Page Description Languages (Pdl); Pdl Options - Kyocera ECOSYS P6035cdn Printer Driver User Manual

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Page Description Languages (PDL)

PDL Options

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Click OK in all dialog boxes.
With Page Description Languages (PDL), you can specify the contents and
layout of a printed page. In Device Settings, you can choose from PCL XL,
(Printer Command Language XL), PCL 5c, KPDL (Kyocera Page Description
Language), or PDF (Portable Document Format). To add PDF to the list of PDL
choices, you must install the Output to PDF plug-in. The printer default is PCL
XL, which is suitable for most printing purposes.
After you select a PDL, the selection appears in the lower corner of the overview
image in Device Settings and in all Printing Preferences tabs. You can
change the PDL temporarily from any Printing Preferences tab.
In GDI compatible mode, vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap
images. Use the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of
the graphic created by the application.
In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as
a restricted user.
If your application supports the XML Print Specification, then XPS printing can
be performed after installing the XPS driver. With the XPS driver, the only
available PDL is XPS.
The PDL options, available in the Page Description Languages (PDL) dialog
box, are accessed in Device Settings.
PCL XL
The most recent version of HP PCL and PCL 6. This PDL includes PCL 5c
features. PCL XL lacks backward compatibility with earlier PCL versions,
though it is enhanced over PCL 5c in these areas:
Reduced file size
Better print speed
Faster return to application
Supports Security watermark
Supports Line thinning
PCL 5c
Fully compatible with earlier PCL versions
Bidirectional communication support
Wide selection of fonts for use with Microsoft Windows applications
Complex graphics might not print as well
Start of the page/End of the page available in Prologue/Epilogue
KPDL
KPDL is used when printing from applications that support PostScript 2 or 3.
An emulation of PostScript printing
Strong graphics reproduction
Print speeds may be slower than PCL 5c
Requires more printing system memory than PCL 5c
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