HP LaserJet 2300 Printer series User Manual
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Common PCL 5e printer commands 173
Horizontal Position
(Columns)
?
&a#C
# = column number
Horizontal Position (Dots)
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*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
?
Y
n/a
Display Functions Off
?
Z
n/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 (#)