Appendix f: pcl – GCC Printers Elite 12ppm User Manual

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Appendix F: PCL

The table below some frequently-used PCL printer commands (escape sequences) that can
be useful when sending a PCL print job from DOS to your GCC printer. PCL commands
tell the printer which actions to perform or which fonts to use.

The commands listed below are a subset of the PCL command set. When entering escape
sequences, substitute the

#

symbol in the escape sequence referenced in the left column

with the appropriate number from the right column.

The character l shown in some examples after the ampersand (&) is a letter l (a lower-case
letter L).

Printer command

EC

LF

FF

CR

ECE

EC&l

#

X

EC&l0X

EC&l

#

H

EC&l

#

A

EC&l

#

O

EC&a

#

L

EC&a

#

M

EC&l

#

E

EC&l

#

F

Function

Escape character

Line feed

Form feed

Carriage return

Resets printer

Number of copies

Ejects page

Selects paper source

Selects a paper size

Select orientation

Sets left margin

Sets right margin

Sets top margin

Sets page length

#

refers to

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1 to 32,767

n/a

1 = tray 1, 2 = manual feed, 3 = manual feed,

4 = tray 2, 6 = MPFeeder

1 = executive, 2 = letter, 3 = legal 14”, 26 = A4, 45 =

JIS B5, 62 = legal 13”, 71 = postcard,

80 = monarch, 81 = commercial 10, 90 = DL

0 = portrait, 1 = landscape

Column number

Column number

Number of lines

Number of lines from top margin

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