HP 4 FAMILY - Manual (Page 133)

HP LaserJet 5 and
5M Printers
HP LaserJet 5 and 5M printers are performance-enhanced
follow-on products for HP LaserJet 4 Plus and 4M Plus
printers, respectively. The enhanced PCL 5 printer
language in these printers include all of the PCL 5 features
supported by HP LaserJet 4 Plus and 4M Plus printers as
well as the features listed in Table 2-18.
Text Parsing When 2-byte text parsing methods were introduced in HP
LaserJets (from LaserJet 4PJ on), the default text parsing
method was based on the default symbol set. For example,
if a user selected Roman-8 as the default symbol set
(via the control panel or a PJL command), then 1-byte
text parsing was the default method. If they selected
WINJ-DBCS as the default symbol set, Shift-JIS text
parsing was the default method.
HP LaserJet printers (from LaserJet 5 and 5M on) now
base the default text parsing method on the font type and
symbol set fields in the default font. If the default font is a
16-bit font, the default text parsing method is set to one
that matches the symbol set field. In all other cases, the
default text parsing method is set to 1-byte text parsing.
Feature Status Comments
Character Text Path Direction Command Modified A new algorithm decides whether or not to counter-
rotate characters when using the vertical rotated
printing mode.
Text Parsing Method Command Modified The default text parsing method is based on the font
type and symbol set fields in the default font.
Label Mode (LM) Command New HP-GL/2 support for 2-byte applications.
Table 2-18. PCL Feature Modifications for HP Color LaserJet 5 and 5M Printers
Printer-Specific Differences 2-97