Brother HL-1250, Technical Reference Manual

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2001/10/02
CHAPTER 5 PJL - 2
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ONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................4
1.1. About PJL............................................................................................................................................4
1.2. In Case of Using PJL with a Non-PJL Printer .....................................................................................5
1.2.1. PCL jobs ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2.2. Postscript jobs ................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2.3. Other printer languages .................................................................................................................... 5
1.3. PJL Syntax and Format ......................................................................................................................6
1.4. Variables .............................................................................................................................................7
1.4.1. Alphanumeric variables ..................................................................................................................... 7
1.4.2. Numeric variables............................................................................................................................. 7
1.4.3. Strings ............................................................................................................................................ 7
1.5. Invalid Commands ..............................................................................................................................7
1.5.1. Syntax errors................................................................................................................................... 7
1.5.2. Syntax warning and semantic warning ............................................................................................... 7
2. HOW TO USE PJL.................................................................................................................................8
2.1. Overview .............................................................................................................................................8
2.2. PJL Job Requirement .........................................................................................................................8
3. COMMAND GROUP ..............................................................................................................................9
4. KERNEL COMMANDS ...................................................................................................................... 10
4.1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................10
4.2. UEL Command .................................................................................................................................10
4.3. EXECUTE Command.......................................................................................................................10
4.4. ENTER Command............................................................................................................................11
4.5. COMMENT Command......................................................................................................................11
4.6. Printer Language Switching..............................................................................................................12
4.6.1. Explicit switching........................................................................................................................... 12
4.6.2. Implicit switching ........................................................................................................................... 12
4.6.3. Context switching .......................................................................................................................... 12
5. JOB SEPARATION COMMANDS.................................................................................................... 13
5.1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................13
5.2. JOB Command.................................................................................................................................13
5.3. EOJ Command.................................................................................................................................14
6. ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS ......................................................................................................... 15
6.1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................15
6.1.1. Print environment ........................................................................................................................... 15
6.1.2. PJL reset conditions....................................................................................................................... 16
6.1.3. Remember these points about environments..................................................................................... 16
6.1.4. PJL environment variables ............................................................................................................... 17