Media Type
Media types are used to distinguish the type of media a job requires. If using the Media Source command, set the Media
Type command to Unspecified.
PS Cmd
<</MediaType (
string
) >> setpagedevice
PCL5 Cmd
<Esc>&n
#
Wd
string
where # is the length of 1 and string from the table below
PCL6
ubyte_array uint16
## ##
string
attr_ubyte MediaType
Example
: 0xc8 0xc1
0x0C 0x00
transparency
0xf8 0x27
where
## ##
is the length of the string in hex (lsb, msb), and the string from the table
below.
PS String Value
PCL5 Cmd
PCL6 Hexadecimal and String
use-any
<Esc>&n8Wduse-any
0x07 0x00 use-any
use-ready <Esc>&n10Weuse-ready
0x09 0x00 use-ready
stationery-lightweight <Esc>&n23Wdstationery-lightweight 0x16 0x00 stationery-lightweight
stationery <Esc>&n11Wdstationery
0x0A 0x00 stationery
stationery-reloaded <Esc>&n20Wdstationery-reloaded
0x13 0x00 stationery-reloaded
stationery-heavyweight <Esc>&n23Wdstationery-heavyweight
0x16 0x00 stationery-heavyweight
transparency <Esc>&n13Wdtransparency
0x0C 0x00 transparency
cardstock
<Esc>&n10Wdcardstock
0x09 0x00 cardstock
cardstock-reloaded <Esc>&n19Wdcardstock-reloaded
0x12 0x00 cardstock-reloaded
cardstock-lightweight <Esc>&n22Wdcardstock-lightweight
0x15 0x00 cardstock-lightweight
cardstock-lightweight-
reloaded
<Esc>&n31Wdcardstock-lightweight-
reloaded
0x1E 0x00 cardstock-lightweight-reloaded
cardstock-heavyweight <Esc>&n22Wdcardstock-heavyweight
0x15 0x00 cardstock-heavyweight
cardstock-extra-
heavyweight
<Esc>&n28Wdcardstock-extra-
heavyweight
0x1B 0x00 cardstock-extra-heavyweight
envelope
<Esc>&n9Wdenvelope
0x08 0x00 envelope
labels
<Esc>&n7Wdlabels
0x06 0x00 labels
stationery-letterhead <Esc>&n22Wdstationery-letterhead
0x15 0x00 stationery-letterhead
stationery-recycled <Esc>&n20Wdstationery-recycled
0x13 0x00 stationery-recycled
other
<Esc>&n6Wdother
0x05 0x00 other
stationery-pre-printed <Esc>&n23Wdstationery-pre-printed 0x16 0x00 stationery-pre-printed
stationery-pre-punched <Esc>&n23Wdstationery-pre-punched 0x16 0x00 stationery-pre-punched
cardstock-lightweight-
glossy
<Esc>&n29Wdcardstock-lightweight-
glossy
0x1C 0x00 cardstock-lightweight-glossy
cardstock-lightweight-
glossy-reloaded
<Esc>&n38Wdcardstock-lightweight-
glossy-reloaded
0x25 0x00 cardstock-lightweight-glossy-
reloaded
cardstock-glossy <Esc>&n17Wdcardstock-glossy
0x10 0x00 cardstock-glossy
cardstock-glossy-
reloaded
<Esc>&n26Wdcardstock-glossy-
reloaded
0x19 0x00 cardstock-glossy-reloaded
cardstock-heavyweight-
glossy
<Esc>&n29Wdcardstock-heavyweight-
glossy
0x1C 0x00 cardstock-heavyweight-glossy
stationery-colored <Esc>&n19Wdstationery-colored
0x12 0x00 stationery-colored
bond
<Esc>&n5Wdbond
0x04 0x00 bond
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