PCL Feature
Support
Table 1-1, the PCL Feature Support Matrix, lists all the
printer commands from the PCL 5 Printer Language
Technical Reference Manual and identifies which of these
commands are supported by the various printers. More
detailed PCL information for each PCL 5 printer is
provided in Chapter 2.
Note
The PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual
(part number 5961-0509) was revised for the release of the
HP LaserJet 4 printer and contains all PCL language
features up to the HP LaserJet 4 printer.
With the introduction of the HP LaserJet 4 printer,
Hewlett-Packard enhanced the PCL 5 printer language to
provide some new features. The major improvements to the
PCL 5 printer language are listed below.
600 dpi support for higher quality printing
45 scalable typefaces for greater type variety
TrueType rasterizer (in addition to the Intellifont
rasterizer) for fast Windows printing, and for matching
Windows and printer type (easy WYSIWYG)
New graphics commands for faster and better curves and
shading quality
Bi-directional I/O for easier use and sharing by providing
printer status to computer applications
Automatic and faster printer language switching
Automatic I/O switching for faster I/O rates
Improved memory management so most pages print in
standard memory
Improved PCL and HP-GL/2 performance for faster
graphics and text printing
Feature Set 1-3
Summary of Contents for PCL 5
Page 8: ...Contents 4 ...
Page 174: ...5 8 Memory Usage ...
Page 198: ...A 24 Printer Commands ...
Page 201: ...8U Roman 8 R8 7J DeskTop DT Internal Symbol Set Charts B 3 ...
Page 202: ...0N ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 E1 19U Windows 3 1 Latin 1 W1 B 4 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 203: ...12U PC 850 Multilingual PM 10U PC 8 Code Page 437 PC Internal Symbol Set Charts B 5 ...
Page 204: ...12J MC Text MC 10J PS Text TS B 6 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 205: ...11U PC 8 Danish Norwegian PD 13J Ventura International VI Internal Symbol Set Charts B 7 ...
Page 206: ...1U Legal LG 14J Ventura US VU B 8 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 207: ...6J Microsoft Publishing PG 9U Windows 3 0 Latin 1 WO Internal Symbol Set Charts B 9 ...
Page 208: ...17U PC 852 Latin 2 PE 9T PC Turkish PT B 10 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 209: ...9E Windows 3 1 Latin 2 WE 2N ISO 8859 2 Latin 2 E2 Internal Symbol Set Charts B 11 ...
Page 210: ...5N ISO 8859 9 Latin 5 E5 5T Windows 3 1 Latin WT B 12 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 211: ...9J PC 1004 Code Page 1004 PU 26U PC 775 Code Page 775 PV Internal Symbol Set Charts B 13 ...
Page 212: ...19L Windows Baltic WL 6N ISO 8859 10 Latin 6 E6 B 14 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 213: ...6M Ventura Math VM 8M Math 8 M8 Internal Symbol Set Charts B 15 ...
Page 214: ...5M PS Math MS 15U Pi Font PI B 16 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 215: ...19M Symbol Font AS 579L Wingdings Font L Internal Symbol Set Charts B 17 ...
Page 216: ...9L Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats DV 10L PS ITC Zapf Dingbats DS B 18 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 218: ...13L ITC Zapf Dingbats series 300 D3 B 20 Internal Symbol Set Charts ...
Page 221: ...Table B 2 Roman 8 Character Conversion Internal Symbol Set Charts B 23 ...
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