180 Appendix C Printer commands ENWW
Cursor Positioning
Vertical position (rows) ?&a#R #=Rownumber
Vertical position (dots) ?*p#Y # = Dot number (300 dots = 1 inch)
Vertical position (decipoints) ?&a#V # = Decipoin number (720 decipoints = 1 inch)
Horizontal position (columns) ?&a#C # = Column number
Horizontal position (dots) ?*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 6 or PCL 5e mode ?%#A 0=UsepreviousPCL5ecursorposition
1 = Use current HP-GL/2 pen position
Enter HP-GL/2 mode ?%#B 0 = Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position
1=UsecurrentPCL5ecursorposition
Font selection
Symbol sets ?(# 8U = HP Roman-8 Symbol Set
10U = IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default Symbol Sett
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
2
?&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 6 or PCL 5e font list to view the command for each
internal font.
1. For custom paper, replace “Custompapertype” with the name of the paper, and replace the “#” with the
number of characters in the name, plus 1.
2. The preferred method is to use the primary pitch command.
Function Command Options (#)
