

027 040 055 074

1B 28 37 4A

PC 1004

?

(9J

027 040 057 074

1B 28 39 4A

PS Text

?

(10J

027 040 049 048 074

1B 28 31 30 4A

MC Text

?

(12J

027 040 049 050 074

1B 28 31 32 4A

Ventura International

?

(13J

027 040 049 051 074

1B 28 31 33 4A

Ventura US

?

(14J

027 040 049 052 074

1B 28 31 34 4A

Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats

?

(9L

027 040 057 076

1B 28 39 4C

PS ITC Zapf Dingbats

?

(10L

027 040 049 048 076

1B 28 31 30 4C

ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 100

?

(11L

027 040 049 049 076

1B 28 31 31 4C

ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 200

?

(12L

027 040 049 050 076

1B 28 31 32 4C

ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 300

?

(13L

027 040 049 051 076

1B 28 31 33 4C

ITC Zapf Dingbats MS

?

(14L

027 040 049 052 076

1B 28 31 34 4C

Windows Baltic

?

(19L

027 040 049 076

1B 28 31 4C

Wingdings

?

(579L

027 040 053 055 057 076

1B 28 35 37 39 4C

PS Math

?

(5M

027 040 053 077

1B 28 35 4D

Ventura Math

?

(6M

027 040 054 077

1B 28 36 4D

Math-8

?

(8M

027 040 056 077

1B 28 38 4D

Symbol and SymbolPS

?

(19M

027 040 049 057 077

1B 28 31 39 4D

ISO 8859-1 (ECMA-94) Latin 1

?

(0N

027 040 048 078

1B 28 30 4E

ISO 8859-2: Latin 2

?

(2N

027 040 050 078

1B 28 32 4E

ISO 8859-9: Latin 5

?

(5N

027 040 053 078

1B 28 35 4E

ISO 8859-10: Latin 6

?

(6N

027 040 054 078

1B 28 36 4E

ISO 8859-15: Latin 9

?

(9N

027 040 057 078

1B 28 39 4E

ISO 11: Swedish

?

(0S

027 040 048 083

1B 28 30 53

ISO 17: Spanish

?

(2S

027 040 050 083

1B 28 32 53

Windows 3.1 Latin 5

?

(5T

027 040 053 084

1B 28 35 54

PC 775

?

(26U

027 040 050 054 085

1B 28 32 36 55

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Printer Commands A-7

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

1

Additional symbol sets are supported, refer to Table C-1 for a list of these symbol sets.

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Symbol Set Selection

1

- continued

Primary Symbol Set PC Turkish

?

(9T

027 040 057 084

1B 28 39 54

ISO 6: ASCII

?

(0U

027 040 048 085

1B 28 30 55

Legal

?

(1U

027 040 049 085

1B 28 31 55

Roman-9

?

(4U

027 040 052 085

1B 28 34 55

Roman-8

?

(8U

027 040 056 085

1B 28 38 55

Windows 3.0 Latin 1

?

(9U

027 040 057 085

1B 28 39 55

PC-8

?

(10U

027 040 049 048 085

1B 28 31 30 55

PC-8 D/N

?

(11U

027 040 049 049 085

1B 28 31 31 55

PC-850

?

(12U

027 040 049 050 085

1B 28 31 32 55

PC-858

?

(13U

027 040 049 051 085

1B 28 31 33 55

Pi Font

?

(15U

027 040 049 053 085

1B 28 31 35 55

PC-852

?

(17U

027 040 049 055 085

1B 28 31 37 55

Windows 3.1 Latin 1 (ANSI)

?

(19U

027 040 049 057 085

1B 28 31 39 55

Windows 3.1J(Japanese)

?

(19K

027 040 049 057 075

1B 28 31 39 4B

Spacing

Primary Spacing

Fixed

?

(s0P

(p)

027 040 115 048 080

(112)

1B 28 73 30 50

(70)

Proportional

?

(s1P

(p)

027 040 115 049 080

(112)

1B 28 73 31 50

(70)

Pitch

Primary Pitch

# Characters/inch

?

(s#H

(h)

027 040 115 #...# 072

(104)

1B 28 73 #...# 48

(68)

Set Pitch Mode

10.0

?

&k0S

(s)

027 038 107 048 083

(115)

1B 26 6B 30 53

(73)

Compressed (16.5-16.7)

?

&k2S

(s)

027 038 107 050 083

(115)

1B 26 6B 32 53

(73)

Elite (12.0)

?

&k4S

(s)

027 038 107 052 083

(115)

1B 26 6B 34 53

(73)

Point Size

Primary Height

# Points

?

(s#V

(v)

027 040 115 #...# 086

(118)

1B 28 73 #...# 56

(76)

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Style

Primary Style

Upright (Solid)

?

(s0S

(s)

027 040 115 048 083

(115)

1B 28 73 30 53

(73)

Italic

?

(s1S

(s)

027 040 115 049 083

(115)

1B 28 73 31 53

(73)

Condensed

?

(s4S

(s)

027 040 115 052 083

(115)

1B 28 73 34 53

(73)

Condensed Italic

?

(s5S

(s)

027 040 115 053 083

(115)

1B 28 73 35 53

(73)

Compressed (Extra
Condensed)

?

(s8S

(s)

027 040 115 056 083

(115)

1B 28 73 38 53

(73)

Expanded

?

(s24S

(s)

027 040 115 050 052 083

(115)

1B 28 73 32 34 53

(73)

Outline

?

(s32S

(s)

027 040 115 051 050 083

(115)

1B 28 73 33 32 53

(73)

Inline

?

(s64S

(s)

027 040 115 054 052 083

(115)

1B 28 73 36 34 53

(73)

Shadowed

?

(s128S

(s)

027 040 115 049 050 056 083 (115)

1B 28 73 31 32 38 53

(73)

Outline Shadowed

?

(s160S

(s)

027 040 115 049 054 048 083 (115)

1B 28 73 31 36 30 53

(73)

Additional style values may be obtained from the related documentation provided with HP’s font products.

PCL 5 LaserJet Printers allows the specification of complex structures (contours, outlines, shading, etc.) and widths as well as posture.
Refer to the PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual.

Stroke Weight

Primary Font
Stroke Weight

Ultra Thin

?

(s–7B

(b)

027 040 115 045 055 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 37 42

(62)

Extra Thin

?

(s–6B

(b)

027 040 115 045 054 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 36 42

(62)

Thin

?

(s–5B

(b)

027 040 115 045 053 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 35 42

(62)

Extra Light

?

(s–4B

(b)

027 040 115 045 052 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 34 42

(62)

Light

?

(s–3B

(b)

027 040 115 045 051 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 33 42

(62)

Demi Light

?

(s–2B

(b)

027 040 115 045 050 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 32 42

(62)

Semi Light

?

(s–1B

(b)

027 040 115 045 049 066

(98)

1B 28 73 2D 31 42

(62)

Medium (book or text)

?

(s0B

(b)

027 040 115 048 066

(98)

1B 28 73 30 42

(62)

Semi Bold

?

(s1B

(b)

027 040 115 049 066

(98)

1B 28 73 31 42

(62)

Demi Bold

?

(s2B

(b)

027 040 115 050 066

(98)

1B 28 73 32 42

(62)

Bold

?

(s3B

(b)

027 040 115 051 066

(98)

1B 28 73 33 42

(62)

Extra Bold

?

(s4B

(b)

027 040 115 052 066

(98)

1B 28 73 34 42

(62)

Black

?

(s5B

(b)

027 040 115 053 066

(98)

1B 28 73 35 42

(62)

Extra Black

?

(s6B

(b)

027 040 115 054 066

(98)

1B 28 73 36 42

(62)

Ultra Black

?

(s7B

(b)

027 040 115 055 066

(98)

1B 28 73 37 42

(62)

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Printer Commands A-9

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

1

Additional symbol sets are supported, refer to Table C-2 and C-3 for a list of these symbol sets.

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Primary Typeface Family

1

Typeface
Family

LinePrinter

?

(s0T

(t)

027 040 115 048 084

(116)

1B 28 73 30 54

(74)

Albertus

?

(s4362T

(t)

027 040 115 052 051 054 050 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 33 36 32 54

(74)

Antique Olive

?

(s4168T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 054 056 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 36 38 54

(74)

Arial

?

(s16602T

(t)

027 040 115 049 054 054 048 050 084 (116)

1B 28 73 31 36 36 30 32 54 (74)

ITC Avant Garde
Gothic

?

(s24607T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 054 048 055 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 36 30 37 54 (74)

ITC Bookman

?

(s24623T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 054 050 051 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 36 32 33 54 (74)

ITC Zapf Chancery

?

(s45099T

(t)

027 040 115 052 053 048 057 057 084 (116)

1B 28 73 34 35 30 39 39 54 (74)

Clarendon

?

(s4140T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 052 048 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 34 30 54

(74)

Coronet

?

(s4116T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 049 054 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 31 36 54

(74)

Courier

?

(s3T

(t)

027 040 115 051 084

(116)

1B 28 73 33 54

(74)

Courier

?

(s4099T

(t)

027 040 115 052 048 057 057 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 30 39 39 54

(74)

CourierPS

?

(s24579T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 053 055 057 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 35 37 39 54 (74)

ITC Zapf Dingbats

?

(s4141T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 052 049 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 34 31 54

(74)

ITC Zapf Dingbats MS

?

(s45101T

(t)

027 040 115 052 053 049 048 049 084 (116)

1B 28 73 34 35 31 30 31 54 (74)

Garamond Antiqua

?

(s4197T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 057 055 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 39 37 54

(74)

MS Gothic

?

(s28825T

(t)

027 040 115 050 056 056 050 053 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 38 38 32 35 54 (74)

Helvetica

?

(s24580T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 053 056 048 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 35 38 30 54 (74)

Helvetica Narrow

?

(s24580T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 053 056 048 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 35 38 30 54 (74)

GW-Kai

?

(s37357T

(t)

027 040 115 051 055 051 053 055 084 (116)

1B 28 73 33 37 33 35 37 54 (74)

Letter Gothic

?

(s4102T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 048 050 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 30 32 54

(74)

Marigold

?

(s4297T

(t)

027 040 115 052 050 057 055 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 32 39 37 54

(74)

MS Mincho

?

(s28752T

(t)

027 040 115 050 056 055 053 050 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 38 37 35 32 54 (74)

New Century Schlbk

?

(s24703T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 055 048 051 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 37 30 33 54 (74)

CG Omega

?

(s4113T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 049 051 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 31 33 54

(74)

Palatino

?

(s24591T

(t)

027 040 115 050 052 053 057 049 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 34 35 39 31 54 (74)

SimHei

?

(s37110T

(t)

027 040 115 051 055 049 049 048 084 (116)

1B 28 73 33 37 31 31 30 54 (74)

SimSun

?

(s37058T

(t)

027 040 115 051 055 048 053 056 084 (116)

1B 28 73 33 37 30 35 38 54 (74)

Symbol

?

(s16686T

(t)

027 040 115 049 054 054 056 054 084 (116)

1B 28 73 31 36 36 38 36 54 (74)

SymbolPS

?

(s45358T

(t)

027 040 115 052 053 051 053 056 084 (116)

1B 28 73 34 35 33 35 38 54 (74)

CG Times

?

(s4101T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 048 049 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 30 31 54

(74)

Times New

?

(s16901T

(t)

027 040 115 049 054 057 048 049 084 (116)

1B 28 73 31 36 39 30 31 54 (74)

Times Roman

?

(s25093T

(t)

027 040 115 050 053 048 057 051 084 (116)

1B 28 73 32 35 30 39 33 54 (74)

Univers

?

(s4148T

(t)

027 040 115 052 049 052 056 084

(116)

1B 28 73 34 31 34 38 54

(74)

Wingdings

?

(s6826T

(t)

027 040 115 054 056 050 054 084

(116)

1B 28 73 36 38 32 36 54

(74)

Wingdings

?

(s31402T

(t)

027 040 115 051 049 052 048 050 084 (116)

1B 28 73 33 31 34 30 32 54 (74)

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

FONT DEFAULT

Font Default Primary Font

?

(3@

027 040 051 064

1B 28 33 40

Secondary Font

?

)3@

027 041 051 064

1B 29 33 40

UNDERLINE

Underline

Enable Fixed

?

&d0D

(d)

027 038 100 048 068

(100)

1B 26 64 30 44

(64)

Enable Floating

?

&d3D

(d)

027 038 100 051 068

(100)

1B 26 64 33 44

(64)

Disable

?

&d@

027 038 100 064

1B 26 64 40

TEXT PARSING METHOD

Text
Parsing
Method

1-Byte
1-Byte
1-Byte/2-Byte
1-Byte/2-Byte
1-Byte/2-Byte

?

&t0P

?

&t1P

?

&t21P

?

&t31P

?

&t38P

(p)
(p)
(p)
(p)
(p)

027 038 116 48 080
027 038 116 49 080
027 038 116 050 049 080
027 038 116 051 049 080
027 038 116 051 056 080

(112)
(112)
(112)
(112)
(112)

1B 26 74 30 50
1B 26 74 31 50
1B 26 74 32 31 50
1B 26 74 33 31 50
1B 26 74 33 38 50

(70)
(70)
(70)
(70)
(70)

TRANSPARENT PRINT DATA

Transparent
Print Data

# of Bytes

?

&p#X[Data]

027 038 112 #...# 088

1B 26 70 #...# 58

FONT MANAGEMENT

Assign Font
ID

Font ID #

?

*c#D

(d)

027 042 099 #...# 068

(100)

1B 2A 63 #...# 44

(64)

Font and
Character
Control

Delete all Fonts

?

*c0F

(f)

027 042 099 048 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 30 46

(66)

Delete all
temporary fonts

?

*c1F

(f)

027 042 099 049 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 31 46

(66)

Delete last font ID
specified

?

*c2F

(f)

027 042 099 050 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 32 46

(66)

Delete last
character
specified

?

*c3F

(f)

027 042 099 051 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 33 46

(66)

Make font
temporary

?

*c4F

(f)

027 042 099 052 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 34 46

(66)

Make font
permanent

?

*c5F

(f)

027 042 099 053 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 35 46

(66)

Copy/Assign the
currently invoked
font as temporary

?

*c6F

(f)

027 042 099 054 070

(102)

1B 2A 63 36 46

(66)

Soft Symbol Set Management / Creation

Set Symbol
Set

ID #

?

*c#R

(r)

027 042 099 #...# 082

(114)

1B 2A 63 #...# 52

(72)

Define
Symbol Set

# of Bytes

?

(f#W[Data]

027 040 102 #...# 087

1B 28 66 #...# 57

Symbol Set
Control

Delete all symbol
sets

?

*c0S

(s)

027 042 099 048 083

(115)

1B 2A 63 30 53

(73)

Delete all
temporary symbol
sets

?

*c1S

(s)

027 042 099 049 083

(115)

1B 2A 63 31 53

(73)

Delete current soft
symbol set (last
ID#)

?

*c2S

(s)

027 042 099 050 083

(115)

1B 2A 63 32 53

(73)

Make current soft
symbol set
temporary

?

*c4S

(s)

027 042 099 052 083

(115)

1B 2A 63 34 53

(73)

Make current soft
symbol set
permanent

?

*c5S

(s)

027 042 099 053 083

(115)

1B 2A 63 35 53

(73)

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Printer Commands A-11

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Font Selection by ID Number

Select font (with
ID #)

ID # primary font

?

(#X

027 040 #...# 088

1B 28 #...# 58

ID # secondary font

?

)#X

027 041 #...# 088

1B 29 #...# 58

SOFT FONT CREATION

Font descriptor
(font header)

# of bytes

?

)s#W[Data]

027 041 115 #...# 087

1B 29 73 #...# 57

Download
character

# of bytes

?

(s#W[Data]

027 040 115 #...# 087

1B 28 73 #...# 57

Character code

Character code #
(decimal)

?

*c#E

(e)

027 042 099 #...# 069

(101)

1B 2A 63 #...# 45

(65)

GRAPHICS

Raster Graphics

Raster 75

dots/inch

?

*t75R

(r)

027 042 116 055 053 082

(114)

1B 2A 74 37 35 52

(72)

Resolution

100 dots/inch

?

*t100R

(r)

027 042 116 049 048 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 74 31 30 30 52

(72)

150 dots/inch

?

*t150R

(r)

027 042 116 049 053 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 74 31 35 30 52

(72)

200 dots/inch

?

*t200R

(r)

027 042 116 050 048 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 74 32 30 30 52

(72)

300 dots/inch

?

*t300R

(r)

027 042 116 051 048 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 74 33 30 30 52

(72)

600 dots/inch

?

*t600R

(r)

027 042 116 054 048 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 74 36 30 30 52

(72)

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A-12 Printer Commands

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Raster Graphics

Raster Graphics
Presentation

Follows orientation

?

*r0F

(f)

027 042 114 048 070

(102)

1B 2A 72 30 46

(66)

Follows physical page

?

*r3F

(f)

027 042 114 051 070

(102)

1B 2A 72 33 46

(66)

Start Raster Graphics

Left Raster Graphics
Margin

?

*r0A

(a)

027 042 114 048 065

(97)

1B 2A 72 30 41

(61)

Current Cursor

?

*r1A

(a)

027 042 114 049 065

(97)

1B 2A 72 31 41

(61)

Scale mode (logical left
page boundary)

?

*r2A

(a)

027 042 114 050 065

(97)

1B 2A 72 32 41

(61)

Scale mode (at CAP)

?

*r3A

(a)

027 042 114 051 065

(97)

1B 2A 72 33 42

(61)

Raster Y Offset

# of Raster Lines of
vertical movement

?

*b#Y

(y)

027 042 098 #...# 089

(121)

1B 2A 62 #...# 59

(79)

Set Raster
Compression Mode

Unencoded

?

*b0M

(m)

027 042 098 048 077

(109)

1B 2A 62 30 4D

(6D)

Run-Length Encoded

?

*b1M

(m)

027 042 098 049 077

(109)

1B 2A 62 31 4D

(6D)

Tagged Image File
Format

?

*b2M

(m)

027 042 098 050 077

(109)

1B 2A 62 32 4D

(6D)

Delta Row

?

*b3M

(m)

027 042 098 051 077

(109)

1B 2A 62 33 4D

(6D)

Adaptive Compression

?

*b5M

(m)

027 042 098 053 077

(109)

1B 2A 62 35 4D

(6D)

Replacement Delta Row

?

*b9M

(m)

027 042 098 057 077

(109)

1B 2A 98 39 4D

(6D)

Transfer Raster Data
(by row)

# of Bytes

?

*b#W[Data]

027 042 098 #...# 087

1B 2A 62 #...# 57

Transfer Raster Data
(by plane)

# of Bytes

?

*b#V[Data]

027 042 062 #...# 086

1B 2A 98 #...# 56

End Raster Graphics

Old version Preferred

?

*rB

?

*rC

(b)
(c)

027 042 114 066
027 042 114 067

(98)
(99)

1B 2A 72 42
1B 2A 72 43

(62)
(63)

Raster Height (Source) # Raster Rows

?

*r#T

(t)

027 042 114 #...# 084

(116)

1B 2A 72 #...# 54

(74)

Raster Width (Source) # Pixels of the Specified

Resolution

?

*r#S

(s)

027 042 114 #...# 083

(115)

1B 2A 72 #...# 53

(73)

Raster Height
(Destination)

# of Decipoints

?

*t#H

(h)

027 042 116 #...# 072

(104)

1B 2A 74 #...# 48

(68)

Raster Width
(Destination)

# of Decipoints

?

*t#V

(v)

027 042 116 #...# 086

(118)

1B 2A 74 #...# 56

(76)

Scale Algorithm

Source with light
background

?

*t0K

(k)

027 042 116 048 075

(107)

1B 2A 74 30 4B

(6B)

Source with dark
background

?

*t1K

(k)

027 042 116 049 075

(107)

1B 2A 74 31 4B

(6B)

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Printer Commands A-13

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

THE PRINT MODEL

Imaging

Select Current Pattern

Solid Black (default)

?

*v0T

(t)

027 042 118 048 084

(116)

1B 2A 76 30 54

(74)

Solid White

?

*v1T

(t)

027 042 118 049 084

(116)

1B 2A 76 31 54

(74)

HP-defined Shading Pattern

?

*v2T

(t)

027 042 118 050 084

(116)

1B 2A 76 32 54

(74)

HP-defined Cross-hatched
Pattern

?

*v3T

(t)

027 042 118 051 084

(116)

1B 2A 76 33 54

(74)

User-defined Pattern

?

*v4T

(t)

027 042 118 052 084

(116)

1B 2A 76 34 54

(74)

Source Transparency
code

Transparent Opaque

?

*v0N

?

*v1N

(n)
(n)

027 042 118 048 078
027 042 118 049 078

(110)
(110)

1B 2A 76 30 4E
1B 2A 76 31 4E

(6E)
(6E)

Pattern Transparency
Mode

Transparent Opaque

?

*v0O

?

*v1O

(o)
(o)

027 042 118 048 079
027 042 118 049 079

(111)
(111)

1B 2A 76 30 4F
1B 2A 76 31 4F

(6F)
(6F)

Logical Operation

# = ROP3 input value

?

*

l

#O

(o)

027 042 108 #...# 079

(111)

1B 2A 6C #...# 4F (6F)

Pixel Placement

Grid Intersection

?

*v0R

(r)

027 042 108 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 6C 30 52

(72)

Pixel Placement

?

*v1R

(r)

027 042 118 049 082

(114)

1B 2A 76 31 52

(72)

Rectangle Dimensions

Rectangle Width
(Horizontal Size)

# of dots

?

*c#A

(a)

027 042 099 #...# 065

(97)

1B 2A 63 #...# 41

(61)

# of decipoints

?

*c#H

(h)

027 042 099 #...# 072

(104)

1B 2A 63 #...# 48

(68)

Rectangle Height
(Vertical Size)

# of dots

?

*c#B

(b)

027 042 099 #...# 066

(98)

1B 2A 63 # ... # 42 (62)

# of decipoints

?

*c#V

(v)

027 042 099 #...# 086

(118)

1B 2A 63 #...# 56

(76)

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

Rectangular Area Fill

Fill Rectangular Area

Solid Black

?

*c0P

(p)

027 042 099 048 080

(112)

1B 2A 63 30 50

(70)

Erase (solid white fill)

?

*c1P

(p)

027 042 099 049 080

(112)

1B 2A 63 31 50

(70)

Shaded Fill

?

*c2P

(p)

027 042 099 050 080

(112)

1B 2A 63 32 50

(70)

Cross-hatched Fill

?

*c3P

(p)

027 042 099 051 080

(112)

1B 2A 63 33 50

(70)

User-defined

?

*c4P

(p)

027 042 099 052 080

(112)

1B 2A 63 34 50

(70)

Current Pattern

?

*c5P

(p)

027 042 099 053 080

(112)

1B 2A 63 35 50

(70)

Pattern ID

% of Shading or Type of
Pattern or User Pattern ID

?

*c#G

(g)

027 042 099 #...# 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 #...# 47

(67)

Shading

2% Gray

?

*c2G

(g)

027 042 099 050 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 32 47

(67)

10% Gray

?

*c10G

(g)

027 042 099 049 048 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 31 30 47

(67)

15% Gray

?

*c15G

(g)

027 042 099 049 053 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 31 35 47

(67)

30% Gray

?

*c30G

(g)

027 042 099 051 048 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 33 30 47

(67)

45% Gray

?

*c45G

(g)

027 042 099 052 053 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 34 35 47

(67)

70% Gray

?

*c70G

(g)

027 042 099 055 048 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 37 30 47

(67)

90% Gray

?

*c90G

(g)

027 042 099 057 048 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 39 30 47

(67)

100% Gray

?

*c100G (g)

027 042 099 049 048 048 071 (103)

1B 2A 63 31 30 30 47 (67)

Pattern

1 Horiz. Line

?

*c1G

(g)

027 042 099 049 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 31 47

(67)

2 Vert. Lines

?

*c2G

(g)

027 042 099 050 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 32 47

(67)

3 Diagonal Lines

?

*c3G

(g)

027 042 099 051 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 33 47

(67)

4 Diagonal Lines

?

*c4G

(g)

027 042 099 052 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 34 47

(67)

5 Square Grid

?

*c5G

(g)

027 042 099 053 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 35 47

(67)

6 Diagonal Grid

?

*c6G

(g)

027 042 099 054 071

(103)

1B 2A 63 36 47

(67)

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Printer Commands A-15

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

USER DEFINED PATTERN / MANAGEMENT CREATION

Define (Download)
Pattern

# of bytes

?

*c#W[Data]

027 042 099 #...# 087

1B 2A 63 #...# 57

User-defined Pattern
Control

Delete all patterns

?

*c0Q

(q)

027 042 099 048 081

(113)

1B 2A 63 030 51

(71)

Delete all temporary
patterns

?

*c1Q

(q)

027 042 099 049 081

(113)

1B 2A 63 031 51

(71)

Delete current pattern

?

*c2Q

(q)

027 042 099 050 081

(113)

1B 2A 63 032 51

(71)

Make pattern temporary

?

*c4Q

(q)

027 042 099 052 081

(113)

1B 2A 63 034 51

(71)

Make pattern permanent

?

*c5Q

(q)

027 042 099 053 081

(113)

1B 2A 63 035 51

(71)

Set Pattern Reference

Rotate with orientation

?

*p0R

(r)

027 042 112 048 082

(114)

1B 2A 70 30 52

(72)

Point

Follow physical page

?

*p1R

(r)

027 042 112 049 082

(114)

1B 2A 70 31 52

(72)

MACROS

Macro ID

Macro ID #

?

&f#Y

(y)

027 038 102 #...# 089

(121)

1B 26 66 #...# 59

(79)

Macro Control

Start Macro Def.

?

&f0X

(x)

027 038 102 048 088

(120)

1B 26 66 30 58

(78)

Stop Macro Def.

?

&f1X

(x)

027 038 102 049 088

(120)

1B 26 66 31 58

(78)

Execute Macro

?

&f2X

(x)

027 038 102 050 088

(120)

1B 26 66 32 58

(78)

Call Macro

?

&f3X

(x)

027 038 102 051 088

(120)

1B 26 66 33 58

(78)

Enable Overlay

?

&f4X

(x)

027 038 102 052 088

(120)

1B 26 66 34 58

(78)

Disable Overlay

?

&f5X

(x)

027 038 102 053 088

(120)

1B 26 66 35 58

(78)

Delete Macros

?

&f6X

(x)

027 038 102 054 088

(120)

1B 26 66 36 58

(78)

Delete All Temp. Macros

?

&f7X

(x)

027 038 102 055 088

(120)

1B 26 66 37 58

(78)

Delete Macro ID

?

&f8X

(x)

027 038 102 056 088

(120)

1B 26 66 38 58

(78)

Make Temporary

?

&f9X

(x)

027 038 102 057 088

(120)

1B 26 66 39 58

(78)

Make Permanent

?

&f10X

(x)

027 038 102 049 048 088

(120)

1B 26 66 31 30 58 (78)

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

STATUS READBACK

Set Status Readback
Location Type

Invalid Location

?

*s0T

(t)

027 042 115 048 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 30 54

(74)

Currently Selected

?

*s1T

(t)

027 042 115 049 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 31 54

(74)

All Locations

?

*s2T

(t)

027 042 115 050 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 32 54

(74)

Internal

?

*s3T

(t)

027 042 115 051 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 33 54

(74)

Downloaded

?

*s4T

(t)

027 042 115 052 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 34 54

(74)

Cartridge

?

*s5T

(t)

027 042 115 053 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 35 54

(74)

User-installed ROM (SIMMs)

?

*s7T

(t)

027 042 115 055 084

(116)

1B 2A 73 37 54

(74)

Set Status Readback
Location Unit

All entities of the Location Type

?

*s0U

(u)

027 042 115 048 085

(117)

1B 2A 73 30 55

(75)

Entity 1 or Temporary

?

*s1U

(u)

027 042 115 049 085

(117)

1B 2A 73 31 55

(75)

Entity 2 or Permanent

?

*s2U

(u)

027 042 115 050 085

(117)

1B 2A 73 32 55

(75)

Entity 3

?

*s3U

(u)

027 042 115 051 085

(117)

1B 2A 73 33 55

(75)

Entity 4

?

*s4U

(u)

027 042 115 052 085

(117)

1B 2A 73 34 55

(75)

Inquire Status Readback
Entity

Font

?

*s0I

(i)

027 042 115 048 073

(105)

1B 2A 73 30 49

(69)

Macro

?

*s1I

(i)

027 042 115 049 073

(105)

1B 2A 73 31 49

(69)

User-defined Pattern

?

*s2I

(i)

027 042 115 050 073

(105)

1B 2A 73 32 49

(69)

Symbol Set

?

*s3I

(i)

027 042 115 051 073

(105)

1B 2A 73 33 49

(69)

Font Extended

?

*s4I

(i)

027 042 115 052 073

(105)

1B 2A 73 34 49

(69)

Flush All Pages

Flush All Complete Pages

?

&r0F

(f)

027 038 114 048 070

(120)

1B 26 72 30 46

(66)

Flush All Page Data

?

&r1F

(f)

027 038 114 049 070

(120)

1B 26 72 31 46

(66)

Free Memory Space

?

*s1M

(m)

027 042 115 049 077

(109)

1B 2A 73 31 4D

(6D)

Echo

# = Echo value (-32767 to 32767)

?

*s#X

(x)

027 042 115 #...# 088 (120)

1B 2A 73 #...# 58

(78)

PROGRAMMING HINTS

End-of-Line Wrap

Enabled

?

&s0C

(c)

027 038 115 048 067

(99)

1B 26 73 30 43

(63)

Disabled

?

&s1C

(c)

027 038 115 049 067

(99)

1B 26 73 31 43

(63)

Display Functions

ON

?

Y

027 089

1B 59

OFF

?

Z

027 090

1B 5A

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Printer Commands A-17

Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

PCL VECTOR GRAPHICS SWITCHING/SET-UP PICTURE FRAME

Enter PCL Mode

Use previous PCL cursor
position

?

%0A

027 037 048 65

1B 25 30 41

Use current HP-GL/2pen
position for cursor position

?

%1A

027 037 049 65

1B 25 31 41

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode

Use previous HP-GL/2 pen
position

?

%0B

027 037 048 066

1B 25 30 42

Use current PCL cursor
position

?

%1B

027 037 049 066

1B 25 31 42

Stand-alone plotter mode

?

%–1B

027 037 045 049 066

1B 25 2D 31 42

Current PCL coordinate
system/old HP-GL pen position

?

%2B

027 037 050 066

1B 25 32 42

Current PCL coordinate
system/current PCL CAP

?

%3B

027 037 051 066

1B 25 33 42

HP-GL/2 Plot Horizontal
Size

Horizontal size in inches

?

*c#K

(k)

027 042 099 #...# 075

(107)

1B 2A 63 # ... # 4B (6B)

HP-GL/2 Plot Vertical
Size

Vertical size in inches

?

*c#L

(l)

027 042 099 #...# 076

(108)

1B 2A 63 #...# 4C

(6C)

Set Picture Frame
Anchor Point

Set anchor point to cursor
position

?

*c0T

(t)

027 042 099 048 084

(116)

1B 2A 63 30 54

(74)

Picture Frame Horizontal
Size

Decipoints

?

*c#X

(x)

027 042 099 #...# 088

(120)

1B 2A 63 #...# 58

(78)

Picture Frame Vertical
Size

Decipoints

?

*c#Y

(y)

027 042 099 #...# 089

(121)

1B 2A 63 #...# 59

(79)

DUAL CONTEXT EXTENSIONS

Enter PCL Mode

?

%#A

0 - Retain previous
PCL cursor
position

1 - Use current
HP-GL/2 pen
position

Reset

?

E None

Primary Font

FI

Font_ID

Secondary Font

FN

Font_ID

Scalable Or Bitmapped
Fonts

SB

0 - Scalable fonts
only

1 - Bitmapped fonts
allowed

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Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

COLOR COMMANDS

Assign Color Index

Index Number

?

*v#I

(i)

027 042 118 #...# 073

(105) 1B 2A 76 #...# 49

(69)

Color Component One

1st Component

?

*v#A

(a)

027 042 118 #...# 065

(97)

1B 2A 76 #...# 41

(61)

Color Component Two

2nd Component

?

*v#B

(b)

027 042 118 #...# 066

(98)

1B 2A 76 #...# 42

(62)

Color Component Three

3rd Component

?

*v#C

(c)

027 042 118 #...# 067

(99)

1B 2A 76 #...# 43

(63)

Color Lookup Tables

# of Bytes

?

*

l

#W[Data]

027 042 108 #...# 087

1B 2A 6C #...# 57

Configure Image Data

# of Bytes

?

*v#W[Data]

027 042 118 #...# 087

1B 2A 76 #...# 57

Download Dither Matrix

# of Bytes

?

*v#I

(i)

027 042 118 #...# 073

(105)

1B 2A 76 #...# 49

(69)

Foreground Color

Index Number

?

*v#S

(s)

027 042 118 #...# 083

(115)

1B 2A 76 #...# 53

(73)

Gamma Correction

Gamma Number

?

*t#I

(i)

027 042 116 #...# 073

(105)

1B 2A 74 #...# 49

(69)

Monochrome Print Mode Mixed Rendering

?

&b0M

(m)

027 038 062 048 077

(109)

1B 26 98 30 4D

(6D)

Gray Equivalent

?

&b1M

(m)

027 038 062 049 077

(109)

1B 26 98 31 4D

(6D)

Palette Control ID

Palette ID #

?

&p#I

(i)

027 038 112 #...# 073

(105)

1B 26 70 #...# 49

(69)

Palette Control

Delete All Palettes in store

?

&p0C

(c)

027 038 112 048 067

(99)

1B 26 70 30 43

(63)

Delete All Palettes in stack

?

&p1C

(c)

027 038 112 049 067

(99)

1B 26 70 31 43

(63)

Delete Palette (last ID)

?

&p2C

(c)

027 038 112 050 067

(99)

1B 26 70 32 43

(63)

Copy Palette

?

&p6C

(c)

027 038 112 054 067

(99)

1B 26 70 36 43

(63)

Push/Pop Palette

Push Palette

?

*p0P

(p)

027 042 112 048 080

(112)

1B 2A 70 30 50

(70)

Pop Palette

?

*p1P

(p)

027 042 112 049 080

(112)

1B 2A 70 31 50

(70)

Render Algorithm

Continuous tone detail

?

*t0J

(j)

027 042 116 048 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 30 4A

(6A)

Snap to primaries

?

*t1J

(j)

027 042 116 049 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 31 4A

(6A)

Snap black/white, colors to
black

?

*t2J

(j)

027 042 116 050 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 32 4A

(6A)

Device best dither

?

*t3J

(j)

027 042 116 051 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 33 4A

(6A)

Error diffusion

?

*t4J

(j)

027 042 116 052 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 34 4A

(6A)

Monochrome device best
dither

?

*t5J

(j)

027 042 116 053 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 35 4A

(6A)

Monochrome error diffusion

?

*t6J

(j)

027 042 116 054 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 36 4A

(6A)

Cluster ordered dither

?

*t7J

(j)

027 042 116 055 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 37 4A

(6A)

Monochrome cluster ordered

?

*t8J

(j)

027 042 116 056 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 38 4A

(6A)

User-defined dither

?

*t9J

(j)

027 042 116 057 074

(106)

1B 2A 74 30 4A

(6A)

Monochrome user-defined
dither

?

*t10J

(j)

027 042 116 049 048 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 30 4A

(6A)

Ordered dither

?

*t11J

(j)

027 042 116 049 049 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 31 4A

(6A)

Monochrome ordered dither

?

*t12J

(j)

027 042 116 049 050 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 32 4A

(6A)

Noise ordered dither

?

*t13J

(j)

027 042 116 049 051 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 33 4A

(6A)

Monochrome noise ordered
dither

?

*t14J

(j)

027 042 116 049 052 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 34 4A

(6A)

Continuous tone smooth

?

*t15J

(j)

027 042 116 049 053 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 35 4A

(6A)

Mono. continuous tone detail

?

*t16J

(j)

027 042 116 049 054 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 36 4A

(6A)

Mono. continuous tone
smooth

?

*t17J

(j)

027 042 116 049 055 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 37 4A

(6A)

Continuous tone basic

?

*t18J

(j)

027 042 116 049 056 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 38 4A

(6A)

Mono. continuous tone basic

?

*t19J

(j)

027 042 116 049 057 074 (106)

1B 2A 74 31 39 4A

(6A)

Select Palette

Palette ID #

?

&p#S

(s)

027 038 112 #...# 083

(115)

1B 26 70 #...# 53

(73)

Set Viewing Illumination # of Bytes

?

*i#W[Data]

027 042 105 #...# 087

1B 2A 69 #...# 57

Simple Color

3-Plane Device CMY Palette

?

*r–3U

(u)

027 042 114 045 051 085 (117)

1B 2A 72 2D 33 55

(75)

1-Plane K Palette

?

*r1U

(u)

027 042 114 049 085

(117)

1B 2A 72 31 55

(75)

3-Plane Device RGB Palette

?

*r3U

(u)

027 042 114 051 085

(117)

1B 2A 72 33 55

(75)

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Printer Commands A-19

Table A-2. HP-GL/2 Commands

* Parameters in brackets are optional.

COMMAND

MNEMONIC

PARAMETERS*

PALETTE EXTENSIONS

Color Range

CR

[b_ref_red, w_ref_red, b_ref_grn, w_ref_grn, b_ref_blue, w_ref_blue];

Number of Pens

NP

[n];

Pen Color Assignment

PC

[pen [,red, green, blue]];

Transparency Mode

TR

0 - Off (opaque)
1 - On (transparent)

Screened Vectors

SV

[screen_type[,shading[,index]]]

VECTOR GROUP

Arc Absolute

AA

x_center,y_center,sweep_angle [,chord_angle];

Arc Relative

AR

x_increment,y_increment,sweep_angle [,chord_angle];

Absolute Arc Three Point

AT

x_inter,y_inter,x_end,y_end[,chord_angle];

Bezier Absolute

BZ

x1_control_pt, y1_control_pt
x2_control_pt, y2_control_pt
x3_control_pt, y3_control_pt ...
[x1_control_pt, y1_control_pt
x2_control_pt, y2_control_pt
x3_control_pt, y3_control_pt];

Bezier Relative

BR

x1_control_pt_increments,
y1_control_pt_increments,
x2_control_pt_increments,
y2_control_pt_increments,
x3_control_pt_increments,
y3_control_pt_increments ...
[x1_control_pt_increments,
y1_control_pt_increments,
x2_control_pt_increments,
y2_control_pt_increments,
x3_control_pt_increments,
y3_control_pt_increments];

Circle

CI

radius [,chord angle];

Plot Absolute

PA

[x,y ... [,x,y]];

Plot Relative

PR

[x,y ... [,x,y]];

Pen Down

PD

[x,y ... [,x,y]];

Pen Up

PU

[x,y ... [,x,y]];

Relative Arc Three Point

RT

x_incr_inter,y_incr_inter,x_incr_end,y_incr_end[,chord angle];

Polyline Encoded

PE

[flag[val]|coord pair ... [flag[val]|coord pair]];

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Table A-2. HP-GL/2 Commands (continued)

* Parameters in brackets are optional.

COMMAND

MNEMONIC

PARAMETERS*

POLYGON GROUP

Fill Rectangle Absolute

RA

x_coordinate,y_coordinate;

Fill Rectangle Relative

RR

x_increment,y_increment;

Edge Rectangle Absolute

EA

x_coordinate,y_coordinate;

Edge Rectangle Relative

ER

x_increment,y_increment;

Fill Wedge

WG

radius,start_angle,sweep_angle[,chord_angle];

Edge Wedge

EW

radius,start_angle,sweep_angle[chord_angle];

Polygon Mode

PM

polygon_definition;

Fill Polygon

FP

0 - Odd/Even
1 - non-zero winding

Edge Polygon

EP

None

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Printer Commands A-21

Table A-2. HP-GL/2 Commands (continued)

* Parameters in brackets are optional.

FUNCTION

MNEMONIC

PARAMETERS*

CHARACTER GROUP

Select Standard Font

SS

None

Select Alternate Font

SA

None

Absolute Direction

DI

[run,rise];

Relative Direction

DR

[run,rise];

Absolute Character Size

SI

[width,height];

Relative Character Size

SR

[width,height];

Character Slant

SL

[tangent_of_angle];

Extra Space

ES

[width[,height]]

Standard Font Definition

SD

[kind,value ... [,kind,value]];

Alternate Font Definition

AD

[kind,value ... [,kind,value]];

Character Fill Mode

CF

[fill_mode[,edge_pen]];

Label Origin

LO

[position];

Label

LB

[char ... [char]]1bterm

Define Label Terminator

DT

[1bterm[,mode]];

Character Plot

CP

[spaces,lines];

Transparent Data

TD

[mode];

Define Variable Text Path

DV

[path[,line]];

LINE AND FILL ATTRIBUTES GROUP

Line Type

LT

[line_type[,pattern_length[,mode]]];

Line Attributes

LA

[kind,value ... [,kind,value]];

Pen Width

PW

[width[,pen]];

Pen Width Unit Selection

WU

[type];

Select Pen

SP

[pen]; (required, 1 for black (recommended) or 0 for white)

Symbol Mode

SM

[char];

Fill Type

FT

[fill_type[,option1[,option2]]];

Anchor Corner

AC

[x_coordinate,y_coordinate];

Raster Fill Definition

RF

[index[,width,height,pen_nbr ... pen_nbr]];
(width and height must be less than 255)

User Defined Line Type

UL

[index[,gap1 ... gapn]];

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Table A-2. HP-GL/2 Commands (continued)

* Parameters in brackets are optional.

FUNCTION

MNEMONIC

PARAMETERS*

CONFIGURATION AND STATUS GROUP

Advance Full Page

PG

[n];

Scale

SC [x1,x2,y1,y2[,type[,left,bottom]]];

or
[x1,xfactor,y1,yfactor,2];

Input Window

IW

[xLL,yLL,xUR,yUR];

Input P1 and P2

IP

[p1x,p1y[,p2x,p2y]];

Input Relative P1 And P2

IR

[p1x,p1y[,p2x,p2y]];

Default Values

DF

None

Initialize IN

[n];

Replot

RP

[n];

Rotate Coordinate System

RO

[angle];

TECHNICAL GRAPHICS EXTENSION

Begin Plot

BP

[kind, value...[,kind, value]];

Chord Tolerance Mode

CT

[mode];

Download Character

DL

[charnum [[,up], x, y...[,up],x,y]];

Frame Advance

FR

Media Type

MT

[type];

Merge Control

MC

[mode [, opcod]];

Output Error

OE

Output Hardclip Limits

OH

Output Identification

OI

Output P1 and P2

OP

Output Status

OS

Pixel Placement

PP

[mode];

Plot Size

PS

[length [,width]];

Quality Level

QL

[quality level]

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Printer Commands A-23

Table A-3. Control Codes

Function

Symbol

Decimal Value

Description

Backspace

B

S

8

Move one column left unless at left margin, in which case no action is taken.

Horizontal Tab

H

T

9

Move to the next horizontal tab stop. The tab stops are at the left margin, and
every eight columns to the right of the left margin.

Line Feed

L

F

10

Move to the next print line while maintaining current column position.

Form Feed

F

F

12

Move to the first line at top of the next page while maintaining current column
position.

Carriage Return

C

R

13

Move to the left margin on the current print line.

Shift Out

S

O

14

Select characters that follow from the current secondary font until receipt of a
Shift In.

Shift In

S

I

15

Select characters that follow from the current primary font until receipt of a
Shift Out.

Escape

E

C

27

Indicates the beginning of a special control sequence (escape sequence).

Space

S

P

32

Move one column to the right unless already at the right margin, in which case
no action is taken.

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