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PCL Escape Codes
The table below shows some frequently-used PCL printer commands (escape sequences) that
can be useful when sending a PCL print job from DOS to your GCC printer. PCL commands
tell the printer which actions to perform or which fonts to use.
The commands listed below are a subset of the PCL command set. When entering escape
sequences, substitute the
the appropriate number from the right column.
The character l shown in some examples after the ampersand (&) is a letter l (a lower-case
letter L).
Printer command
E C
L F
F F
C R
E CE
E C&l#X
E C&l0X
E C&l#H
E C&l#A
E C&l#O
E C&a#L
E C&a#M
E C&l#E
E C&l#F
E-2
#
symbol in the escape sequence referenced in the left column with
Function
Escape character
Line feed
Form feed
Carriage return
Resets printer
Number of copies
Ejects page
Selects paper source
Selects a paper size
Select orientation
Sets left margin
Sets right margin
Sets top margin
Sets page length
#
refers to
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1 to 32,767
n/a
1 = tray 1, 2 = manual feed, 3 = manual feed,
4 = tray 2, 6 = MPFeeder
1 = executive, 2 = letter, 3 = legal 14", 26 = A4,
45 = JIS B5, 62 = legal 13", 71 = postcard,
80 = monarch, 81 = commercial 10, 90 = DL
0 = portrait, 1 = landscape
Column number
Column number
Number of lines
Number of lines from top margin
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