PCL

PCL

Menu item
Settings
Description
Font Source
Resident
*
Disk
Download
Flash
Font Card
All
Select the source which contains the default font selection.
  • Disk
    —appears only and if a non‑defective, non‑read/write protected hard disk that contains fonts is installed.
  • Download
    —appears only if downloaded fonts exist in the printer memory.
  • Flash
    —appears only if a non‑defective, non‑read/write protected flash memory that contains fonts is installed.
  • Font Card
    —appears only if a valid font card is installed or an intelligent storage drive is configured.
Font Name
[List of available fonts] (
Courier
*)
Select a font from the specified font source.
Symbol Set
[List of available symbol sets] (
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
0.08–100.00
(10.00*)
Specify the pitch for fixed or monospaced fonts.
This menu item 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 value of any job printed in 1200 dpi through the applicable emulator.
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
On
Off
*
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
On
Off
*
Set the printer to perform a line feed after a carriage return control command.
Tray Renumber
Assign MP Feeder
Assign Tray
[x]
Assign Manual Paper
Assign Manual Envelope
Configure the printer to work with a different print driver or custom application that uses a different set of source assignments to request a given paper source.
Choose from the following options:

    Off
    *—The printer uses the factory default paper source assignments.

    None
    —The paper source ignores the Select Paper Feed command.

    0–199
    —Select a numeric value to assign a custom value to a paper source.

View Factory Defaults
Show the factory default value assigned for each paper source.
Restore Defaults
Restore the tray renumber values to their factory defaults.
Print Timeout
Off
On
* (90)
Set the printer to end a print job after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.
An asterisk (*) next to a value indicates the factory default setting.