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Configuring Xprint V7.0 Administering PCLs
6.13 Administering PCLs
A printer capability list (PCL) contains all the information Xprint V7.0 requires to
print a document on a printer. By means of the PCL, Xprint V7.0 converts the
options of the xpadd -job command into control characters that the printer can
handle. Furthermore, a PCL also contains technical characteristics of the
printer, such as its connection protocol.
Xprint V7.0 is supplied with a substantial number of PCLs, such as those for
different types of HP LaserJet printer, for PostScript printers, IBM ProPrinters,
and all Siemens Nixdorf printers. The Appendix of this manual contains a list of
all the available PCLs and the printers they support. These PCLs are located in
the file /var/spool/Xprint/config/pcl/xpterm. It is possible that only some of
them are installed as Xprint V7.0 objects in your system.
You can display a list of the available PCLs with the xpshow -pcl command.
To define further PCLs, use the xpadd -pcl command. There is also a
standard printer capability list, the PCL GENERIC. This enables you to a certain
extent to also use printers for which there is no special PCL available. The PCL
GENERIC can be neither deleted nor modified.
If you want to... Read...
add a PCL section “Adding a PCL” on page 180
delete a PCL section “Deleting a PCL” on page 181
add comments to PCLs to provide a
better overview
section “Assigning a comment to a
PCL” on page 182
assign a PCL to a printer section “Assigning a PCL to a printer”
on page 183
define a PCL yourself section “Defining a PCL yourself” on
page 185
Table 21: Administering PCLs