PCL 5 Comparison Guide
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PCL 5 Comparison Guide for the HP LaserJet III / IIID / IIIP / IIISi HP LaserJet 4 / 5 / 6 Families HP LaserJet 1100 series HP LaserJet 2100 series HP LaserJet 4000 series HP LaserJet 5000 series HP LaserJet 8000 series HP LaserJet 8100 series HP Color LaserJet HP Color LaserJet 5 / 5M HP Color LaserJet 4500 series HP Color LaserJet 8500 series HP DeskJet 1200C / HP DeskJet 1600C Printers Copyright and Trademarks License Intellifont is a U.S. registered trademark of Agfa Division, Copyright © 2003 Miles Incorporated. CG Times is Hewlett-Packard Company, LP a product of Agfa Corporation, All Rights Reserved. AGFA Compugraphic Division. Reproduction, adaptation, or LaserJet, PCL, DeskJet, Vectra, translation without prior written and Resolution Enhancement permission is prohibited, except are U.S. registered trademarks as allowed under the copyright of Hewlett-Packard Company. laws. 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ESC/P is a trademark of Seiko-Epson Corporation. Manual Conventions This manual uses the following conventions: • Bold indicates a term defined in the glossary. • Italic refers to a related document, or is used for emphasis. • The cursive letter l is used in some examples to distinguish the letter “l” from the numeral “1” (one). • A slash zero 0 is used in some examples and escape sequences to distinguish the letter “O” from the number “0”. • 0x XX represents a hexadecimal number (XX). • The ~ character indicates that the current line of code is a continuation of the previous line. Note Notes contain important information set off from the text. ENWW iii iv ENWW Contents PCL 5 Comparison Guide Manual Conventions . iii 1 Printer Features Introduction . .1-1 PCL Feature Support . .1-3 PCL 5 Technical Reference Manual Corrections. .1-5 Printable Area . .1-36 2 Printer-Specific Differences Introduction . .2-1 HP LaserJet III and IIID Printers . .2-1 HP LaserJet IIISi Printer . .2-2 HP LaserJet IIIP Printer . .2-2 Raster Graphics Adaptive Compression (IIIP) . .2-4 HP LaserJet 4 Printer . .2-4 Configuration Command (AppleTalk) . .2-7 HP LaserJet 4Si Printer. .2-10 HP LaserJet 4L Printer . .2-11 HP LaserJet 4ML Printer. .2-12 Logical Operations . .2-13 Logical Operations and Transparency Interactions. .2-15 Logical Operation Command . .2-16 Pixel Placement Command. .2-24 Pixel Placement Command (HP-GL/2) . .2-27 Merge Control Command (HP-GL/2) . .2-28 HP LaserJet 4P and 4MP Printers . .2-30 HP LaserJet 4PJ Printer . .2-31 Text Parsing Method Command . .2-32 Character Text Path Direction Command . .2-33 Font Header Format 16. .2-34 New Font Format Header Segments . .2-35 Description of Font Header Segments . .2-36 HP LaserJet 4PJ Programming Tips. .2-48 Paper Size . .2-59 HP LaserJet 4 Plus and 4M Plus Printers . .2-60 HP LaserJet 4V and 4MV Printers . .2-61 ENWW Contents v Font Header Format 16 Bitmap Font Support . .2-62 Font Header Format . .2-62 Character Definition . .2-67 Limitations. .2-68 HP Color LaserJet Printer . .2-69 AppleTalk Configuration Command . .2-70 HP LaserJet 4LJ Pro Printer . .2-71 HP LaserJet 4LC Printer . .2-71 HP LaserJet 5P and 5MP Printers . .2-72 HP LaserJet 5L Printer . .2-73 HP LaserJet 5Si and 5SiMx Printers. .2-74 Paper (Media) Source Command . .2-75 Output Bin Command . .2-77 Alphanumeric ID Command . .2-78 HP DeskJet 1200C Printer . .2-84 Updated Features . .2-85 Enter HP-GL/2 Mode Command. .2-86 Media Type Command . .2-87 Print Quality Command. .2-88 Negative Motion Command . .2-89 HP DeskJet 1600C Printer . .2-90 HP LaserJet 5 and 5M Printers . .2-96 Text Parsing . .2-96 Two-Byte HP-GL/2 Support . .2-97 Label Mode Command . .2-97 Vertical Writing with Proportional Fonts . .2-100 HP Color LaserJet 5 and 5M Printers . .2-102 HP LaserJet 6P/ 6MP Printers . .2-104 HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier . .2-104 HP LaserJet 6L and LaserJet 6L Gold Printers. .2-105 HP LaserJet 4000 Series Printers. .2-105 HP LaserJet 5000 Series Printers. .2-107 HP LaserJet 8000 Series Printers. .2-109 HP LaserJet 8100 Series Printers. .2-110 HP Color LaserJet 4500 Series Printers . .2-111 Simplified Color Management. .2-111 Color Raster Images. .2-112 Asian Font Support . .2-112 Media Handling. .2-112 Alphanumeric ID Command . .2-114 Color Space Support . ..