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Line Matrix Printers PCL®-II/LinePrinter Plus® Programmer’s Reference Manual Line Matrix Printers PCL®-II/LinePrinter Plus® Programmer’s Reference Manual Printronix, Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Printronix, Inc. shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential, in connection with the furnishing, distribution, performance or use of this material. The information in this manual is subject to change without notice. This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, translated or incorporated in any other material in any form or by any means, whether manual, graphic, electronic, mechanical or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Printronix, Inc. COPYRIGHT 2001, 2012, PRINTRONIX, INC. All rights reserved. Trademark Acknowledgements IBM and Proprinter are registered trademarks, and PC-DOS is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Centronics is a registered trademark of Genicom Corporation. ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Printronix has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency. Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. Hewlett-Packard, HP and PCL are registered trademarks, and LineJet is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. IGP, PGL, LinePrinter Plus, and Printronix are registered trademarks of Printronix, Inc. 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Table of Contents 1 Introduction......................................................... 17 About this Guide .................................................................................. 17 Warnings and Special Information ................................................ 17 Related Product Information ......................................................... 18 Software Features ............................................................................... 19 PCL-II ............................................................................................ 19 P-Series ........................................................................................ 19 Proprinter III XL ............................................................................. 20 Epson FX-1050 ............................................................................. 20 2 HP PCL-II ........................................................... 21 Introduction .......................................................................................... 21 HP PCL-II Emulation Default Settings........................................... 22 Switching between the Emulations................................................ 23 Configuring the PCL-II Emulation with Control Codes......................... 23 Printer Feature Set Compatibility .................................................. 23 General Information ...................................................................... 24 Escape Sequences ....................................................................... 25 Bar Codes ..................................................................................... 28 US Postnet Barcodes.................................................................... 38 Character Density Selection.......................................................... 42 Character Font Selection .............................................................. 45 Character Overstrike ..................................................................... 47 Character Style Selection.............................................................. 47 Cursor Positioning......................................................................... 49 Display Functions Mode................................................................ 49 Horizontal Margin Selection .......................................................... 50 Line Spacing ................................................................................. 50 Logical Page Length Selection...................................................... 51 Perforation Skip Mode................................................................... 52 Print Mode Selection ..................................................................... 52 Print Pitch Selection ...................................................................... 53 Printing in the Hex 80 through Hex FF Region.............................. 53 PTX Linefeed ................................................................................ 53 Programmable Reset .................................................................... 54 Programmable VFC....................................................................... 55 Table of Contents Raster Graphics ............................................................................ 63 Self-test ......................................................................................... 65 Standard (Computed) VFC ........................................................... 65 Stroke Weight (Bold) ..................................................................... 65 Switching Character Fonts ............................................................ 65 Text Length (Vertical Margin) Selection ........................................ 66 Transparent Print Data.................................................................. 66 Underline Mode............................................................................. 66 Vertical Forms Control (VFC)........................................................ 67 HP e3000 Information.......................................................................... 68 Feature Access and Transparent Modes ...................................... 68 VFC Download with a Serial Interface .......................................... 68 Carriage-Control Directives........................................................... 69 Graphics........................................................................................ 69 Printing in the Perforation Skip Region ......................................... 69 HP 1000 Information............................................................................ 70 Downloading VFC ......................................................................... 70 Perforation Skip Mode................................................................... 70 3 P-Series Printer Emulation ................................. 71 Overview.............................................................................................. 71 P-Series Default Values and States.............................................. 72 Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes ..................... 74 Format for Control Code Descriptions........................................... 74 Switching Between the Emulations ............................................... 74 Special Function Control Code (SFCC) Header ........................... 75 SFCC Command Line ................................................................... 75 Attribute Set and Reset Codes...................................................... 76 NUL Code ..................................................................................... 76 Print Modes Supported for Character Sets ................................... 76 The Control Codes ........................................................................ 77 Backspace..................................................................................... 79 Bell ................................................................................................ 79 Bold Print......................................................................................