PCL

PCL

Menu item
Description
Font Name
[List of available fonts] (Courier*)
Select a font from the specified font source.
Symbol Set
[List of available symbol set] (10U PC‑8*)
Specify the symbol set for each font name.
A symbol set is a set of alphabetic and numeric characters, punctuation, and special symbols. Symbol sets support the different languages or specific programs such as math symbols for scientific text.
Pitch
0.08–100 (10*)
Specify the pitch for fixed or monospaced fonts.
Pitch refers to the number of fixed‑space characters in a horizontal inch of type.
Orientation

    Portrait*

    Landscape

    Reverse Portrait

    Reverse Landscape

Specify the orientation of text and graphics on the page.
Lines per Page
1–255
Specify the number of lines of text for each page printed through the PCL® data stream.
  • This menu item activates vertical escapement that causes the selected number of requested lines to print between the default margins of the page.
  • 60 is the U.S. factory default setting. 64 is the international factory default setting.
PCL5 Minimum Line Width
1–30 (2*)
Set the initial minimum stroke width of any job printed in 1200 dpi.
PCLXL Minimum Line Width
1–30 (2*)
A4 Width

    198 mm*

    203 mm

Set the width of the logical page on A4‑size paper.
Logical page is the space on the physical page where data is printed.
Auto CR after LF

    Off*

    On

Set the printer to perform a carriage return after a line feed control command.
Carriage return is a mechanism that commands the printer to move the position of the cursor to the first position on the same line.
Auto LF after CR

    Off*

    On

Set the printer to perform a line feed after a carriage return control command.
Print Timeout

    Disabled

    Enabled*

Enable the printer to end a print job after it has been idle for the specified amount of time in seconds.
Print Timeout Time
1–255 (90*)
Set the time in seconds for the printer to end a print job after it has been idle.
This menu item appears only when Print Timeout is enabled.
An asterisk (*) next to a value indicates the factory default setting.