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HP LaserJet Printers - Common
PJL Commands for Front Panel Settings and Default Page
Formatting
QUESTION: What are
the PJL commands for HP LaserJet printers?
ANSWER: PJL commands are commonly used to change default
menu settings for the HP LaserJet 4 and above printer
families. The command used is the default command, which
permanently changes the default menu setting. For the common
PJL commands, please see the Details section.
DETAILS: The common
PJL commands are found in the following
sections.
Table of Contents
Copies
Manual
feed
Paper
size
Orientation
Formlines
Symbol
set
Font
number
Pitch
size
Point
size
Dark
Courier
EconoMode
Autocont
Density
Resolution
Resolution
enhancement
Job
offset (HP LaserJet 4Si and 4Si MX
printers)
Outbin
(HP LaserJet 4Si and 4Si MX printers)
Duplex
(HP LaserJet 4 Plus, 4M Plus, 4Si, 4Si MX, 5Si, and 5Si MX
printers)
Duplex
binding (HP LaserJet 4 Plus, 4M Plus, 4Si, 4Si MX, 5Si,
and 5Si MX printers)
Ready
message display
Reset
Additional
commands for the HP LaserJet 5P and 6P family
printers
Printer
name definition
Printing
self-test pages
Memory
booster technology
NOTE: Not all
commands are supported on all HP LaserJet printers, and
some commands are Read Only. For a complete listing of
PJL commands, see the Printer Job Language Reference
Manual, which is part of the Technical Reference Manual
bundle.
NOTE: HP LaserJet
4L, 5L, 6L, and 1100 printers will be reset to factory
defaults if they are manually reset or
unplugged.
To change default settings for the
current job only, replace Default with the Set command.
To enter the escape sequence (Ec),
press CTRL and then P. No character will appear on the
screen at this point. Let up on both keys and press ESC. A
Left Arrow will be displayed on the
screen.
Copies (back
to Table of Contents)
Manual feed
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Paper size
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to Table of Contents)
The following command permanently
changes the default menu setting of the HP LaserJet 4, 5,
and 6 printer families to legal-sized paper.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT
PAPER=LEGAL
· Ec%-12345X
NOTE: Variables
for paper size are Letter, Legal, Executive, Ledger,
Com10, B4, B5, Custom, JISB4, JISB5, JPost, JPostD, A3,
A4, C5, DL, and
Monarch.
Orientation
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The following command permanently
changes the default menu setting of the HP LaserJet 4, 5,
and 6 printer families to Landscape
Orientation.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT
ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE
· Ec%-12345X
Formlines
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The following command permanently
changes the front menu panel of the HP LaserJet 4, 5, and
6 printer families to 66 lines-per-page.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT FORMLINES=66
· Ec%-12345X
NOTE: Variables
are from 5 lines to 128
lines.
Symbol set
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The following command permanently
changes the default menu setting of the HP LaserJet 4, 5,
and 6 printer families to the PC-8 symbol set.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM : PCL
SYMSET=PC8
· Ec%-12345X
Font number
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The following command permanently
changes the default menu setting of the HP LaserJet 4, 5,
and 6 printer families to font number 2.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM : PCL
FONTNUMBER=2
· Ec%-12345X
Pitch size
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The following command permanently
changes the default menu of the HP LaserJet 4, 5, and 6
printer families to a pitch size of 16.67.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM : PCL
PITCH=16.67
· Ec%-12345X
NOTE: Variables
for pitch size are from .44 to 99.99.
NOTE: 16.67 is
also known as condensed or compressed
print.
Point size
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The following command permanently
changes the default menu of the HP LaserJet 4, 5, and 6
printer families to point size 20.
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LPARM : PCL
PTSIZE=20
· Ec%-12345X
NOTE: Variables
for point size are from 4 to
999.75.
Dark Courier
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NOTE: This is not
supported on the HP LaserJet 4L, 5L, and 6L printer
families.
EconoMode
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NOTE: The HP
LaserJet 2100 printer will not support EconoMode while
set at 1200
dpi.
Autocont
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Density
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NOTE: This is not
supported on HP LaserJet 4Si and 4Si MX
printers.
Resolution
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NOTE: This code
function is not supported on HP LaserJet 4L and 4ML
printers.
NOTE: The HP
LaserJet 2100, LaserJet 4000, LaserJet 5000, and
LaserJet 4050 printers support 1200 dpi. The HP LaserJet
8000 and LaserJet 8100 printers support HP FastRes
1200.
Resolution
enhancement (back
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NOTE: On the HP
LaserJet 4Si and 4Si MX printers, the variables are ON
or OFF only.
Job offset (HP
LaserJet 4Si and 4Si MX printers) (back
to Table of Contents)
Outbin (HP
LaserJet 4Si and 4Si MX printers) (back
to Table of Contents)
Duplex (HP
LaserJet 4 Plus, 4M Plus, 4Si, 4Si MX, 5Si, and 5Si MX
printers) (back
to Table of Contents)
Duplex binding
(HP LaserJet 4 Plus, 4M Plus, 4Si, 4Si MX, 5Si, and 5Si MX
printers) (back
to Table of Contents)
Ready message
display (back
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NOTE: This is not
supported on HP LaserJet 4 and 4ML
printers.
Reset
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NOTE: Use
Initialize, not Reset, on the HP LaserJet 4, 4 Plus, 5L,
5P, and 5MP
printers.
Additional
commands for the HP LaserJet 5P and 6P family printers
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NOTE: The default
value is
FIRST.
Printer name
definition (back
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This command changes the printer name
to any name, up to 32 characters. The command is as
follows:
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT
PRINTERNAME=XXXXXXX
· Ec%-12345X
Type the desired printer name for the
XXXXXXX values.
NOTE: This change
will be reflected in all places that the printer name
appears.
Printing
self-test pages (back
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This PJL command instructs the printer
to print any of the six self-test pages or the continuous
self-test. The command is as follows:
· Ec%-12345X@PJL SET TESTPAGE=SELFTEST
or other variable
· Ec%-12345X
Substitute the variable for the
particular test desired:
|
SELFTEST |
PCL Self-Test |
|
CONTSELFTEST |
Continuous
Self-Test |
|
PCLTYPELIST |
PCL Typeface
list |
|
PCLDEMOPAGE |
PCL Demo Page |
|
PSCONFIGPAGE |
PostScript (R) Configuration
Page |
|
PSTYPEFACELIST |
PostScript Typeface
List |
|
PSDEMOPAGE |
PostScript Demo
Page |
NOTE: PCLTYPELIST
is not supported with the HP LaserJet 6L printer
family.
Memory booster
technology (back
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This command sets the Memory Booster
Technology to On, Off, or Auto. The command is as
follows:
· Ec%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT PS:MBT=ON,
OFF, or AUTO
· Ec%-12345X
PostScript (R) is a
trademark of Adobe
Systems
Incorporated.
Copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Co.
1999
This information is subject to change without notice
and
is provided "as is" with no
warranty.
Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for any
direct,
indirect, special, incidental or consequential
damages
in connection with the use of this
material.
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