Linking commands – Lexmark C762 User Manual

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PCL

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Example:

ESC

(s16.66H

•

Decimal:

27 40 115 49 54 46 54 54 72

•

Hex:

1B 28 73 31 36 2E 36 36 48

Use the plus symbol (+) or the minus symbol (-) to select a position relative to the
current cursor position. For example:

ESC

&a6C

Move to horizontal cursor position, column six

ESC

&a+6C

Move six columns to the right of the current position

ESC

&a-6C

Move six columns to the left of the current position

Linking Commands

You can combine PCL emulation commands by linking them

if

the first 3 bytes of the

commands are identical. The combined, short form sends the first 3 bytes only once
in the string. To combine commands:

•

Use the first 3 bytes (characters) of the command only once at the start of the
command string.

•

Make the last letter of each command in the string lowercase.

•

Capitalize the last letter of the string.

For example, notice that the first 3 bytes of these two commands are the same:

ESC

(s10H

Select 10 characters per inch

ESC

(s4099T

Select Courier typeface

To combine these two commands, use this form:

ESC

(s10h4099T

which is 3 bytes shorter than the long form:

ESC

(s10H

ESC

(s4099T

You can combine more than two commands; for example, you can add Select Stroke
Weight Bold (

ESC

(s3B

) to the previous two commands:

ESC

(s10h3b4099T

or in the long form:

ESC

(s10H

ESC

(s3B

ESC

(s4099T

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