Paper Attributes And Commands; Paper-Source Commands; Paper-Type Commands Examples; Table 5-1 Paper-Source Commands - HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 Reference

Paper attributes and commands

This section includes the following information about paper attributes:

Paper-source commands

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Paper-type commands examples

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Paper-source commands
The PCL 6 Print driver attribute for paper source is ubyte # MediaSource or ubyte_array
"string" MediaSource. See the following table for values of #. For example, "ubyte 4
MediaSource" is the command for Tray 2.
The PCL 5 print driver escape sequence for paper source is Esc&l#H (the "l" is a lowercase "L" rather
than the numeral "1"). See the following table for values of #. For example, Esc&l1H is the command
for Tray 2.
NOTE: The HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551 products support Tray 1, Tray 2, and Tray 3.
Table 5-1
Input source
Automatically select
Printer auto select
Manual feed in tray 1
Tray 1 (100-sheet)
Tray 2 (250-sheet)
Tray 3 (500-sheet)
Paper-type commands examples
The PCL 5 print driver escape sequence for paper type is "Esc&n#Wdpapertype", where "n#" is the
number of characters in the paper type plus 1. For example, in the sequence "Esc&n6WdPlain",
"Plain" has 5 letters plus 1, for a total of 6.
Table 5-2
Esc&
Esc&
Esc&
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Paper-source commands
PCL 5
Esc&l#H
NA
7
2
4
1
5
Paper-type commands
n#
6
11
PCL 6 PCL 6
ubyte # ubyte_array
MediaSource "string"
MediaSource
NA NA
1 AUTOSELECT
2 MANUALFEED
3 TRAY1
4 TRAY2
5 TRAY3
Wd
Wd
Wd
PostScript
/MediaPosition
# or null/
ManualFeed true
or false
NA
null false
3 true
3 false
0 false
1 false
Paper type
Plain
Preprinted
ENWW