Pcl 5 printer language technical quick reference guide. Comparison guide for specific feature support information. The manual provides explanations of each pcl command, and examples demonstrating how the commands are used to control the printer. Convert to pdf, tiff, afp, png, jpeg, pcl, html, xml or text. Printer command language, more commonly referred to as pcl, is a page description. I would like to have permission to use hp pcl 5 in my software. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual, hewlettpackard co. The pcl 5 printer provides the ability to print vector graphics using the hpgl2 graphics language. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual, printer job language technical reference manual, pcl 5 comparison guide unknown binding january 1, 1993 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Hp pcl 5 printer language, technical reference manual, 1st ed. It identifies how different hp pcl 5 laserjet printers implement the commands described in the hp pcl 5 printer. To support pcl printers, bi publisher provides a pdf to pcl converter. Pcl 5 comparison guide an enhanced printer spooler.
Pdl reference guide for the dc 240255265 stlp and dc. This document provides the pjl or pcl commands and syntax for each feature. Its software rips raster image processors high quality graphics at fast on the fly. Laserjet pcl printing, pcl to pdf, conversion and viewing software. The manual provides explanations of each pcl command, and examples demonstrating how the commands are used to manipulate the printer. Explains hps printer job language pjl for experienced users and programmers. The pcl5 language is fully documented in the following publications. Hewlettpackards printers also usually support hpgl2 in addition to pcl. Hl1050, hl1470n, hlp2500, hl1070, hl1660e, hl1250, hl2060, hl2400c, hl2400ce, hl3400cn, hl1650, hl1670n, hl3260n. Pdf epson escp2 manual pdf pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual part i part ii pcl5 escape codes xhacker pcl hp5 printer control codes necam epson fx printer codes stanislavs printer command language reference. About this manual this reference does not cover all aspects of hp pcl or postscript pdl.
Describes the different implementation of commands and extensions across the printer family supporting pjl and pcl 5. Pcl5 printer language technical reference manual available from hewlettpackard. First edition october 1992 this document is the current edition of the technical reference manual for pcl 5 and earlier printers. Pclxl 6 1995 postscript ps portable document format pdf. I just downloaded hp pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual part i file bpl2 the associated link to part ii does not work. Hp pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual enww. Printer command language, more commonly referred to as pcl, is a page description language pdl. Pdl reference guide for the dc 555545535 pdf, 421 kb. It replaces the september 1990 edition of the hp pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual pn 3345990903. This, in theory, can consume pcl, pdf and postscript and convert this to a host of other formats. This means you could build their language switching binary from their sources. Red book, adobes postscript language reference manual 912 pages, 7. Pcl printer command language is a page description language. Refer to the pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual.
For a complete reference manual search the web or on the hp website for pcl5 technical reference manual. In addition to translating the pdf document into a sequence of pcl commands, specific pcl commands can be embedded in an rtf template, so that when the report output is generated in pdf and then. Pcl to the manual 3e1b9e8788bf48e0b28547e80443319a user manual. The following links present a reference guide to the command set. Hpgl, short for hewlettpackard graphics language and often written as hpgl, is a printer control language created by hewlettpackard hp. Refer to these additional reference materials postscript language reference manual, third edition, isbn 02079228 and pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual, hewlettpackard manual. Pcl 5 color technical reference manual this document describes the pcl 5 commands that are used to print color on the hp color laserjet products and the other hewlettpackard pcl 5 color products. The pcl printer language is common to all hp printers and provided the commands needed to support color printing. With the introduction of the hp laserjet 4 printer, hewlettpackard enhanced the pcl 5 printer language to provide some new features. Pcl is occasionally and incorrectly said to be an abbreviation for printer control language which actually is another term for page description language. View and download brother pcl technical reference manual online. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual the pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual provides a description of the printer command language that controls pcl 5 products. Pcl language manual printer command language, more commonly referred to as pcl, is a page description language pdl.
Printer command language wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Pclpjl reference pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual part i bpl210. Pdf epson escp2 manual pdf pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual part i part ii pcl5 escape codes xhacker pcl hp5 printer control codes necam epson fx printer codes. Unlike postscript printers which allow use of the full extent of the media by default, pcl printers imposes some margins around printable area see the printable area section of pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual. This document is not intended to be a complete pjl or pcl reference manual.
Pcl is the printer command language invented by hewlett packard and is available on the majority of laser printers. Pjl command sets supported by the dell laser printer 1700. This technical reference manual is intended to help you get the most out of each of the emulation modes supported. The pcl xl language commands are designed to optimally match the graphics printing requirements for guibased applications in most cases, for every graphics print command that a gui wishes to perform, there is a matching pcl xl language command. Find support and troubleshooting info including software, drivers, and manuals for your. Language commands pjl or printer command language pcl. For various types of images many technical drawings and business graphics, for example, it is advanta. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual hewlett packard pdf pcl 5. For these items, select user default values using the printer driver or control panel or. Hp universal print driver for windows pcl 6 manuals hp. Hpgl2 graphics may be created within application software, or imported from existing applications. If you have ordered another pcl technical reference document, this manual and the pcl 5 comparison guide are the updated replacement documents. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual, printer.
Hp roman8 is an 8bit single byte character encoding that is mainly used on hpux and many hewlettpackard and pcl compatible printers. Pcl levels 1 through 5 overview pcl levels 1 through 5e5c are commandbased languages using control sequences that are processed and interpreted in the order they are received. The document provides explanations of each pcl command, and examples that demonstrate how the commands are used to control the product. Printer command language pcl pcl 1 was introduced in 1984 on the hp thinkjet 2225.
It was introduced with the plotter hp8972 in 1977 and became a standard for almost all plotters. The printer language reference is intended as an aid to programmers using postscript page description language pdl or hewlettpackard hp printer control language pcl 5 to write programs for a laser printer. Hpgl2 and pjl are supported by later versions of pcl. The tables are feature support tables that show which printer commands are supported by the controller pi3505e pcl for monochrome printers, minolta fully support the pcl5e language, as defined in the pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual from hewlettpackard. It appears to be the lexmark e232, but i cant get azny of the dinquire and inquire pjl commands to work. The pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual provides a description of the printer command language that controls pcl 5 printers. Like postscript, it is widely supported in office printers. Kommandobasiertes pcl, pcl 5, pcl 6 enhanced, pclsprache, fonts. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual the pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual provides a description of the printer command language that controls pcl 5 printers. Hp hp pcl pjl reference pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual part i open the pdf directly. Refer to the hp pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual, available from hewlett packard. Refer to these additional reference materials postscript language reference manual, 2nd edition, isbn 0201181274 and pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual, hewlettpackard manual. Hpgl was the primary printer control language used by hp plotters. Pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual enww hp.
A large portion of the manual is devoted to hpgl2, the vectorbased. It is a guide for using the documented pjl and pcl commands with versalink b400b405c400c405. All the default and set commands work as expected mostly. The name roman8 appeared in 1983, but a precursor of the character set was already used by the hp 250 and hp 300 workstations since 19781979 as 8bit roman extension the original 19831984 version of roman8 still had some code points undefined.
Note the pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual part number 59610509 was revised for the release of the hp laserjet 4 printer and contains all pcl language features up to the hp laserjet 4 printer. Pcl5 laserjet printers allow you to specify complex structures contours, outlines, shading, etc. When writing a pcl language program, y ou should kno w the pcl language concepts and commands presen ted in this man ual, and should b e a w are of the di erences in implemen tation of the pcl 5 prin ter language for the v arious hp laserjet prin ters, as describ ed in the pcl 5 comp arison guide. So all of these additional functionalities load, render and convert xps, pcl and svg are now available from there. Quoting from the pcl 5 printer language technical reference manual hewlettpackard created the pcl printer language simply referred to as pcl elsewhere in this manual to provide an economical and efficient way for application programs to control a range of printer features across a number of printing. Printer job language technical reference addendum enww. Hp pcl 5 printer language, technical reference manual, 1st. Originally developed for early inkjet printers in 1984, pcl has been released in varying levels for thermal, matrix, and page printers. This document is not intended to be a complete ps or pcl reference manual. Pdl reference guide for the xerox workcentre 53xx series. However, some pcl printers support elimination of pcl margins around printable area by using the xedgetoedge pjl. This document should be used along with the pcl 5 comparison guide. Hp pcl 5 technical reference manuals, permission hp. Brother pcl technical reference manual pdf download.