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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)

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&a#H

# = decipoint number (720 decipoints = 1 inch)

Programming hints

End of Line Wrap

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&s#C

0 = Enable
1 = Disable

Display Functions On

?

Y

n/a

Display Functions Off

?

Z

n/a

Language selection

Enter PCL Mode

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%#A

0 = Use previous PCL cursor position
1 = Use current HP-GL/2 pen position

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode

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%#B

0 = Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position
1 = Use current PCL cursor position

Font selection

Symbol Sets

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(#

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

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(s#P

0 = fixed
1 = proportional

Primary Pitch

?

(s#H

# = characters/inch

Set Pitch Mode

1

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&k#S

0 = 10
4 = 12 (elite)
2 = 16.5 - 16.7 (compressed)

Primary Height

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(s#V

# = points

Primary Style

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(s#S

0 = upright (solid)
1 = italic
4 = condensed
5 = condensed italic

Primary Stroke Wt.

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(s#B

0 = medium (book or text)
1 = semi bold
3 = bold
4 = extra bold

Typeface

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(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 (#)

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