Selecting Pcl Emulation - SATO D512 PCL Programming Manual

Unit 1: PCL Emulation
PCL EMULATION
The D512 printer supports the Hewlett-Packard Company's LaserJet Printer Command
Language. This chapter discusses PCL emulation commands, along with resident PCL
emulation font and symbol set support.
To determine which commands your printer supports, see Section, "PCL Support."

SELECTING PCL EMULATION

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The D512 requires a PJL prologue, or series of commands, at the start of each print job,
including the Printer Job Language (PJL) Enter Language Command. See "ENTER LANGUAGE
Command" in Printer Job Language section for more information. See "Printer Job Language" in
the Printer Job Language section for the syntax and use of PJL. An example of a well-structured
PJL prologue would be the following:
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@PJL SET LCUSTOMPAPERUNITS=INCHES
@PJL SET LCUSTOMPAPERHEIGHT=6
@PJL SET LCUSTOMPAPERWIDTH=4
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=300
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL
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