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Doug Werth <[log in to unmask]>
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For anyone who is interested I filled in the missing PCL codes that Carl
didn't have. They are noted with "**" at the beginning of the line. And
thanks to Carl for providing this list. It is a really good reference to use
when creating your own laserjet initialization files.

Doug.

Doug Werth                                     Beechglen Development Inc.
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Carl McNamee [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>
>Here is a listing of the default set of escape codes that the 3k will send
>to a printer if it does not have an environment file assigned to it in
>NPCONFIG.  I captured these by putting a line printer in "display
functions"
>mode.  The codes I could find in my manuals are documented.  The others???
>
>#  Default Configuration
>#    "EscZ" - Turn off Display Functions.
>#    "EscE" - Reset the Printer.
>#    "Esc&l0V - Perform a Top of Form.
>#    "EscZ" - Turn off Display Functions.
>#    "EscE" - Reset the Printer.
**#   "Esc&l1X" -     Number of copies (1)
**#   "Esc&l+56.25u-33.75Z" - Left margin offset in 1/720" increments
**#                       and Top margin offset in 1/720" increments
**#   "Esc&l1O" -     Landscape orientation
**#   "Esc&l6.05C" -  Vertical motion index in 1/48" increments
                6.05 / 48 = .126      1/.126 = 7.93 lines per inch
**#   "Esc&l3E" -  Top margin on line 3
>#    "Esc&l60F" - 60 Lines of text per page.
>#    "Esc&a2L" - Set the left margin to 2.
>#    "Esc&l1L" - Enable Perf Skip.
**#    "Esc&k2G" -  Sets behavior of line termination characters
**#                  - CR = CR
                     - LF = CR/LF
                     - FF = CR/FF
**#   "Esc(8U" -   Roman 8 symbol set
**#   "Esc(s0P" -  Fixed spacing (non-proportional)
>#    "Esc(s13H" - Set primary font pitch to 13.3.
>#    "Esc(s0S" - Select the character style for the Primary font.
**#   "Esc(s0B" - Normal stroke weight (not bold/thin)
**#   "Esc(s4099T" -  Defines primary typeface font
**#                    (4099 is a form of courier, I think)
>#    "Esc&d@" -  Toggle underline off.
>

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