HP LaserJet 4300 Printer series User Manual
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180 Appendix C Printer commands
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Vertical position (rows)
?&a#R
# = Row number
Vertical position (dots)
?*p#Y
# = Dot number (300 dots = 1 inch)
Vertical position (decipoints)
?&a#V
# = Decipoin number (720 decipoints = 1 inch)
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)
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End of line wrap
?&s#C
0 = Enable
1 = Disable
Display functions on
?Y
n/a
Display functions off
?Z
n/a
Language
selection
Enter PCL 6 or PCL 5e mode
?%#A
0 = Use previous PCL 5e 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 5e cursor position
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Symbol sets
?(#
8U = HP Roman-8 Symbol Set
10U = IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default Symbol Sett
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
2
?&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 6 or PCL 5e font list to view the command for each
internal font.
1. For custom paper, replace “Custompapertype” with the name of the paper, and replace the “#” with the
number of characters in the name, plus 1.
2. The preferred method is to use the primary pitch command.
Function
Command Options (#)