Document Outline

• Technical Reference Guide
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • GLOSSARY
    • CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
      • 1. ABOUT THE MANUAL
      • 2. AREAS OF USE
        • 2.1 Using Word Processing Packages and Spreadsheets
        • 2.2 Graphics
        • 2.3 Programming
        • 2.4 Font Development
    • CHAPTER 2 PCL PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE
      • 1. COMMAND LIST
      • 2. INTRODUCTION
      • 3. CONTROLLING THE PRINTER
        • 3.1. Control Codes
          • 3.1.1. Backspace (08) <08h>
          • 3.1.2. Line feed (10) <0Ah>
          • 3.1.3. Form feed (12) <0Ch>
          • 3.1.4. Carriage return (13) <0Dh>
          • 3.1.5. Select primary font (14) <0Eh>
          • 3.1.6. Select secondary font (15) <0Fh>
          • 3.1.7. Escape (27) <1Bh>
          • 3.1.8. Horizontal tab (09) <09h>
          • 3.1.9. Space (32) <20h>
        • 3.2. Escape Sequences
          • 3.2.1. Line termination
          • 3.2.2. End-of-line wrap
          • 3.2.3. Display functions mode
        • 3.3. Environments
          • 3.3.1. Factory default environment
          • 3.3.2. User default environment
          • 3.3.3. Modified print environment
          • 3.3.4. Macro overlay environment
      • 4. JOB CONTROL
        • 4.1 . Commands
          • 4.1.1. Page size
          • 4.1.2. Media type selection
          • 4.1.3. Output tray
          • 4.1.4. Paper source
          • 4.1.5. Left long-edge offset registration
          • 4.1.6. Top offset registration
          • 4.1.7. Simplex/duplex printing
          • 4.1.8. Paper side selection
          • 4.1.9. Job separation command
          • 4.1.10. Reset
          • 4.1.11. Reset to factory default settings
          • 4.1.12. Reset to user settings
          • 4.1.13. Printer self test
          • 4.1.14. Exit current emulation mode
          • 4.1.15. Change emulation mode
        • 4.2. The Page
          • 4.2.1. Physical page
          • 4.2.2. Printable area
          • 4.2.3. Logical page
          • 4.2.4. Text area
          • 4.2.5. HP-GL/2 graphics window
          • 4.2.6. Portrait page dimensions
          • 4.2.7. Landscape page dimensions
          • 4.2.8. Coordinates
          • 4.2.9. Units
          • 4.2.10. Unit of measure
          • 4.2.11. Setting the left and right margins
          • 4.2.12. Resetting the horizontal margins
          • 4.2.13. Setting the top margin
          • 4.2.14. Setting the vertical motion index (VMI)
          • 4.2.15. Setting the horizontal motion index (HMI)
          • 4.2.16. Setting line spacing
          • 4.2.17. Text length
          • 4.2.18. Page length
          • 4.2.19. Perforation skip
          • 4.2.20. Positioning the cursor
          • 4.2.21. Vertical positioning
          • 4.2.22. Horizontal position
          • 4.2.23. Positioning the cursor using control codes
          • 4.2.24. Using the cursor position stack
          • 4.2.25. Half line feed
          • 4.2.26. Logical page orientation
          • 4.2.27. Text direction
      • 5. USING FONTS
        • 5.1. Introduction
          • 5.1.1. Font types
          • 5.1.2. Bitmap fonts
          • 5.1.3. Scalable fonts
          • 5.1.4. Bound fonts
          • 5.1.5. Unbound fonts
          • 5.1.6. Font sources
          • 5.1.7. Internal fonts
          • 5.1.8. Card/cartridge fonts
          • 5.1.9. Downloadable fonts
          • 5.1.10. Primary and secondary fonts
          • 5.1.11. Specifying the primary font
          • 5.1.12. Specifying the secondary font
          • 5.1.13. Selecting the default fonts
          • 5.1.14. Switching between the primary and secondary fonts
          • 5.1.15. Criteria for font selection
          • 5.1.16. Symbol set
          • 5.1.17. Symbol collections
          • 5.1.18. Type of character spacing
          • 5.1.19. Pitch
          • 5.1.20. Height
          • 5.1.21. Style
          • 5.1.22. Stroke weight
          • 5.1.23. Typeface
        • 5.2. Font Selection Commands
          • 5.2.1. User-defined symbol sets
          • 5.2.2. Symbol set ID code command
          • 5.2.3. Define symbol set
          • 5.2.4. Symbol set control command
          • 5.2.5. Selecting the symbol set
          • 5.2.6. Selecting the type of character spacing
          • 5.2.7. Selecting the pitch
          • 5.2.8. Selecting the height
          • 5.2.9. Scaling the scalable fonts vertically or horizontally
          • 5.2.10. Selecting the style
          • 5.2.11. Selecting the stroke weight
          • 5.2.12. Selecting the typeface
          • 5.2.13. Font orientation
          • 5.2.14. Transparent print data
          • 5.2.15. Esc&d#D (27)(38)(100)#(68) <1Bh><26h><64h>#<44h>
        • 5.3. Downloadable font manipulation
          • 5.3.1. Font ID
          • 5.3.2. Operations on downloaded fonts
          • 5.3.3. Selecting a downloaded font
        • 5.4. Creating Downloadable Fonts
          • 5.4.1. Downloading
          • 5.4.2. Sending the font descriptor
          • 5.4.3. Unicode symbol index character complement bits
          • 5.4.4. Sending a character code
          • 5.4.5. Sending a character descriptor and data
      • 6. USING GRAPHICS
        • 6.1. Source, Pattern and Destination
          • 6.1.1. Set source transparency
          • 6.1.2. Set pattern transparency
          • 6.1.3. Set area fill identity
          • 6.1.4. User-defined pattern command
          • 6.1.5. Set pattern reference point
          • 6.1.6. User-defined pattern control
          • 6.1.7. Set pattern type
        • 6.2. Plotting Rectangles
          • 6.2.1. Cursor position
          • 6.2.2. Set rectangle width
          • 6.2.3. Set rectangle height
          • 6.2.4. Draw filled rectangle
        • 6.3. Raster Graphics
          • 6.3.1. Positioning the cursor
          • 6.3.2. Set raster resolution
          • 6.3.3. Set high resolution control
          • 6.3.4. Set raster image orientation
          • 6.3.5. Set raster area height
          • 6.3.6. Set raster area width
          • 6.3.7. Set raster y-offset
          • 6.3.8. Set compression mode
          • 6.3.9. Start raster transfer
          • 6.3.10. Send raster data
          • 6.3.11. Compress transfer graphics
          • 6.3.12. End raster transfer
          • 6.3.13. Horizontal 1200-dpi image format mode (Raster Graphic Mode 1027)
        • 6.4. Vector Graphics
          • 6.4.1. Enter HP-GL/2 mode
        • 6.5. The Picture Frame
          • 6.5.1. The default picture frame
          • 6.5.2. Set picture frame anchor point
          • 6.5.3. Set picture frame vertical size
          • 6.5.4. Set picture frame horizontal size
          • 6.5.5. Specify vertical plot size
          • 6.5.6. Specify horizontal plot size
      • 7. MACROS
        • 7.1. The Purpose of a Macro
        • 7.2. Defining a Macro
          • 7.2.1. Macro ID
          • 7.2.2. Start macro definition
          • 7.2.3. End macro definition
        • 7.3. Running a Macro
          • 7.3.1. Execute macro
          • 7.3.2. Call macro
          • 7.3.3. Enable macro for overlay
          • 7.3.4. Disable macro for overlay
        • 7.4. Handling Macros
          • 7.4.1. Delete all macros
          • 7.4.2. Delete all temporary macros
          • 7.4.3. Delete macro
          • 7.4.4. Make macro temporary
          • 7.4.5. Make macro permanent
          • 7.4.6. Delete all macros from the storage device
          • 7.4.7. Delete macro from the storage device
          • 7.4.8. Save macro into the storage device
          • 7.4.9. Execute data
          • 7.4.10. AppleTalk configuration
          • 7.4.11. MIO video I/O port control
      • 8. STATUS READBACK
        • 8.1. Introduction
        • 8.2. Memory Status request
        • 8.3. Entity Status
        • 8.4. Status Response
        • 8.5. Status Response Syntax
          • 8.5.1. Set status readback location type
          • 8.5.2. Set status readback location unit
          • 8.5.3. Inquire status readback entity
          • 8.5.4. Entity status response
          • 8.5.5. Font response
          • 8.5.6. Bitmap fonts
          • 8.5.7. Bound scalable fonts
          • 8.5.8. Unbound scalable fonts
          • 8.5.9. Download fonts
          • 8.5.10. Location type 1 (currently selected) font
          • 8.5.11. Font extended response
          • 8.5.12. Macro response
          • 8.5.13. Use-defined pattern response
          • 8.5.14. Symbol set response
          • 8.5.15. Entity error codes
          • 8.5.16. Free space command
          • 8.5.17. Font cache
          • 8.5.18. Memory status response
          • 8.5.19. Memory error response
          • 8.5.20. Flush all pages command
          • 8.5.21. Echo command
      • 9. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 3 PCL5C
      • 1. INTRODUCTION
      • 2. COLOR MODES
        • 2.1. Using Simple Color Mode - Set Simple Color
        • 2.2. Using PCL Color Mode - Set PCL Color Setting
        • 2.3. Using HP-GL/2 Color Mode
      • 3. COLOR PALETTES
        • 3.1. Set Color #1
        • 3.2. Set Color #2
        • 3.3. Set Color #3
        • 3.4. Set Color to Palette
        • 3.5. Select Color
        • 3.6. Push/Pop Palette
      • 4. COLOR GRAPHICS
        • 4.1. Start Raster Transfer
        • 4.2. Set Destination Raster Width
        • 4.3. Set Destination Raster Height
        • 4.4. Set Scale Algorithm
        • 4.5. Send Raster Data by Plane
        • 4.6. Enter HP-GL/2 Mode
      • 5. ENHANCE OUTPUT
        • 5.1. Set Render Algorithm
        • 5.2. Set Monochrome Mode
        • 5.3. Set Gamma Correction
        • 5.4. Download Dither Matrix
        • 5.5. User-defined Pattern Command
      • 6. HP-GL/2
        • 6.1. IN (Initialize Set Instruction) Command
        • 6.2. PC (Pen Color) Command
        • 6.3. NP (Number of Pens) Command
        • 6.4. CR (Color Range) Command
      • 7. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 GRAPHICS LANGUAGE
      • 1. COMMAND LIST
      • 2. INTRODUCTION
      • 3. TERMINOLOGY
        • 3.1. Picture Frame
        • 3.2. Anchor Point
        • 3.3. Graphics Window
        • 3.4. Hard Clip Limits
        • 3.5. Soft Clip Limits
        • 3.6. Graphics Units
        • 3.7. User Units
        • 3.8. Current Units
        • 3.9. Pens
        • 3.10. Absolute and Relative Plotting
        • 3.11. Fills
      • 4. COMMAND SYNTAX
        • 4.1. Mnemonic
        • 4.2. Parameters
        • 4.3. Separators
        • 4.4. Terminator
      • 5. THE HP-GL GRAPHICS WINDOW
        • 5.1. Units
        • 5.2. The Scaling Points P1 and P2
        • 5.3. Scaling
        • 5.4. Transformation
      • 6. PREPARING TO PRINT GRAPHIC IMAGES
        • 6.1. Setting Up the Graphics Window
        • 6.2. Using Existing Image Plots
        • 6.3. Printing an Image
        • 6.4. Entering HP-GL/2 Mode
        • 6.5. Quitting HP-GL/2 Mode
      • 7. COMMANDS
        • 7.1. Initialize Commands
        • 7.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions
        • 7.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions
        • 7.4. The polygon group
        • 7.5. Plot Function Instructions
        • 7.6. Character Plot Instructions
          • 7.6.1. Introduction
      • 8. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 5 PJL PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE
      • 1. INTRODUCTION
        • 1.1. About PJL
        • 1.2. In Case of Using PJL with a Non-PJL Printer
          • 1.2.1. PCL jobs
          • 1.2.2. Postscript jobs
          • 1.2.3. Other printer languages
        • 1.3. PJL Syntax and Format
        • 1.4. Variables
          • 1.4.1. Alphanumeric variables
          • 1.4.2. Numeric variables
          • 1.4.3. Strings
        • 1.5. Invalid Commands
          • 1.5.1. Syntax errors
          • 1.5.2. Syntax warning and semantic warning
      • 2. HOW TO USE PJL
        • 2.1. Overview
        • 2.2. PJL Job Requirement
      • 3. COMMAND GROUP
      • 4. KERNEL COMMANDS
        • 4.1. Introduction
        • 4.2. UEL Command
        • 4.3. EXECUTE Command
        • 4.4. ENTER Command
        • 4.5. COMMENT Command
        • 4.6. Printer Language Switching
          • 4.6.1. Explicit switching
          • 4.6.2. Implicit switching
          • 4.6.3. Context switching
      • 5. JOB SEPARATION COMMANDS
        • 5.1. Introduction
        • 5.2. JOB Command
        • 5.3. EOJ Command
      • 6. ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS
        • 6.1. Introduction
          • 6.1.1. Print environment
          • 6.1.2. PJL reset conditions
          • 6.1.3. Remember these points about environments
          • 6.1.4. PJL environment variables
        • 6.2. Variables
          • 6.2.1. Variables for
          • 6.2.2. Variables for
        • 6.3. Default Command
        • 6.4. Initialize Command
        • 6.5. Reset Command
        • 6.6. Set Command
      • 7. STATUS READBACK COMMANDS
        • 7.1. Introduction
          • 7.1.1. Synchronization with the printer
          • 7.1.2. Basic format of status readback responses
        • 7.2. Inquire Command
        • 7.3. DINQUIRE Command
        • 7.4. ECHO Command
        • 7.5. INFO Command
          • 7.5.1. ID category
          • 7.5.2. CONFIG category
          • 7.5.3. MEMORY category
          • 7.5.4. STATUS category
          • 7.5.5. VARIABLES category
          • 7.5.6. USTATUS category
        • 7.6. USTATUS Command
          • 7.6.1. Device variable
          • 7.6.2. JOB variables
          • 7.6.3. PAGE variable
          • 7.6.4. TIMED variable
        • 7.7. USTATUSOFF Command
        • 7.8. JOB Recovery
      • 8. DEVICE ATTENDANCE COMMANDS
        • 8.1. Introduction
        • 8.2. RDYMSG Command
        • 8.3. OPMSG Command
        • 8.4. STMSG Command
      • 9. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 6 EPSON FX-850
      • 1. COMMAND LIST
      • 2. INTRODUCTION
      • 3. EMULATION DETAILS
        • 3.1. Ignored Commands
        • 3.2. Resolution
      • 4. TERMINOLOGY
        • 4.1. Syntax
        • 4.2. Conventions
      • 5. CONTROLLING THE PRINTER
        • 5.1. The Control Panel
        • 5.2. Control codes
        • 5.3. Escape sequence
      • 6. COMMANDS
        • 6.1. Basic printer operations
        • 6.2. Page set up
        • 6.3. Line Spacing
        • 6.4. Using Tabs
        • 6.5. Using Standard Characters
        • 6.6. Using customized characters
        • 6.7. Graphics
      • 7. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 7 IBM PROPRINTER XL
      • 1. COMMAND LIST
      • 2. INTRODUCTION
      • 3. EMULATION DETAILS
        • 3.1. Ignored Commands
        • 3.2. Resolution
        • 3.3. Character Set selection
        • 3.4. Controlling the Printer
        • 3.5. Control Codes
        • 3.6. Escape sequences
      • 4. NOTATION USED IN THIS EMULATION DESCRIPTION
        • 4.1. Syntax
        • 4.2. Data Conventions
      • 5. COMMANDS
        • 5.1. Basic Printer Operation
        • 5.2. Page Format
        • 5.3. Using Characters
        • 5.4. Graphics
      • 6. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 8 BAR CODE CONTROL
      • 1. INTRODUCTION
      • 2. PRINT BAR CODES OR EXPANDED CHARACTERS
      • 3. DEFINITION OF PARAMETERS
        • 3.1. Bar Code Mode
        • 3.2. Bar Code Style, Expanded Character Shading, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Shading
        • 3.3. Bar Code Scaling (Width only)
        • 3.4. Bar Code Human Readable Line On or Off
        • 3.5. Quiet Zone
        • 3.6. Bar Code, Expanded Character Unit, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Units
        • 3.7. Bar Code, Expanded Character, Line, Block Drawing & Box Drawing Offset in the X-axis
        • 3.8. Bar Code & Expanded Character Offset in the Y-axis
        • 3.9. Bar Code, Expanded Character, Line, Block Drawing & Box Drawing Height
        • 3.10. Expanded Character, Line Block Drawing & Box Drawing Width
        • 3.11. Expanded Character Rotation
        • 3.12. Bar Code Data Start
        • 3.13. Box Drawing
        • 3.14. Line Block Drawing
        • 3.15. Expanded Character Data Start
        • 3.16. Table of Code(EAN) 128 set C
      • 4. EXAMPLE PROGRAM LISTINGS
    • CHAPTER 9 HP-GL GRAPHICS LANGUAGE
      • 1. COMMAND LIST
      • 2. INTRODUCTION
        • 2.1. HP-GL Syntax
        • 2.2. Font Selection
        • 2.3. Coordinate System and Printing Area
          • 2.3.1. Coordinate system
          • 2.3.2. Printing area
      • 3. COMMANDS
        • 3.1. Initialization and Default Setting Instructions
        • 3.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions
        • 3.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions
        • 3.4. The polygon Group
        • 3.5. Plot Function Instructions
        • 3.6. Character Plot Instructions
        • 3.7. Dual Context Extensions
      • 4. INDEX
    • CHAPTER 10 CARBON COPY FUNCTION
      • 1. OUTLINE
        • 1.1. Outline of the function
      • 2. SPECIFICATIONS
        • 2.1. Explanation of each function
          • 2.1.1. Carbon copy mode setting
          • 2.1.2. Setting of the number of copies
          • 2.1.3. Paper tray selection setting
          • 2.1.4. Additional macro setting
        • 2.2. How to set each function
          • 2.2.1. Setting on the control panel
          • 2.2.2. Setting with the PJL command
        • 2.3. Example
          • 2.3.1. Setting on the control panel
          • 2.3.2. Setting with the PJL command
      • 3. DETAILED INFORMATION
        • 3.1. Details on the specifications
          • 3.1.1. Usable emulation
          • 3.1.2. About tray selection
          • 3.1.3. About the duplex setting
          • 3.1.4. About the USER DEFINED SIZE paper
          • 3.1.5. About the reprint function
          • 3.1.6. About the spool data
        • 3.2. Limited items
          • 3.2.1. About the page break of the print data
          • 3.2.2. About the <ESC><CR> command of the print data
    • APPENDIX A COMPARISON LIST
      • PCL5/5e (Paper Size)
      • PCL5/5e (Tray: If PJL TRAYCOMMAND is NORMAL.)
      • PCL5/5e (Tray: If PJL TRAYCOMMAND is SPECIAL.)
      • PCL5/5e (Others)
        • Typeface Selection (PCL)
      • HP-GL/2
      • Epson FX-850
      • IBM ProPrinter XL
      • BAR CODE
      • HP-GL
      • PJL
        • General PJL Environment Variables
        • PCL Specific Variables
        • PostScript Specific Variables
        • EPSON Specific Variables
        • IBM Specific Variables
    • APPENDIX B FLASH/PCMCIA CARD COMMANDS
      • 1. INTRODUCTION
      • 2. HOW TO READ THE CARD COMMANDS SPECIFICATION
        • 2.1 Commands
        • 2.2 Available Devices
        • 2.3 Description
        • 2.4 Error
      • 3. COMMANDS
        • 3.1 Select Storage Device Command
        • 3.2 Format Command
          • 3.2.1 Physical format
          • 3.2.2 Logical format
        • 3.3 Save Data Command
          • 3.3.1 Save specified type
        • 3.4 Data
          • 3.4.1 Save data
          • 3.4.2 Execute data
        • 3.5 Font
          • 3.5.1 Save primary font
          • 3.5.2 Save secondary font
          • 3.5.3 Delete all download fonts
          • 3.5.4 Delete download font with specified ID
          • 3.5.5 Save download font with specified ID
        • 3.6 Macro
          • 3.6.1 Delete all macros
          • 3.6.2 Delete macro with specified ID
          • 3.6.3 Save macro with specified ID
          • 3.6.4 Save image (Fixed printing location)
          • 3.6.5 Save image (Printing location not fixed)
        • 3.7 Copy Card
      • 4. USE CARD COMMANDS FROM PCL
        • 4.1 Execute Macros
        • 4.2 Use Download Fonts
      • 5. USE CARD COMMANDS FROM POSTSCRIPT
    • APPENDIX C HBP MODE COMMANDS
      • 1. DESCRIPTIONS
      • 2. COMMAND TO ENTER HBP MODE
      • 3. HBP COMMANDS
        • 3.1 Command List
        • 3.2 Commands (Detailed Explanation)
          • 3.2.1 Resolution setting commands
          • 3.2.2 Economy mode setting commands
          • 3.2.3 Sleep mode setting commands
          • 3.2.4 Mode setting commands
          • 3.2.5 Engine related setting commands
          • 3.2.6 Engine related execute commands
          • 3.2.7 Graphic data input commands
          • 3.2.8 Formfeed commands
          • 3.2.9 Exit commands
        • 3.3 Graphic Data Format
      • 4. RECOMMENDED COMMAND STRING
    • APPENDIX D REFERENCE LIST OF MX-2000/4000/5000/7000 SERIES UNIQUE COMMANDS
      • 1. INTRODUCTION
      • 2. GENERAL SPECIFICATION
      • 3. COMMAND REFERENCE LIST
        • 3.1. Commands Descriptions
          • 3.1.1. PJL output tray & mode setting
          • 3.1.2. PJL mailbox protection & bin number setting
          • 3.1.3. PJL avoidance of mailbox bin full
          • 3.1.4. PCL output tray setting
          • 3.1.5. PS output tray & mode setting
          • 3.1.6. PS mailbox protection & bin number setting
    • APPENDIX E REFERENCE LIST OF FS-5050 UNIQUE COMMANDS
      • 1. INTRODUCTION
      • 2. GENERAL SPECIFICATION
      • 3. COMMAND REFERENCE LIST
        • 3.1. Commands Descriptions
          • 3.1.1. PJL output tray
          • 3.1.2. PCL output tray
          • 3.1.3. PS output tray
          • 3.1.4. PJL staple on/off
          • 3.1.5. PS staple on/off
          • 3.1.6. PJL job offset on/off
          • 3.1.7. PS job offset on/off
          • 3.1.8. PCL job separate (Esc&l1T)