HP D640 Cut Sheet Printer

Technical Reference Manual

Hewlett-Packard Company
C5630-90030
E1098
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Contents

1. Introduction
Other D640 Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Printing Options
Custom Paper Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
At the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
In Your Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Media Eject Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Page Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Select Custom Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Paper Output Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PCL and PJL Output Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Example Paper Handling Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Edge to Edge Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Working with Multiple Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CCITT Groups 3 and 4 Decompression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Image Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LaserJet Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Paper Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Example Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Paper Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Internal Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3. Working with TIFF Images

About TIFF Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Printing TIFF Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Commands in a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
TIFF Structure and Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Baseline TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Extended TIFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unsupported Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TIFF Images as Part of PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Introducing PCL Compression Method 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Transparency mode with TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Example of PCL compression method 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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4. Using the Printer’s Hard Disk
Data Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printer Data Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
User Data Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
File System Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Long Filenames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lowercase in Filenames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Default Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Commands to Read/Write to Hard Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Initialize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Make Directory on Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Store a PCL Print File on the Internal Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Delete a File From Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using a Disk File in a PCL Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

5. Control Codes
PCL Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
HP-GL/2 Graphics (Vector Graphics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PJL Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PJL Environment Variables and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PJL Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

6. Printer Fonts
Built-In Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Virtual Font Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Activating a Font Cartridge Using PJL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Creating Your Own Font Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
List of Font Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Arabic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cyrillic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Greek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Hebrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Latin 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Latin 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Barcodes 3 of 9 OCR-A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Barcodes & More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Brilliant Presentations I, Compelling
Publications II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
CG Times Scalable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
CG Triumvirate Condensed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Courier 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Courier Document 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Courier Portrait & Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Decorative Words I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Distinctive Documents I, Compelling
Publications I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
EAN/UPC/OCR-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Forms Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Forms Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Forms, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Garamond Scalable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Great Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
HP Global Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
HP Pretty Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Interleave 2 of 5 Barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
International 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
International Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ITC Avant Garde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
ITC Lubalin Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Legal Courier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Legal Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Letter Gothic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Letter Gothic Portrait and Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Math Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Math Times Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Memo 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Microsoft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Microsoft 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Multi-Barcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
PC Courier 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Persuasive Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Polished Worksheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Premiere Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Presentations 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Prestige Elite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Prestige Portrait and Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pro Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Scalable Courier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tax 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Text Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Times Roman Helvetica Report 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Times Roman Portrait and Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Times Roman Proportional 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Times Roman Proportional 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Word Perfect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Word Perfect Scalable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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1 Introduction

This manual is a supplement to the complete Hewlett-Packard PCL/

PJL Technical Reference Library (Part #5021-0330). Hewlett-Packard
recommends you order this documentation package, as it will aid you
while using the D640 Technical Reference Manual.
The D640 Technical Reference Manual describes differences
between the D640’s implementation of PJL and PCL and
implementations on other HP printers. As such, it is not an exhaustive
reference for those languages, but a supplement to these books:
l PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual
l Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual
l PCL 5 Comparison Guide
l Printer Language Technical Quick Reference Guide.
This manual was written for experienced users, such as application
developers and technical support personnel. Before using the
manual, programmers should be familiar with the reference manuals
mentioned above.

Other D640 Manuals

The information in this manual supplements the following HP D640

documents:
l Model D640 Installation Manual
l Model D640 User Manual
l Model D640 Enhanced Features Manual
l Model D640 Technical Reference Manual
l PostScript Emulation Manual for Model D640 Printers

Chapter 1: Introduction 1
2 Chapter 1: Introduction
2 Printing Options

Custom Paper Sizes

The D640 supports custom paper sizes. Use the Media Eject Length
command to specify a custom paper length and the Page Width
command to specify a custom width. These dimensions are relative to
the physical paper path, so it’s possible to specify a width value larger
than the length value.
The optional custom paper tray (C5634A) has infinitely adjustable
guides, which can accommodate paper as small as 3.94 by 7.2
inches (100 by 182 mm) and as large as 11.7 by 17 inches (297 by
431.8 mm). You can use one to three custom trays in any of the tray
positions, but all custom trays installed must contain the same paper
size.

Note Paper sizes longer than 215 mm in length feed at 21 pages per minute.
Other sizes feed at 40 pages per minute.

To use custom size paper in a print job, there are several steps:

At the Control Panel

Step 1 For the custom tray location, set the PapSize tray setting to
custom.
Step 2 Set the units in the Printing Menu to mm, or 1/100".
Step 3 Set the customsize settings in the Configuration Menu to the
width and height of the paper.
The values for width and height are the width and height of the paper,
expressed in the unit values specified in the units setting. For
example, the customsize values for an 8.5 by 11 sheet would be 850
and 1100.
Step 4 Set any other settings, such as traylock, in the Configuration
Menu.

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 In Your Print Job
Step 1 Define the Media Eject Length (the size of the paper in the
custom paper tray, left to right) by sending the PCL code:
Media Eject Length (see below).
Step 2 Define the paper width (the size of the paper in the custom
paper tray, front to back) by sending the PCL code: Select
Custom Size (see below).

Media Eject Length <ESC> & f # f/F

Sets the length of paper, as measured from the left edge to the right
edge of the paper in the custom paper tray. Command arguments
include:
Value(#) Media eject length in decipoints (1/720 inch)
Default Device dependent (should be taken from User Default
Environment)
Range 0 to the maximum supported paper length (command is
ignored for other values and the current paper length is retained)
Use this command to define the size of your paper when using the
custom paper tray, with the selection of <ESC>&l101A.
The media eject length need not be the same as the physical page
size defined by Page Size (<ESC>&l#A) or Page Length
(<ESC>&l#P). If the media eject length is shorter than the physical
page size, the physical page image will be clipped to fit the media
eject size. If the media eject length is longer than the physical page
size, the excess length will appear after the page image (to the
bottom and right of the page image so the page image is placed at
the upper left edge).

Page Width <ESC> & f # g/G

Designates the width of the logical page for a given CMI. Command
arguments include:
Value(#) Logical page width in decipoints (1/720 inch)
Default Device dependent
Range 0 to the maximum supported page width. For other values,
the command is ignored and the current paper length is retained. If a
value of 0 is received, page width is set using the following criteria (in
order of priority):

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 • Control Panel setting (if applicable)
• The physical page width (if it can be sensed)
• 8.5 inches portrait, 11 inches landscape orientation.
The page width remains in effect until a new Page Width command is
received or the printer is restarted.

Note Use this command in conjunction with the Media Eject Length
command (<ESC>&f#F) to fully define a variable logical page size.
Both the Media Eject Length and Page Width commands should be
transmitted at the beginning of a page prior to any printable data.
Otherwise, when the command is sent, the current page is closed and
printed.

Select Custom Paper <ESC> & l 101A

Sets margins according to the physical size of the paper defined with
the Media Eject Length and Page Width commands.

Paper Output Trays

The D640 printer currently has two output locations: the upper tray
(standard) or the optional high capacity output stacker (HCO).
There are several differences between the upper tray and the output
stacker. The upper tray holds up to 400 sheets, stacking them face-
down only. There is no offset stacking. The HCO holds up to 3000
sheets, stacked face up or face down, and it supports offset stacking.
Both output locations can use the job separation feature of the printer.
The default output is the top tray. You can specify that the jobs are
separated by a special sheet of paper, usually of a different color or
size. This feature allows effective job separation in the top tray.
Use the jobseparate setting from the Printing Menu. Alternatively, you
can give the PJL command:
@ PJL DEFAULT SEPARATOR=TRAY3
(or tray2 or tray1 or HCI or OFF)

PCL and PJL Output Commands

See Table 6 on page 17 and Table 7 on page 17 for the PCL and PJL
command definitions to select the output location and stacking
direction.

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 Example Paper Handling Configurations
When you are using the MPE/iX network spooler, built into MPE/iX
version 5.5 and above, printing defaults to these options:
l Landscape orientation
l Banner page printed from tray1 (top tray)
l File printed from tray2 (middle tray)
l 132 characters per line
l 60 lines per page
This table gives some examples of printer configurations for specific
results and describes the Control Panel and npconfig.pub.sys
settings to obtain them.

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Table 1 Paper Handling Configuration Examples

Printer and Result D640 Control Panel npconfig.pub.sys

Environment
D640, no HCI • Duplex printing on plain intray = TRAY1 jam recovery = TRUE
Many users paper traylock.tray1 = UNLOCKED banner_header = TRUE
• MPE/iX banner page at traylock.tray2 = UNLOCKED banner_trailer = TRUE
beginning and end of each traylock.tray3 = UNLOCKED data_intray = 1
job duplex = ON banner_intray = 1
jamrecovery = ON
jobseparate = NONE

• Duplex printing on plain intray = TRAY2 jam recovery = TRUE

paper traylock.tray1 = LOCKED banner_header = TRUE
• MPE/iX banner page at traylock.tray2 = UNLOCKED banner_trailer = FALSE
beginning of each job, traylock.tray3 = UNLOCKED data_intray = 4
printed on green paper. duplex = ON banner_intray = 1
• No end banner. jamrecovery = ON
jobseparate = NONE

Put green paper in tray1,

white in tray2 and tray3

D640, HCI • Duplex printing on plain intray = HCI jam recovery = TRUE
Many users paper traylock.tray1 = LOCKED banner_header = TRUE
• Legal and Ledger paper traylock.tray2 = UNLOCKED banner_trailer = FALSE
available traylock.tray3 = UNLOCKED data_intray = 5
duplex = ON banner_intray = 1
• MPE/iX banner page at
beginning of each job, jamrecovery = ON
printed on blue paper jobseparate = NONE
• No end banner
Put blue letter paper in tray1,
ledger in tray2, legal in tray3,
white letter in HCI

D640, one • Simplex printing on pre- intray = TRAY1 jam recovery = TRUE
user, printed forms traylock.tray1 = UNLOCKED banner_header = FALSE
preprinted • No banner page at begin- traylock.tray2 = UNLOCKED banner_trailer = FALSE
forms ning or end traylock.tray3 = UNLOCKED data_intray = 1
• No job separation duplex = OFF banner_intray = 1
jamrecovery = ON
jobseparate = NONE
Test alignment and verify that
forms work before production Put forms in trays face down,
run. with top of form toward
printer rear.

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Edge to Edge Printing

Typically, the D640 printer enforces a 1/6" unprintable area around

the edge of any page. This is the factory default and produces the
best looking output. There may be some cases where you don’t want
this border. The D640 supports edge-to-edge printing which allows
you to extend printing to the edge of the physical page.

Note The print quality is not consistent within 1/6" of any edge. This is
especially true for the trailing edge of the second side in duplex printing.
For this reason, Hewlett-Packard cannot guarantee print quality within
this 1/6" area. Your Hewlett-Packard warranty and service contract
does not cover service calls related to printing within this 1/6" area.

The quality and squareness of the paper determine print quality when
printing close to the physical paper edge. In general, you may
experience degraded print quality within 0.25 inches of any paper
edge. When printing in duplex you may need to compensate for
shrinkage and curl that may occur when the first side is printed.
Lighter weight and recycled papers tend to shrink more than heavier
weight paper.
For edge-to-edge printing, first turn off the clip setting in the
Configuration Menu or send the appropriate PJL command. Then, set
the logical page size to the physical page size using PCL commands.
(See example below.)
@PJL SET CLIP=OFF<EOL> ;allow printing near edges

<ESC>%-12345X

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL<EOL>

<ESC>E

<ESC>&l6A ;select ledger size

<ESC>&a10W ;define page to be edge-to-edge

0x00 0x00 ;left offset is 0

0x00 0x00 ;top offset is 0

0x01 0x00 ;orientation is landscape

0x2F 0xD0 ;width is 0x2FD0 decipoints

0x1E 0xF0 ;height is 0x1EF0 decipoints

<ESC>&l0E ;set top margin to 0

<ESC>&a0L ;set left margin to 0

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 If you define text to start printing at location 0,0 it will print off of the
logical page. This may or may not be on the physical page. Figure 1
describes the physical and logical page formats.
The following escape sequence allows you to define the logical page:
<ESC> & a # W[binary data]

Where # is the number of bytes of binary data following the

terminator.
The default value for # is = NA.
The range for # is = 4,10.
The binary data describes the logical page format as shown below:

Table 2 Logical Page Format

Byte 15 (MSB) 8 7 0 (LSB) Byte

0 Left Offset 1
2 Top Offset 3
4 Orientation Reserved (0) 5
6 Width 7
8 Height 9

Left Offset Specifies (in integer decipoints) the location of the left
edge of the logical page with respect to the left side of the physical
page in the selected viewing orientation. The range of values is
-32767 to 32767.
Top Offset Specifies (in integer decipoints) the location of the top
edge of the logical page with respect to the top edge of the physical
page in the selected viewing orientation. The range of values is
-32767 to 32767.
Orientation This is the viewing orientation of the logical page with
respect to the physical page. Values may be 0 (portrait), 1
(landscape), 2 (reverse portrait), or 3 (reverse landscape). All other
values reset the logical page definition leaving the logical page as it
was previously defined.
Reserved Byte A byte which must be present in the data stream
and must be equal to zero.
Width Logical page width is defined in decipoints. A zero width
causes the logical page definition to be ignored. The logical page may
be larger than the physical page. The range of values is 1 to 65535.

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 Height Logical page height is defined in decipoints. A zero height
causes the logical page definition to be ignored. The logical page may
be larger than the physical page. The range of values is 1 to 65535.
Either 4 or 10 bytes of binary data defining values in the specified
range must be downloaded with this command. If more than 10 bytes
are received, the excess number is disregarded. If the number of
bytes received is less than 10 and greater than 4, the left and top
offsets are changed and the remaining bytes are ignored.
Upon receipt of a valid, 4-byte command, the current logical page
definition is updated with the new left and top offsets. The margins,
print direction, and current active position (CAP) are retained relative
to the new position of the logical page. (The only change to the
current logical page is that now it is offset relative to the physical
page.)
Upon receipt of a valid command with 10 or more bytes of binary
data, the current logical page definition is discarded and the new
definition is installed. The following actions take place with a new
definition:
l The macro overlay is disabled.
l Any current raster graphics are closed.
l The primary and secondary fonts are set for the selected
orientation.
l Print direction is set to zero and the orientation is set
appropriately.
l HMI, VMI, margins, and text length are set to their PCL defaults.
l CAP is moved to (0,0).
l CAP becomes floating.
The reference point used for tiling defaults to the upper-left corner of
the current logical page. The tiles are printed based on the viewing
orientation selected.
l The picture frame is defaulted to the logical page bounds and the
anchor point is set to the upper left corner of the logical page.
l Any extra bytes specified with the command are disregarded.
l The positions stored in the CAP stack are not changed with an
orientation change. Therefore, the positions are relative to the top
left corner of the current orientation.

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 l The new logical page definition remains in effect until another
logical page is defined, or the logical page is defaulted by receipt
of a reset, an orientation change, a page length, or a paper size
command. The current logical page definition (PCL default or
user defined) is part of the user and overlay environments. A
graphic mark will appear on the page if and only if it falls within
the printable area and the logical page boundaries. For HP-GL/2
mode, graphics must also be within the defined picture frame and
user defined window.

Figure 1 Physical Page Formats

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Working with Multiple Copies

You can print multiple copies of a document using the following

methods:
l setting the printer’s control panel
(Copies, Mopies, and Auto-collate)
l using commands in a print job
For more information on setting the printer’s control panel to create
multiple copies, see the User Manual.
To specify multiple copies in a print job, use the following commands:

Table 3 Commands for Multiple Copies

PJL SET COPIES = n Where n is the number of copies specified for each page of a
document. Copies are created on a page-by-page basis. Each page is
printed n times. See illustration below.

PJL SET QTY = m Where m is the number of collated copies (mopies) specified for the
document. Copies are created on a document-by-document basis. A
completed document is printed m times. See illustration below.

Multiple-page document PJL SET COPIES = 2 PJL SET QTY = 2

1 1 1
2 1 2
3 3
2
2
1
3 2
3 3

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 If you combine the PJL SET COPIES and PJL SET QTY commands
in the same print job (and the auto-collate setting on front of the
printer is off), the result is multiplicative. See illustration below.

PJL SET COPIES = 2

PJL SET QTY = 3
1
2
3

3 sets of documents are created.

Each set has 2 copies of each page.

1 1 1
1 1 1
2 2 2
2 2 2
3 3 3
3 3 3

This combination of copies and mopies is useful if you’re simulating a

multi-part form on the printer and you want multiple copies of the
form.

CCITT Groups 3 and 4 Decompression

The D640 printer supports CCITT Groups 3 and 4 image

decompression, commonly used for faxing data and images. You can
send the printer these printer-specific commands and data
compressed using CCITT Groups 3 and 4. The printer decompresses
and prints the data.
Three new modes for transfer raster data are supported:
<ESC>*b#M

l 6 - CCITT G3 one-dimensional (modified Huffman)

l 7 - CCITT G3 two-dimensional (modified Read)
l 8 - CCITT G4 two-dimensional (modified Read)
The first four bytes of this command are a 32-bit unsigned integer that
specifies the number of pixels per row. If these bytes are inadvertently
transposed, the image may appear to be one long row of pixels.
Most standard PCL5 raster image commands, excluding Y offset
<ESC>*b#Y commands, work with the new printer-specific command
extensions.

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 If possible, identify the compression method used on the data you’ll
be decompressing and printing. With this information, you can more
accurately select values for the printer-specific commands. If you
cannot identify the type of compressed data, you will have to
experiment with the commands when trying to decompress and print
the image.
You may encounter CCITT compressed data where the data is
reversed. For example, the first four bytes of the data file should
contain a value representing the width of the image in pixels per row.
A typical value might be Ox: 00 00 01 98, indicating a width of 408
pixels. If the bytes were swapped into “little endian” order, they would
appear as Ox: 01 98 00 00, which would indicate a very wide picture.
The D640 supports a resolution of 200 dpi, so images scanned at this
resolution print at their normal size.

Image Position
The decompressed image will be placed within the PCL 5 default
margins unless edge-to-edge printing is selected. Use the printer-
specific edge-to-edge commands, along with the following cursor
positioning command:
<ESC>*p0x0Y cursor position at 0, 0

Table 4 Image Position

Command Action
<ESC>*r0F presentation mode zero
<ESC>*t300R 300 dpi resolution
<ESC>*r800T image height = 800
<ESC>*r1664S image width = 1664
<ESC>&l0O portrait orientation
<ESC>*r1A use current cursor position
<ESC>*b8M use CCITT4 Group 4 (MMR) decompression mode
<ESC>*b9604W raster block data length = 9604 bytes
<data> raster data
<ESC>*rC end raster image

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LaserJet Compatibility

The D640 printer is unique and different from the Hewlett-Packard

LaserJet family of printers in general, and from the LaserJet “Si”
series in particular. While these two printer families share the same
printer language (PCL and PJL), there are a number of physical
differences to their hardware.
Hewlett-Packard has included features in the D640 printer to make it
behave like a LaserJet 4Si, so your print jobs turn out like you would
expect them to if you were printing to a 4Si. In many instances these
features also provide compatibility with other LaserJet products such
as the IIISi and/or 5Si.
This section covers the compatibility features associated with PCL
commands.

Paper Input
The D640 has three paper input trays, while the LaserJet 4Si has two,
and the LaserJet5Si has three.
The IIISi and 4Si printers have a high-capacity input (HCI) unit
available as an option. Jobs set up for this environment use the PCL
<ESC>&l4H command to select the HCI. The same command selects
tray2 on the D640.
HCI selection compatibility is provided through the HCI-Alias Control
Panel setting. HCI-Alias enables paper selection compatibility
between a LaserJet IIISi (or 4Si) with an HCI and a D640 with an HCI.
With HCI-Alias = tray2 (normally the LaserJet 4Si’s high capacity
input) the PCL command <ESC>&l4H causes the D640 to pick paper
from the HCI. You can also set HCI-Alias = HCI to pick paper from
tray1, tray2, tray3, or the HCI in response to the PCL commands
shown in Table 5.

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 Example Configuration

LaserJet IIISi / 4Si

l UPPER TRAY contains paper for job separation.
l HCI TRAY contains white paper.
This configuration provides 500 sheets in the upper tray
(<ESC>&l1H), and 1500 sheets in the HCI tray (<ESC>&l4H). To
match this configuration on the D640, set up the D640 as follows:
l TRAY1 contains paper for job separation.
l HCI contains white paper.
l Set HCI-Alias = tray2.
This configuration provides 500 sheets in tray1 (<ESC>&l1H), and
3000 sheets in the HCI (<ESC>&l4H). You could also load paper for
job separation in tray2 and tray3 to increase capacity to 1500 sheets.
If HCI-Alias is set to HCI, the values shown below in Table 5 are
correct. If HCI-Alias is set to tray2, then you can send a job to either a
4Si or a D640.

Table 5 Tray Map for HCI-Alias = HCI

PCL IIISi, 4Si D640 5Si

<ESC>&l1H upper tray upper tray (tray1) upper tray (tray2)
<ESC>&l4H lower tray middle tray (tray2) lower tray (tray3)
<ESC>&l5H n/a High Capacity Input High Capacity Input

<ESC>&l8H n/a lower tray (tray3) fold out tray (tray1)

You can also set the default paper tray (used if there is no paper size
or paper source command embedded in the print job) from the
Control Panel or via PJL commands. Use the intray setting in the
Printing Menu, or the PJL command:
@PJL SET MEDIASOURCE=TRAY1
(or TRAY2 or TRAY3 or HCI)

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 Paper Output
Refer to the tables below to convert jobs from the 4Si or 5Si to the
D640.

Table 6 D640, 4Si, 5Si Output Paper Tray PCL Map

PCL 4Si D640 5Si

<ESC>&l1G top, face down top, face down top, face down
<ESC>&l2G back, face up HCO, face down left side, face up
(not with HCO)
<ESC>&l3G n/a HCO, face up HCO, face up

<ESC>&l4G n/a N/A HCO #1, face down

<ESC>&l5G n/a N/A HCO #2, face down

<ESC>&l6G n/a N/A HCO #3, face down

Table 7 D640, 4Si, 5Si Output Paper Tray PJL Map

PJL Outbin 4Si D640 5Si

UPPER top, face down top, face down top, face down
LOWER back, face up N/A left side, face up
(not with HCO)
HCO-D n/a HCO, face down n/a
HCO-U n/a HCO, face up n/a
OPTIONAL n/a N/A HCO #1, face down
OUTPUTBIN1
OPTIONAL n/a N/A HCO #2, face down
OUTPUTBIN2
OPTIONAL n/a N/A HCO #3, face down
OUTPUTBIN3

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 Internal Fonts
Each of the D640 internal fonts is almost identical to those used in the
LaserJet 4Si. Due to advances in font technology since the
development of the 4Si, some typefaces, treatments, and symbol sets
are slightly different. (For example, if you print a very large question
mark on each printer, you may notice differences in the shape.)
Each of the D640 printer’s 56 virtual font cartridges is almost identical
to the corresponding font cartridge sold for the LaserJet IIISi and 4Si
printers.
See Chapter 6 for more information about D640 fonts and virtual font
cartridges.

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3 Working with TIFF
Images

About TIFF Images

The D640 printer supports TIFF emulation which enables your printer
to recognize and print bi-level, monochrome TIFF images. Previously,
TIFF images had to be part of a larger PCL or PostScript (PS)
document to be printed.
TIFF support for the D640 printer conforms to the specifications
described in TIFF Revision 6.0 published by Aldus Corporation, June
1992. The information in this chapter assumes you are familiar with
TIFF Revision 6.0.
The D640 printer supports relevant parts of Baseline TIFF and
selected elements of Extended TIFF. There are no private fields or
values required by the printer.

Note The TIFF standard does not contain any elements to indicate the
termination of data. Therefore, termination of a TIFF file must be
indicated by PJL universal escape sequences or the printer’s I/O
timeout configuration.

Printing TIFF Images

TIFF images can be printed using the following methods:

l setting the printer’s control panel to recognize TIFF files
(Emulation = TIFF or Auto). Auto is the recommended setting if
you print files using more than one protocol (such as PCL or PS).
l using commands in a print job

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 Using the Control Panel
On the printer’s control panel, you can explicitly select TIFF
emulation. For details, see the User Manual.
When TIFF emulation is set, the following data items are valid:
l A new TIFF file, starting with a 4-byte sequence $49492A00 or
$4D4D002A
l PJL commands
Any other type of data is treated as an error.
On the printer’s control panel, you can also use the Auto emulation
setting to implicitly recognize TIFF files.
If Auto emulation is set, the printer recognizes either of the following
sequences as valid TIFF file headers and enters TIFF emulation
mode automatically, if this sequence is at the start of the print job.
l $49492A00 or $4D4D002A

Using Commands in a Print Job

In addition to control panel settings, TIFF protocol can be selected by
the PJL command:
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = TIFF
The following is a sample print job for a TIFF file:
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME="Sample.tif"<LF>
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL SET CLIP=OFF<LF>
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=TIFF<LF>
< tif file goes here >
<ESC><ESC><Bel>
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL<LF>
@PJL EOJ NAME="Sample.tif"<LF>
<ESC>%-12345X

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General Rules

The following are some general rules to describe how the D640
printer processes TIFF data.
l Each TIFF file is a self-contained unit, made up of one or more
sub-files. Each sub-file describes a single rectangular image. The
image may be a complete page, or it may be a part of a page.
During TIFF emulation, the printer cannot switch into any other
protocol, except at the boundaries of individual TIFF files.
l If a TIFF image contains multiple sub-files, the images contained
in the sub-files are placed on separate pages in the order the
sub-files appear in the TIFF data stream.
l If TIFF is the selected protocol:
• Images are placed with respect to the physical page, with zero
margins.
• If a sub-file doesn’t have positioning information, the image is
placed at the edge of the page.
• If a sub-file has positioning information, the commands are
interpreted as absolute displacements from the edge of the
physical page.
• The Clip setting for the document determines if the image is
printed to the edge of the page.

This can be a common This can be a common

situation. TIFF docu- situation. TIFF docu-
ments are often cre- ments are often cre-
ated to take up the ated to take up the
entire page. To prevent entire page. To prevent
clipping of the image clipping of the image
when you print, make when you print, make
sure sure
Clip = Off is set in the Clip = Off is set in the
Configuration menu. Configuration menu.
For best results, try For best results, try

Clip = On Clip = Off

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 l TIFF was designed as a file structure for random-access devices.
When used as a printer protocol, HP recommends the following
ordering restrictions apply to allow sequential processing of the
data. These include:
• Offset values should be greater than the file position of the
offset. For example, If an offset resides at file position A within
the TIFF data, its value should be greater than A.
• Within a file, all tag fields pertinent to the image should precede
the image data.
• The ordering of components within each sub-file should be:
- Image file directory
- Data values identified by directory entry offsets
- Image data.
See page 23 for some example TIFF structures.

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Preferred structure of a TIFF file: In Example 1 and Example 2, all the image file directories
occur early in the file. This is a good structure for TIFF files sent to the D640 printer.
Example 1 Example 2

II or MM II or MM
Image file Image file
header 0x2A00 or 0x002A header 0x2A00 or 0x002A
Pointer to first image Pointer to first image
file in directory file in directory
Image File Directory 0 Image File Directory 0
Number of entries Number of entries
Entry # 1 Entry # 1
Entry # 2 Entry # 2
Entry #3 Entry #3
... ...
Forward Pointer to Image Data Forward Pointer to Image Data
Size of Image Data pointers are Size of Image Data
pointers are ... ...
best Entry #n best Entry #n
Pointer to next IFD Pointer to next IFD

Image File Directory Image Data

Image File Directory Image File Directory

Image Data Image Data

Image Data Image File Directory

Image Data Image Data

Alternative structure for a TIFF file: In the structure below, the image file directories appear
after the image data. This file may not be printable because of the backward pointer. With this structure, the
D640 printer can handle only small TIFF files (one small image).
II or MM
Image file
header 0x2A00 or 0x002A
Pointer to first image
file in directory

Image Data

Image Data

Image Data
Backward pointers Image File Directory 0
might not work. Number of entries
(They are not Entry # 1
Entry # 2
recommended.) Entry #3
...
Pointer to Image Data
Size of Image Data
...
Entry #n
Pointer to next IFD

Image File Directory

Image File Directory

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Errors

Errors in the TIFF file header or in directory offset values are

considered major errors. The remainder of the TIFF file is ignored and
the print job is abandoned.
For other errors, the processing of the current sub-file continues, but
no image is printed. Subsequent sub-files are processed normally.
The following are the main categories of errors:
l Absence of mandatory TIFF fields (directory entries)
l Duplicate occurrences of tags in one directory
l Wrong type for a significant TIFF field
l Wrong number of values for a significant TIFF field
l Value out of range for a significant TIFF field
l Offset values less than the file position of the offset (for a
significant TIFF field)
If a TIFF field is not significant for the printer, its Type, Number, and
Value are not checked for correctness.
The TIFF specifications (described in TIFF Revision 6.0) require TIFF
fields to appear in ascending tag order. The D640 printer does not
enforce this requirement.

Note You can use the error report setting on the D640 printer to print a report
of TIFF errors within a print job. See the User Manual for more
information.

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TIFF Structure and Fields

This section includes a full list of baseline and extended TIFF fields
with comments on their interpretation by the D640 printer.
The following conventions are used to describe the TIFF fields.
l Fields marked with * are significant for the processing of image
data by the printer.
l Fields marked with ** have no default value. These fields are
mandatory. If any of these fields are missing from the TIFF data,
an error occurs.
l The first line of the TIFF definition lists the name of the field. The
second line provides the tag number in hex, the type of values,
and the number values for the field. For example:
Name
Tag,Type,N

l Comments about the field are listed to the right of the field name.

Baseline TIFF
The following is a list of extended TIFF fields which are accepted by
the D640 printer.

Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

Structure

Image File Header Bytes 0-1 in the file can be either $4949 indicating little-endian
data format (Intel standard) or $4D4D indicating big-endian data
format (Motorola standard).

Multiple IFDs The D640 printer can read multiple IFDs and process multiple
images. Each image is printed on a separate page.

Baseline fields

Artist Person who created the image.

013B,ASCII

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Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

* BitsPerSample Numbers of bits for individual color components.

0102,Short,N The D640 printer is monochrome. Therefore, N=1, and the value
itself must be 1.
Default = 1.

CellLength The length of the dithering or halftoning matrix used to create a

0109,Short,1 dithered or halftoned bi-level file. The printer does not generate
its own halftoning.

CellWidth The width of the dithering or halftoning matrix used to create a

0108,Short,1 dithered or halftoned bi-level file.

ColorMap A Red-Green-Blue color map for palette color images.

0140,Short,3*2^bps

* Compression Compression scheme used for the image data. The following
0103,Short,1 compression modes are supported by the D640 printer:

baseline TIFF

1= No compression. Data packed tightly into bytes, but not

spanning row boundaries. This is the default.

2= CCCIT Group 3, 1-dimensional, modified Huffman run-

length encoding.

32773 = PackBits compression. A byte-oriented, run-length

encoding scheme.

extended TIFF

3= T4-encoding (Group 3, 2-dimensional). CCITT T.4 bi-

level encoding (Geneva: 1988).

4= T6-encoding (Group 4). CCITT T.6 bi-level encoding

(Geneva: 1988).

Copyright Copyright notice.

8298,ASCII

DateTime Date and time in the following format: YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS

0132,ASCII,20 A null (binary zero) terminates the string.

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Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

ExtraSamples Description of extra components.

0152,Short,m

* FillOrder The logical order of bits within a byte.

010A,Short,1 Default =1

For value 1, pixels with low column values are stored in high-
order bits of the byte. The most significant bit in a byte is the
earliest in the raster line for uncompressed data as well as the
earliest in compression code for compressed data.

For value 2, pixels with low column values are stored in low-order
bits of the byte.

Both values are supported, but Hewlett-Packard recommends

using FillOrder=1 for performance.

FreeByteCounts For each string of contiguous unused bytes in a TIFF file, the
0121,Long,1 number of bytes in the string.
The presence of unused bytes is not recommended.

FreeOffsets For each string of contiguous unused bytes in a TIFF file, the byte
0120,Long,1 offset of the string.

GrayResponseCurve For grayscale data, the optical density of each possible pixel
0123,Short,2^bps value.

GrayResponseUnit The precision of the information contained in the

0122,Short,1 GrayResponseCurve.

HostComputer The computer and/or operating system used to create the image.
013C,ASCII

ImageDescription A string that describes the subject of the image.

010E,ASCII

** ImageLength The number of rows of pixels in the image.

0101,Short/Long,1

** ImageWidth The number of columns in the image (pixels per row).

0100,Short/Long,1

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Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

Make The scanner manufacturer.

010F,ASCII

MaxSampleValue The maximum component value used.

0119,Short,Sampl/Pix

MinSampleValue The minimum component value used.

0118,Short,Sampl/Pix

Model The scanner model name and number.

0110,ASCII

* NewSubfileType A general indication of the kind of data contained in this sub-file.

00FE,Long,1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tr MP Red
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Red = 1 Reduced-version of another image in the same file.

MP = 1 Page of multi-page document.

Tr = 1 Transparency mask of another image in the same file.

If either Red or Tr is set, the image is ignored by the

printer.

Default = 0.

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Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

* Orientation The orientation of the image with respect to the rows and
0112,Short,1 columns.
Default = 1.

1 0th row is the visual top and 0th column is the visual left of
the image.

2 0th row is the visual top and 0th column is the visual right of
the image.

3 0th row is the visual bottom and 0th column is the visual right
of the image.

4 0th row is the visual bottom and 0th column is the visual left
of the image.

5 0th row is the visual left and 0th column is the visual top of
the image.

6 0th row is the visual right and 0th column is the visual top of
the image.

7 0th row is the visual right and 0th column is the visual bottom
of the image.

8 0th row is the visual left and 0th column is the visual bottom
of the image.

** PhotometricInterpretation The color space of the image data. Only the two values below are
0106,Short,1 accepted.

0 WhiteIsZero: 0 is imaged as white, 1 is imaged as black.

1 BlackIsZero: 0 is imaged as black, 1 is imaged as white.

PlanarConfiguration How the components of each pixel are stored.

011C,Short,1

* ResolutionUnit The unit of measurement for XResolution and YResolution.

0128,Short,1 Default = 2.

1 No absolute unit of measurement.

2 Inch
3 Centimeter

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Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

* RowsPerStrip The number of rows per strip. The default is the value given by
0116,Short/Long,1 ImageLength resulting in a single-strip image.

Image data may be broken into a number of strips or bands.

However, for the D640 printer, single strips are preferable.

The value of RowsPerStrip together with the value of

ImageLength determines the number of strips in the image:

StripsPerImage = ImageLength/RowsPerStrip (rounded up)

Default = ImageLength (single strip).

*SamplesPerPixel The number of components per pixel.

0115,Short,1 Any value other than 1 is treated as an error.
Default = 1.

Software Name and version number of the software package used to

0131,ASCII create the image.

** StripByteCounts For each strip, the number of bytes in the strip after compression.
0117,Short/
Long,StripsPerImage This field is mandatory, except for uncompressed data, where it
can be computed from ImageWidth and RowsPerStrip.

** StripOffsets For each strip, the byte offset of that strip.

0111,Short/
Long,StripsPerImage As with other offsets, the offsets are specified with respect to the
beginning of the TIFF file. For the D640 printer, HP recommends,
they be in ascending sequence and do not have a value less than
the file position of the offset.

SubfileType An indication of the kind of data contained in this sub-file.

00FF,Short,1 Recognized but not used (obsolete).

Threshholding For black and white TIFF files that represent shades of gray, the
0107,Short,1 technique used to convert gray to black and white pixels.

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Table 8 Baseline TIFF Definitions

** XResolution The number of pixels per ResolutionUnit in the horizontal

011A,Rational,1 (ImageWidth) direction.

If the resolution specified is not the same as the currently

selected printer resolution (200, 300, or 600 dpi), the image data
may be scaled in the horizontal direction by the ratio of printer
resolution to specified resolution.

For Group 3 and Group 4 compression modes (compression = 2,

3, or 4), scaling is performed for all ratios, whether scaling up
(expanding the data) or scaling down (reducing the data).

For uncompressed data (compression =1) or PackBits

compression (compression = 32773), scaling down is not
performed, and scaling up is confined to ratios 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8.
Other ratios are treated as the nearest lower ratio. Ratios less
than 2 are treated as 1 (no scaling).

** YResolution The number of pixels per ResolutionUnit in the vertical

011B,Rational,1 (ImageLength) direction.

If the resolution specified is not the same as the currently-

selected printer resolution (200, 300, or 600 dpi), the image data
is scaled in the vertical direction as described above for
XResolution.

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 Extended TIFF
The following is a list of extended TIFF fields which are accepted by
the D640 printer. The additional compression modes 3 and 4 are
listed in the Baseline TIFF section on page 26.

Table 9 Extended TIFF Definitions

T4Options A vector of 32 flag bits which set parameters for T4-encoding.

0124,Long,1 Unused bits must be 0. Default =0.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fill Unc 2D
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

2D = 0 1-dimensional coding is used.

2D = 1 2-dimensional coding is used. If more than one strip is
specified, each strip must begin with a 1-dimensionally
coded line.

Unc = 0 Uncompressed mode is not allowed.

Unc = 1 Uncompressed mode is allowed.
The D640 printer does not support uncompressed mode
within compressed data. Setting of this bit is treated as
an error.

Fill = 0 No fill bits.

Fill = 1 Fill bits have been added as necessary before EOL
codes such that EOL always ends on a byte boundary.

T6Options A vector of 32 flag bits which set parameters for T6-encoding.

0125,Long,1 Unused bits must be 0.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unc 0
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Unc = 0 Uncompressed mode is not allowed.

Unc = 1 Uncompressed mode is allowed.
The D640 printer does not support uncompressed mode
within compressed data. Setting of this bit is treated as
an error.
Default = 0.

DocumentName The name of the document from which the image was scanned.
010D,ASCII,1

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Table 9 Extended TIFF Definitions

PageName The name of the page from which the image was scanned.
011D,ASCII,1

PageNumber The page number of the page from which the image was
0129,Short,2 scanned. PageNumber_0 is the page number, with the first page
numbered 0. PageNumber_1 is the total number of pages in the
document. If PageNumber_1=0, the total number of pages in the
document is not available.

* XPosition X offset in ResolutionUnits of the left side of the image (with

011E,Rational,1 respect to the left side of the page).
Honored only when within the physical page.

* YPosition Y offset in ResolutionUnits of the top of the image (with respect to

011F,Rational,1 the top of the page).
Honored only when within the physical page.

Unsupported Functions

The D640 printer does not support:

• Grayscale images • Alpha data handling

• Palette-color images • Data sample format
• RGB full-color images • RGB image colorimetry
• Tiled images • YCbCr images
• CMYK images • JPEG compression
• HalfTone hints • CIE L*a*b* images

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TIFF Images as Part of PCL

Introducing PCL Compression Method 10

The PCL Compression Method command (<ESC>*b#M) determines
how raster data is interpreted for the Transfer Raster Data by Row/
Block command (<ESC>*b#W). The selected compression method
stays in effect until explicitly changed by another PCL Compression
Method command (<ESC>*b#M) or until it is reset by an End Raster
Data command (<ESC>*rC).
See table below for a list of compression methods.

Table 10 List of Compression Methods

0 Uncompressed (row-based)
1 Run-length encoding (row-based)
2 TIFF rev 4.0 “PackBits” encoding (row-based)
3 Delta row encoding (row-based)
4 Unencoded (block-based)
5 Adaptive encoding (block-based)
6 CCITT G3 one-dimensional encoding (block-based)
7 CCITT G3 two-dimensional encoding (block-based)
8 CCITT G4 encoding (block-based)
10 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) rev 6.0 (block-based)

PCL Compression Method 10 is useful when you have a

monochrome graphic you want to include as an illustration on a page
with PCL text. The actual format of accepted data is described in
“TIFF Structure and Fields” on page 25.

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 To include an illustration, transfer the entire TIFF file as a block,
including the header. For example, if the TIFF file is 23,476 bytes in
size, the raster transfer command would be <ESC>*b23476W.
The TIFF file can be little-endian (from a PC) or big-endian (from
HP-UX).

Note Only the first image from the TIFF data is printed, any others will be
ignored.

The image is rendered as the TIFF file describes it, and then the
image is clipped (not scaled) to the boundaries specified by the PCL
commands for raster width and height. Further, the image will be
treated just as any other PCL raster image when used with the
Transparency Modes.

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 Transparency mode with TIFF
The D640 printer enables you to fill images and characters with any
of the printer’s predefined (or user-defined) shading or cross-hatch
patterns and apply them to a destination TIFF image.
The following illustrations shows the effects of the source and pattern
transparency modes on the final image.

Table 11 Effect of transparency mode on images

Images and Transparency mode settings Results

patterns
Source Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)
Pattern Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)

Pattern

Source Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)

Pattern Transparency Mode =1 (opaque)

Source

Source Transparency Mode = 1 (opaque)

Pattern Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)

Destination

Source Transparency Mode = 1 (opaque)

Pattern Transparency Mode = 1 (opaque)

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Table 12 Effect of transparency mode on text, raster images, and area fill

Source images Transparency mode settings Results

Source Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)
Pattern Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)

Scaled
Text

Raster

Area fill
Source Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)
Pattern Transparency Mode =1 (opaque)

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Table 12 Effect of transparency mode on text, raster images, and area fill

Source images Transparency mode settings Results

Source Transparency Mode = 1 (opaque)
Pattern Transparency Mode = 0 (transparent)

Scaled
Text

Raster

Area fill

Source Transparency Mode = 1 (opaque)

Pattern Transparency Mode = 1 (opaque)

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 Example of PCL compression method 10
Step 1 To fill an image, use the following commands to output the
destination TIFF data.
<ESC>&f0S Push cursor (optional)
<ESC>*v0T Current pattern is black
<ESC>*r#F Raster graphics presentation mode
0 = print direction
3 = along width of page
<ESC>*t#R Raster graphics resolution in dots
per inch
(75, 100, 150, 200, 300, or 600)
<ESC>*r#T TIFF height in raster dots. Dot size is
derived from the <ESC>*r#R command.
# = number of units
<ESC>*r#S TIFF width in raster units
# = number of units
<ESC>*b10M Compression method 10 (entire TIFF data
follows, TIFF header and all data)
<ESC>*r#A Start raster graphics
# = mode
<ESC>*b#W Transfer TIFF data by block
Important: # = the size of the TIFF file in bytes
<copy TIFF data> Fill in with TIFF data
<ESC>*rC Exit raster mode
<ESC>&f1S Pop cursor (optional, use with
push cursor)

Step 2 Set the source transparency mode.

<ESC>*v#N

Step 3 Output the source raster data or text.

<ESC>*v#T Sets the current pattern (optional)
<include user raster_data or text>

Step 4 Reset the cursor and pattern.

<ESC>*v0T Sets the current pattern to
Black (optional)
<ESC>&f1S Pop cursor (optional)

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4 Using the Printer’s
Hard Disk

Data Directories

The D640 contains an internal 1.2GB hard disk drive. It is pre-loaded

with about 80 MB of files. This leaves over 1.1 GB available for the
users.
The D640 has a set of disk and file operation commands that are
compatible with similar commands on other LaserJet products. With
these commands, you can download files containing fonts, macros,
symbol-sets, or complete jobs. Refer to “Commands to Read/Write to
Hard Disk” on page 43 for a detailed reference to these commands.

Printer Data Directories

The pre-loaded files on the hard disk are arranged in these
directories.
USER_ADJ\* User adjustment files called out in the D640 User
Manual
MAINT\* Maintenance tools and data for service purposes.
FONTS\* Factory provided fonts for virtual font cartridges.

User Data Directories

These are preassigned user directories for your downloaded files.
\PCL5\USER\* User downloaded fonts, macros, softpatterns, and
jobs.
\CRT\* Cartridge Definition (.CRT) files.
\PS\USER\* User downloaded PostScript related files.

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File System Conventions

The D640 printer now includes the following file system conventions.

Long Filenames
The file system for the D640 printer supports a long filename
convention similar (but not identical) to long filenames in
MS Windows.
Long filenames can include any combination of the following:
l name stems longer than 8 characters (for example,
longername.ext)
l extensions longer than 3 characters (for example, name.grp1)
l names containing more than one extension or dot “.” (for
example, name.rev21.tif)
l names containing special characters (for example,
name:new.user or ?name.+)
Before you create files with long names, consider the following:
l HP strongly recommends that characters used in filenames be
confined to the ASCII printing set – excluding characters used as
punctuation symbols or wildcards.
The following printing characters are excluded in DOS and MS
Windows:
Operating system Excluded Characters
DOS . " / \ [ ] : ; | = , ? * + < >
Windows 95 or NT " / \ : | ? * < >

The D640 filing system does not enforce these restrictions.

However, you may encounter problems when protocol
commands refer to filenames with excluded characters.
l Files and directories with long filenames have an additional
abbreviated name which is DOS-compatible (8.3 characters). In
any context, files and directories may be specified by either the
long name or the abbreviated name.
l The limit on a file or directory name (including all extensions) is
100 characters.
l There is an absolute upper limit of 255 characters on a complete
pathname (including drive specifier).

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 l Other practical constraints, such as the size of fields on the
printer’s control panel and in directory listings, should also be
considered.
l In terms of storage space and file access speed, long filenames
are significantly less efficient than standard names.

Lowercase in Filenames
The D640 printer supports filenames that include both lowercase and
uppercase letters. Filenames are no longer converted to uppercase.
As with MS Windows, case is not significant for matching names. Two
strings which differ only in case are considered to be the same name.
(For example, name.ext and NaME.Ext).
This rule applies to both standard and long filenames.

Default Drive
The default drive is now the printer’s internal hard disk, C: (HDD),
instead of the printer’s floppy disk, A: (FDD).
However, this default should not be assumed. A drive specifier should
always be included to indicate the internal hard drive. Otherwise, this
might lead to incompatibility between printer protocol sent across the
network and printer protocol executed from disk.

Commands to Read/Write to Hard Disk

You can read, write, and delete files on the printer’s hard disk with
PJL commands. Reading from mass storage is different for each
emulation/personality.

Note Currently, there are no security features built into the hard disk filing
system. HP does not recommend storing sensitive files on the internal
hard disk.
l Files may contain fonts, macros, symbol-sets, user-defined
patterns, or ordinary print data.
l File names can contain up to 100 characters. See “File System
Conventions” on page 42 for a detailed description.

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 l Some file extensions have special meaning on the printer. These
include:
.HPG HP GL2 file
.CRT Cartridge definition file
.PCL PCL file
.PS PostScript file
.SFS PCL Softfont in Intellifont form
.SFT PCL Softfont in True Type form

Initialize
This command initializes a floppy diskette for use with the D640.
Diskettes must already be formatted on the PC in IBM-PC compatible
format.
@PJL FSINIT VOLUME = "volume name" <LF>

If a password has been set, it must have been given prior to issuing
this command.

Make Directory on Disk

This command creates a new directory on the floppy diskette.
@PJL FSMKDIR NAME="pathname"<LF>

where pathname is a fully-qualified pathname.

For example:
@PJL FSMKDIR NAME= "C:\PCL5\USER\ACME" <LF>

l Only one subdirectory can be created at a time, starting at the

highest level in the tree.
l Creating a directory doesn’t make it your current working
directory.

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 Store a PCL Print File on the Internal Hard
Disk
This command stores a file on the printer’s internal hard disk.
@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=<integer>
NAME=”pathname”<EOL>

binary data<UEL>

All keywords must be supplied correctly. Thus an <ESC>E or <UEL>

out of place is invalid (and does a reset).
White space may be present on either side of the = sign.
SIZE=integer

Integer is the number of bytes of binary data, expressed as ASCII

digits.
Integer is an integer in the range of 2 to max-signed-int.
NAME="pathname"

Quotes are required to delimit pathname.

The pathname consists of a path (c:\pcl5\...) and a filename.
The pathname must be valid for the file to be stored. Follow DOS
conventions and use .PCL for the extension.
l If a file exists already with the same name the user gives, and it is
not a “delete-protected” file, the old file is overwritten.
l If the data stream gets cut off before the operation completes,
then no file is created, and if there was a file of the same name it
may no longer exist; an error could be returned.
l The <EOL> is required to indicate that the PJL command ends
here and binary data starts in the following byte.
l The <UEL> is consumed by the FSDOWNLOAD command; it is
not a job boundary, and it is not counted in the SIZE=integer
count.

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 l The contents of binary data are not checked by the printer. It is up
to you to send valid data. Binary data can contain any number of
<UEL> and or <EOL> chars; they are not a job boundary during
FSDOWNLOAD. If the data does contain <UEL> or <EOL> and
SIZE is not specified correctly, the binary data is parsed as PJL
commands (which might not be desirable). You must make sure
the SIZE is given correctly for the accompanying data stream. If
the SIZE has been given correctly and there is more binary data
supplied, the excess data is ignored. The next PJL command
starts after the first <UEL> command following the binary data.
l Once a file is stored on disk, it is available to all subsequent jobs
for re-use.

Note Do not store a font or macro with a PCL ID number embedded in it.
The ID number should be assigned by the job stream when it retrieves
the macro from disk.

Recommended Contents of Binary Data

Font PCL soft font format, starting with <ESC>)s#W. It is up to the
application to download fonts using the header format appropriate to
the D640.
Macro PCL macro, starting with <ESC>&f0X (start macro) and
ending with <ESC>&f1X (stop macro). The printer will not append
these PCL commands to the data stream.
Symbol-set A user defined symbol set, starting with <ESC>*c#R
(symbol set ID Code). Although this is the recommendation, the ID
Code could be defined in the job, which would mean that the data
should start with <ESC>(f#W (define symbol set).
Soft pattern A user defined pattern, starting with <ESC>*c#W (user
defined pattern).

Delete a File From Disk

This command removes a file from the printer’s hard disk.
@PJL FSDELETE NAME="pathname" <EOL>

Some notes about this command include:

l White space can be present around the equal sign.
l Quotes must be provided to delimit pathname.
l The pathname is full pathname. No default.
l If the file is a “delete-protected” file, it is not deleted.

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 Using a Disk File in a PCL Job
The Alphanumeric ID command reads a file stored on the hard disk or
floppy disk. With this command, the D640 reads the file into memory
and treats this information as if it was part of the original print job. The
result is similar to an “include” statement in a high-level programming
language.
The D640 does not do any special processing of the file, see
“Recommended Contents of Binary Data” on page 46.
The format of the Alphanumeric ID command is as follows:
<ESC> & n # W [ file identification data ]

# The number of bytes of data that follow the capital W. A value

must be supplied.
[file identification data]

Byte Content
1 Operation Byte (UB)
2
... File Identifier Name (ASCxx)
#

Operation Byte (UB) – The Operation Byte is an unsigned byte, which

may have a value 0 through 5. The LaserJet family of printers uses
this byte to indicate whether the file contents are treated as a font or
as a macro. The D640 does not use this byte, but requires the value
to be within the range specified. (The values 0 to 5 are control codes
<SOH>, <STX>, <ETX>, <EOT>, and <ENQ>.)

File Identifier Name (ASCxx) – The File Identifier Name is ASCII data.
The D640 requires the full pathname of the file, including the volume
name. Files and directories can contain the letters A..Z, a..z, and the
numerals 0..9. For example: C:\PCL5\USER\MyFile.pcl. Do not use
quotation marks around the filename.

Volume Physical Device

c: or C: The internal hard drive
a: or A: The floppy drive

The PCL commands to manage fonts, macros, patterns, and symbol

sets only act on objects in memory. The disk file can be removed only
with the @PJL FSDELETE command.
In the examples below, <LF> is a line feed, <CR> is carriage return,
<ESC> is the Escape character, and → means that the line is
continued.

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 Example 1:
Storing a Macro on Disk and Using it in a Print Job
Step 1 Write the macro to the hard disk. For example:
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME = "Simple Macro"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=30→

NAME = "C:\PCL5\USER\Macro"<LF>

<ESC>&f0XThis is a test line.<ESC>&f1X<ESC>%-12345X→

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL EOJ NAME = "Simple Macro"<LF>

Step 2 Use the macro in a print job. For example:

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME = "Use Simple Macro"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL<LF>

<ESC>E<ESC>&f95Y<ESC>&n19W<0x04>c:\PCL5\USER\Macro→

<ESC>&f9XCall the macro:<ESC>&f95y3X:After the macro→

<ESC>E →

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL EOJ NAME = "Use Simple Macro"<LF>

The printed result will be:

Call the macro:This is a test line.:After the macro

Step 3 Delete the macro from the disk. For example:

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME = "Cleanup"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDELETE→

NAME = "c:\PCL5\USER\Macro"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL EOJ NAME = "Cleanup"<LF>

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 Example 2: Creating a Virtual Font Cartridge
Suppose you have several PCL soft fonts you want to include in a
virtual font cartridge on the D640 printer. The PCL soft font files are:
Filename Size (in bytes)
bc120r04.sfp 46448
cr100i12.pcp 27136
fuj00m8o.sfs 10090
ggi00pmo.sfs 56469
lp085r16.pmp 18688

To create a virtual font cartridge:

Step 1 Create a directory on the printer’s hard disk and place the
font files in that directory.
Step 2 Create a cartridge definition file and place it in the C:\CRT
directory on the printer’s hard disk.
Step 3 Cycle power on the printer to make the new cartridge.
available for selection.
Example:
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL<LF>
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME="ACMETOOL"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="Writing ACMETOOL Fonts"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL USTATUS DEVICE=VERBOSE<LF>
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSMKDIR NAME="C:\PCL5\USER\ACME"<LF>
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=46448→
NAME="C:\PCL5\USER\ACME\bc120r04.sfp"<LF>
< copy the contents of bc120r04.sfp here ><ESC>%-12345X→
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=27136→
NAME="C:\PCL5\USER\ACME\cr100i12.pcp"<LF>
< copy the contents of cr100i12.pcp here ><ESC>%-12345X→
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=10090→
NAME="C:\PCL5\USER\ACME\fuj00m8o.sfs"<LF>
< copy the contents of fuj00m8o.sfs here ><ESC>%-12345X→
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=56469→
NAME="C:\PCL5\USER\ACME\ggi00pmo.sfs"<LF>
< copy the contents of ggi00pmo.sfs here ><ESC>%-12345X→
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=18688→
NAME="C:\PCL5\USER\ACME\lp085r16.pmp."<LF>

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 < copy the contents of lp085r16.pmp here ><ESC>%-12345X→
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL FSDOWNLOAD FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=215→
NAME="C:\CRT\ACMETOOL.CRT"<LF>
<ESC>Z.FILE.FONT \PCL5\USER\ACME\bc120r04.sfp<CR><LF>
<ESC>Z.FILE.FONT \PCL5\USER\ACME\cr100i12.pcp<CR><LF>
<ESC>Z.FILE.FONT \PCL5\USER\ACME\fuj00m8o.sfs<CR><LF>
<ESC>Z.FILE.FONT \PCL5\USER\ACME\ggi00pmo.sfs<CR><LF>
<ESC>Z.FILE.FONT \PCL5\USER\ACME\lp085r16.pmp<CR><LF>
<ESC>%-12345X→
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL RDYMSG→
DISPLAY="Press buttons 1,3,5 for 2 seconds"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL EOJ NAME="ACMETOOL"<LF>

<ESC>%-12345X

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Utilities

The following is a list of utilities included with the D640 function code.
These utilities are located on your printer’s hard disk in the
C:\Maint\Util directory. Use these utilities only when directed by your
support representative.

Table 13 List of Utilities

Name Description
LASERSET.xx For support use only.
ALL_EDGE.xx Shows edge-to-edge printing capability for the selected media
source.
FILECHK.PCL Searches the hard disk and lists any duplicates files found in the
same directory. Files with names that differ only by case are
considered duplicates (for example, Font2a.TIF and FONT2A.TIF).
This utility is useful for locating files that cannot be recognized by
the printer’s new file system.
CAPTURE.100 Sets a 100-Mbyte limit for capturing files on the printer’s hard disk.
This is the default for a captured file. (For more information on
capturing files, see the User Manual.)
CAPTURE.1_4 Sets a 1.4-Mbyte limit for capturing files on the printer’s hard disk.
This utility is useful for creating small capture files to copy to the
printer’s floppy disk.
CAPTURE.C2A Copies all captured files (*.dat) from the printer’s hard disk to the
floppy disk. No more than 1.4 Mbytes can be copied to the floppy
disk. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk before selecting.
EVENTLOG.C2A Performs the following sequence:
l prints a Maintenance Report
l updates the eventlog.pcl file on the printer’s hard disk
l copies the file to the floppy disk.
The eventlog.pcl file is a plain-text file located in the C:\MAINT
directory. the file contains an ongoing record of printer events.
Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk before selecting.
Reports & Eventlog.C2A A utility that:
l prints a Setup and Maintenance Report
l copies a print file of the Setup Report and the Maintenance
Report to floppy disk
l copies the eventlog.pcl file to floppy disk.
This utility is useful for sending complete information to your
service provider. Insert a blank, formatted floppy disk before
selecting.

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5 Control Codes

This chapter includes charts that compare control codes for the D640
printer with control codes for other LaserJet printers. For further
details on PCL and PJL control codes, see the following manuals:
l PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual
l Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual
l PCL 5 Comparison Guide
l Printer Language Technical Quick Reference Guide
All are available as part of the PCL/PJL Technical Reference Library,
HP part number 5021-0330.

PCL Comparison

General rules about these charts include:

1. Where only a number symbol (#) is shown, and no specific values
are given, all values defined in Reference 2 are supported.
2. Where specific values are shown, the various printers support
only the values shown.
3. A “Y” value means the command is supported, followed by
(default value).
4. A “No” value means the command is not supported.
5. Color commands are not included in this document.
6. Commands supported only by DeskJet series printers are not
shown in this document.

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 Table 14 Miscellaneous

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Configuration (Apple Talk) <ESC>&b#W[data] Y Y No

Table 15 Job Control

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Universal Exit Language/ <ESC>%-12345X Y Y Y
Start of PJL (UEL)
Reset <ESC>E Y Y Y
Number of Copies <ESC>&l#X Y Y Y
Simplex/Duplex <ESC>&l#S Y No Y
Left (Long-Edge) <ESC>&l#U Y Y Y
Offset Registration
Top (Short Edge) <ESC>&l#Z Y Y Y
Offset Registration
Unit of Measure <ESC>&u#D Y Y Y

Table 16 Page Control

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640 Comments

Page (Job) Size <ESC>&l#A
Executive (1) Y Y Y
Letter (2) Y Y Y
Legal (3) Y Y Y
Ledger (6) No Y Y
Ledger (11) No
A4 (26) Y Y Y
A3 (27) No Y Y
JIS B5 Paper (45) No Y Y
JIS B4 Paper (46) No Y Y
Monarch Envelope (80) Y Y No
Comm. 10 Envelope (81) Y Y No
Intl. DL Envelope (90) Y Y No

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Table 16 Page Control

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640 Comments

Intl. C5 Envelope (91) No Y No
Intl. B5 Envelope (100) Y Y No
Custom (101) No Y Y special tray
Hagaki Postcard (71) No Y No
Oufuku-Hagaki Postcard (72) No Y No
Orientation <ESC>&l#O Y Y Y
Page Side Selection / <ESC>&a#G Y Y Y
Conditional Page Eject
Job Separation <ESC>&l1T No No Y PJL preferred
Paper Source <ESC>&l#H
Eject Page (0) Y Y Y
Main Paper Source (1) Y Y Y, upper tray
Manual Feed (2) Y Y No
Manual Envelope Feed (3) Y Y No
Alternate Paper Source (4) Y Y Y, middle tray
Optional Large Source (5) Y Y Y, HCI
Envelope Feeder (6) Y No No
Third Source (8) No No Y, lower tray
Output Bin <ESC>&l#G
(1) Ya No Ya Use “separate” at
operator panel
for blank
separator sheet.
HCO required to
do jogging.
(2) Yb No Yc HCO is optional
equipment
(3) No No Yd HCO is optional
equipment
Print Direction <ESC>&a#P Y Y Y
Character Text Path Direction <ESC>&c#T No Y No
Left Margin <ESC>&a#L Y Y Y
Right Margin <ESC>&a#M Y Y Y

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Table 16 Page Control

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640 Comments

Clear Horizontal Margins <ESC>9 Y Y Y
Top Margin <ESC>&l#E Y Y Y
Text Length <ESC>&l#F Y Y Y
Perforation Skip <ESC>&l#L Y Y Y
Horizontal Motion Index <ESC>&k#H Y Y Y
Vertical Motion Index <ESC>&l#C Y Y Y
Line Spacing <ESC>&l#D Y Y Y
a
Top of the printer, face down
b
Back of printer, face up
c HCO, face down
d
HCO, face up

Table 17 Cursor Positioning

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Horizontal Position (column) <ESC>&a#C Y Y Y
Horizontal Position (dot) <ESC>*p#X Y Y Y
Horizontal Position (decipoint) <ESC>&a#H Y Y Y
Vertical Position (row) <ESC>&a#R Y Y Y
Vertical Position (dot) <ESC>*p#Y Y Y Y
Vertical Position (decipoint) <ESC>&a#V Y Y Y
Half Line Feed <ESC>= Y Y Y
Line Termination <ESC>&k#G Y Y Y
Push/Pop Position <ESC>&f#S Y Y Y

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 Table 18 Font Selectiona

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Symbol Set <ESC>(ID Y Y Y
Spacing <ESC>(s#P Y Y Y
Pitch <ESC>(s#H Y Y Y
Height <ESC>(s#V Y Y Y
Style <ESC>(s#S Y Y Y
Stroke Weight <ESC>(s#B Y Y Y
Typeface <ESC>(s#T Y Y Y
Font Selection by ID Number <ESC>(#X Y Y Y
Select Default Font <ESC>(3@ Y Y Y
Underline Start <ESC>&d#D Y Y Y
Underline Stop <ESC>&d@ Y Y Y
Transparent Print Data <ESC>&p#X[data] Y Y Y
Text Parsing Method <ESC>&t#P No Y No
a
Primary font commands are shown. Use "(" for secondary font.

Table 19 Font Management

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Assign Font ID Number <ESC>*c#D Y Y Y
Font Control <ESC>*c#F Y Y Y

Table 20 User-Defined Symbol Set

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Symbol Set ID Code <ESC>*c#R Y Y Y
Define Symbol Set <ESC>(f#W[data] Y Y Y
Symbol Set Control <ESC>*c#S Y Y Y

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 Table 21 Soft Font Creation

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Font Descriptor <ESC>)s#W[data] Y Y Y
Softfont header format part of [data]
PCL Bitmap (0) Y Y Y
Res. Specified Bitmap (20) Y Y Y
Intellifont Bound Scal. (10) Y Y Y
Intellifont Unbound Sca. (11) Y Y Y
TrueType Scalable (15) Y Y Y
Universal Font Header (16) No Y No
Character Code <ESC>*c#E Y Y Y
Download Character <ESC>(s#W[data] Y Y Y

Table 22 Macros

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Macro ID Number <ESC>&f#Y Y Y Y
Macro Control <ESC>&f#X
Start macro (0) Y Y Y
Stop macro (1) Y Y Y
Execute macro (2) Y Y Y
Call macro (3) Y Y Y
Enable for auto overlay (4) Y Y Y
Disable auto overlay (5) Y Y Y
Delete all macros (6) Y Y Y
Delete temporary macros (7) Y Y Y
Delete macro (8) Y Y Y
Make macro temporary (9) Y Y Y
Make macro permanent (10) Y Y Y

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 Table 23 Print Model Imaging

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Source Transparency Mode <ESC>*v#N Y Y Y
Pattern Transparency Mode <ESC>*v#O Y Y Y
Area Fill ID <ESC>*c#G Y Y Y
Select Current Pattern <ESC>*v#T
Solid black (0) Y Y Y
Solid white (1) Y Y Y
HP shading (2) Y Y Y
Cross-hatch (3) Y Y Y
User-defined (4) Y Y Y
Logical Operation <ESC>*l#O No Y No
Pixel Placement <ESC>*l#R No Y No

Table 24 User-Defined Pattern

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Define Pattern <ESC>*c#W[data] Y Y Y
Set Pattern Reference Point <ESC>*p#R Y Y Y
User-defined Pattern Control <ESC>*c#Q Y Y Y

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 Table 25 Raster Graphics

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Resolution (dots per inch) <ESC>*t#R
(75) Y Y Y
(100) Y Y Y
(150) Y Y Y
(200) Y Y Y
(300) Y Y Y
(600) Y Y Y
Graphic Presentation Mode <ESC>*r#F Y Y Y
Raster Height (Source) <ESC>*r#T Y Y Y
Raster Width (Source) <ESC>*r#S Y Y Y
Start Raster Graphics at <ESC>*r#A
Logical page left limit (0) Y Y Y
CAP (1) Y Y Y
Raster Y offset <ESC>*b#Y Y Y Y
Set Compression Mode <ESC>*b#M
Unencoded (0) Y Y Y
Run-length encoded (1) Y Y Y
TIFF encoded (2) Y Y Y
Delta row encoded (3) Y Y Y
Adaptive compression (5) Y Y Y
fax CCITT G3 1d (6) No No Y
fax CCITT G3 2d (7) No No Y
fax CCITT G4 (8) No No Y
Transfer Raster Row/Block <ESC>*b#W[data] Y Y Y
End Raster Graphics
version B <ESC>*rB Y Y Y
version C <ESC>*rC Y Y Y

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 Table 26 Rectangular Area Fill

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Horizontal Rectangle Size (dots) <ESC>*c#A Y Y Y
Horizontal Rectangle Size (decipoints) <ESC>*c#H Y Y Y
Vertical Rectangle Size (dots) <ESC>*c#B Y Y Y
Vertical Rectangle Size (decipoints) <ESC>*c#V Y Y Y
Pattern ID (Area Fill ID) <ESC>*c#G
1-100 for shading Y Y Y
1-6 for cross-hatch Y Y Y
0-32767 for user-defined Y Y Y
Fill Rectangle Area <ESC>*c#P
solid black (0) Y Y Y
solid white/erase (1) Y Y Y
shaded gray (2) Y Y Y
cross-hatch pattern (3) Y Y Y
user-defined pattern (4) Y Y Y
current pattern (5) Y Y Y

Table 27 Status Readback

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Set Status Readback Location Type <ESC>*s#T Y Y Y
Set Status Readback Location Unit <ESC>*s#U Y Y Y
Inquire Status Readback Entity <ESC>*s#I Y Y Y
Free Space <ESC>*s1M Y Y Y
Flush All Pages <ESC>&r#F Y Y Y
Echo <ESC>*s#X Y Y Y
Obsolete status checking <ESC>? No No Y

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 Table 28 Picture Frame (for vector graphics)

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Picture Frame Horiz. Size <ESC>*c#X Y Y Y
Picture Frame Vert. Size <ESC>*c#Y Y Y Y
Set Picture Frame Anchor Pt. <ESC>*c0T Y Y Y
HP-GL/2 Horiz. Plot Size <ESC>*c#K Y Y Y
HP-GL/2 Vert. Plot Size <ESC>*c#L Y Y Y
Enter HP-GL/2 <ESC>%#B
Previous HP-GL (0) Y Y Y
Current PCL CAP (1) Y Y Y
Enter PCL Mode <ESC>%#A Y Y Y

Table 29 Programming Hints

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Display Functions On <ESC>Y Y Y Y
Display Functions Off <ESC>Z Y Y Y
End-of-Line Wrap <ESC>&s#C Y Y Y

HP-GL/2 Graphics (Vector Graphics)

Table 30 Palette Extensions

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Number of Pens NP Y Y Y
Transparency Mode TR Y Y Y
Screened Vectors SV Y Y Y

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 Table 31 Vector Group

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Arc Absolute AA Y Y Y
Arc Relative AR Y Y Y
Absolute Arc Three Point AT Y Y Y
Bezier Absolute BZ Y Y Y
Bezier Relative BR Y Y Y
Circle CI Y Y Y
Plot Absolute PA Y Y Y
Plot Relative PR Y Y Y
Pen Down PD Y Y Y
Pen Up PU Y Y Y
Relative Arc Three Point RT Y Y Y
Polyline Encoded PE Y Y Y

Table 32 Polygon Group

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Fill Rectangle Absolute RA Y Y Y
Fill Rectangle Relative RR Y Y Y
Edge Rectangle Absolute EA Y Y Y
Edge Rectangle Relative ER Y Y Y
Fill Wedge WG Y Y Y
Edge Wedge EW Y Y Y
Polygon Mode PM Y Y Y
Fill Polygon FP Y Y Y
Edge Polygon EP Y Y Y

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 Table 33 Character Group

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Select Standard Font SS Y Y Y
Select Alternate Font SA Y Y Y
Absolute Direction DI Y Y Y
Relative Direction DR Y Y Y
Absolute Character Size SI Y Y Y
Relative Character Size SR Y Y Y
Character Slant SL Y Y Y
Extra Space ES Y Y Y
Standard Font Definition SD Y Y Y
Alternate Font Definition AD Y Y Y
Character Fill Mode CF Y Y Y
Label Origin LO
1-9/11-19 Y Y Y
21 Y Y Y
Label LB Y Y Y
Define Label Terminator DT Y Y Y
Character Plot CP Y Y Y
Transparent Data TD Y Y Y
Define Variable Text Path DV Y Y Y

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 Table 34 Line and Fill Attributes Group

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Line Type LT Y Y Y
Line Attributes LA Y Y Y
Pen Width PW Y Y Y
Pen Width Unit Selection WU Y Y Y
Select Pen SP Y Y Y
Symbol Mode SM Y Y Y
Fill Type FT
Odd/Even Y Y Y
Non-Zero Winding Y Y Y
Anchor Corner AC Y Y Y
Raster Fill Definition RF Y Y Y
User Defined Line Type UL Y Y Y

Table 35 Configuration and Status Group

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Scale SC Y Y Y
Input Window IW Y Y Y
Input P1 and P2 IP Y Y Y
Input Relative P1 and P2 IR Y Y Y
Default Values DF Y Y Y
Initialize IN Y Y Y
Rotate Coordinate System RO Y Y Y

Table 36 Technical Graphics Extension

Function Command 4Si 4MV D640

Merge Control MC No Y No
Pixel Placement PP No Y No

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PJL Commands

For further details, refer to the Printer Job Language Technical

Reference Manual.

Table 37 PJL

Function 4Si 4MV D640 Comments

PJL Y Y Y @PJL<LF>

Table 38 Kernel Commands

Function 4Si 4MV D640

UEL Y Y Y
COMMENT Y Y Y
ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL Y Y Y
ENTER LANGUAGE=POSTSCRIPT Y Y Y

Table 39 Job Separation Commands

Function 4Si 4MV D640

JOB Y Y Y
(optional) NAME=“job name” Y Y Y
(optional) START=first page Y Y Y
(optional) END=last page Y Y Y
(optional) PASSWORD=number Y Y Y
EOJ Y Y Y
(optional) NAME=“job name” Y Y Y

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 Table 40 Environment Commands

Function 4Si 4MV D640

DEFAULT Y Y Y
(optional) LPARM:personality Y Y Y
SET Y Y Y
(optional) LPARM:personality Y Y Y
INITIALIZE Y Y Ya
RESET Y Y Y
a
PJL INITIALIZE on the D640 will leave the following settings unchanged:
INTRAY1SIZE, INTRAY2SIZE, INTRAY3SIZE, INTRAY4SIZE (PJL variables and
operator panel settings), DENSITY (PJL variable and operator panel setting), op-
erator panel settings for paper tray alignment with the print engine.

Table 41 Status Readback Commands

Function 4Si 4MV D640 Comments

INQUIRE Y Y Y
(optional) LPARM:personality Y Y Y
DINQUIRE Y Y Y
(optional) LPARM:personality Y Y Y
ECHO Y Y Y
INFO ID Y Y Y HP5000/D640
INFO CONFIG Y Y Y
INFO MEMORY Y Y Y
INFO PAGECOUNT Y Y Y
INFO STATUS Y Y Y
INFO VARIABLES Y Y Y
INFO USTATUS Y Y Y
USTATUS DEVICE=ON Y Y Y
USTATUS DEVICE=VERBOSE Y Y Y
USTATUS DEVICE=OFF Y Y Y
USTATUS JOB=ON Y Y Y
USTATUS JOB=OFF Y Y Y

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 Table 41 Status Readback Commands

Function 4Si 4MV D640 Comments

USTATUS PAGE=ON Y Y Y
USTATUS PAGE=OFF Y Y Y
USTATUS TIMED=5 to 300 Y Y Y seconds
USTATUS TIMED=0 Y Y Y
USTATUSOFF Y Y Y

Table 42 Device Attendance Commands

Function 4Si 4MV D640

RDYMSG Y Y Y*
OPMSG Y Y Y*
STMSG Y Y No
* The Display text will be mapped according to a special symbol set,
designated “REPORT 2Q”, which provides all the symbols needed to display
a variety of languages. To see the mapping for symbol set 2Q, which is
unique to the D640 printer, select symbol set 2Q at the operator panel and
then print a “table” listing. This listing is reproduced in “D640 Operator Panel
Symbol Set 02Q” on page 69.

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 Figure 2 D640 Operator Panel Symbol Set 02Q

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PJL Environment Variables and Commands

For further details, refer to the Printer Job Language Technical

Reference Manual.
General rules about these charts includes:
1. RO=Read Only
2. Y*=Refer to the footnotes in Appendix A of the Printer Job
Language Technical Reference Manual.
3. LANG is the human language for the display and status
messages, not the print language.

Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Inq/Dinq AUTOCONT (OFF) RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq AUTOCONT ON RO RO RO
Default Set Inq/Dinq BINDING (LONGEDGE) Y No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq BINDING SHORTEDGE Y No Y
Inq/Dinq CLEARABLE- JOB RO RO RO
WARNINGS
Inq/Dinq CLEARABLE- (ON) RO RO RO
WARNINGS
Default Set Inq/Dinq COPIES (1) to 999 Y Y Y,..32767
Default Set Inq/Dinq CLIP (ON) No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq CLIP OFF No No Y
Default Inq/Dinq CPLOCK (OFF) Y Y Y
Default Inq/Dinq CPLOCK ON Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq DENSITY 1 TO 5 (3) No No Y, 1..15
Default Inq/Dinq DISKLOCK (OFF) No Y Y
Default Inq/Dinq DISKLOCK ON No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq DUPLEX (OFF) Y No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq DUPLEX ON Y No Y

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Default Set Inq/Dinq ECONOMODE (OFF) No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq ECONOMODE ON No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq FORMLINES 5 to 128 (60) Y Y Y
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1 (UNLOCKED) RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1 LOCKED RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2 (UNLOCKED) RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2 LOCKED RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3 (UNLOCKED) No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3 LOCKED No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4 (UNLOCKED) No No RO (HCI)
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4 LOCKED No No RO (HCI)
INTRAY1SIZE is size of paper in multi-purpose tray (upper tray for 4Si)
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE (LETTER) RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE LEGAL RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE A4 RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE EXECUTIVE RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE LEDGER No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE A3 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE JISB4 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE JISB5 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE A5 No No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE CUSTOM No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE COM10 No RO No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE MONARCH No RO No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE C5 No RO No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE DL No RO No

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE B5 No RO [Custom]
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE JPOST No RO No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY1SIZE JPOSTD No RO No
INTRAY2SIZE is size of paper in standard tray (lower tray for 4Si)
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE (LETTER) RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE LEGAL RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE A4 RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE EXECUTIVE RO No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE LEDGER No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE A3 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE A5 No No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE JISB4 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE JISB5 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY2SIZE CUSTOM No RO RO
INTRAY3SIZE is size of paper in optional tray (envelope feeder for 4Si)
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE (LETTER) No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE LEGAL No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE A4 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE EXECUTIVE No No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE LEDGER No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE A3 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE A5 No No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE JISB4 No RO RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE JISB5 No No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY3SIZE CUSTOM No No RO
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE (COM10) No No No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE MONARCH No No No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE C5 No No No

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE DL No No No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE B5 No No No
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE (LETTER) No No RO (HCI)
Inq/Dinq INTRAY4SIZE A4 No No RO (HCI)
Default Inq/Dinq IOBUFFER ON No Y (No)
Default Inq/Dinq IOBUFFER OFF No Y No
Default Inq/Dinq IOBUFFER AUTO No Y No
Default Inq/Dinq IOSIZE 10 to maxavail No Y No
memory
Default Set Inq/Dinq JOBOFFSET OFF Y No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq JOBOFFSET (ON) Y No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq LANG DANISH No No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq LANG GERMAN or No No Y
DEUTSCH
Default Set Inq/Dinq LANG ENGLISH No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq LANG SPANISH No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq LANG FRENCH or No No Y
FRANCAIS
Default Set Inq/Dinq LANG ITALIAN No No Y
Inq/Dinq LOWTONER (ON) No No No
Inq/Dinq LOWTONER OFF No No No
Inq/Dinq LOWTONER (CONTINUE) RO RO RO
Inq/Dinq LOWTONER STOP RO RO RO
Default Set Inq/Dinq MANUALFEED (OFF) Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq MANUALFEED ON Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq MEDIASOURCE TRAY1 No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq MEDIASOURCE TRAY2 No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq MEDIASOURCE TRAY3 No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq MEDIASOURCE HCI No No Y

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Inq/Dinq MPTRAY MANUAL No RO No
Inq/Dinq MPTRAY CASSETTE No (RO) No
Inq/Dinq MPTRAY FIRST No RO No
Default Set Inq/Dinq ORIENTATION (PORTRAIT) Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq ORIENTATION REVPORTRAIT No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq ORIENTATION REVLANDSCAP No No Y
E
Default Set Inq/Dinq OUTBIN (UPPER) Y No Y, top tray
Default Set Inq/Dinq OUTBIN LOWER Y No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq OUTBIN HCO-D No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq OUTBIN HCO-U No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAGEPROTECT OFF (Y) No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAGEPROTECT LETTER Y No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAGEPROTECT LEGAL Y No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAGEPROTECT A4 Y No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAGEPROTECT ON No Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAGEPROTECT AUTO No (Y) No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER LETTER (Y) Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER LEGAL Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER A4 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER LEDGER No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER A3 No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER JISB4 No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER JISB5 No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER EXECUTIVE Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER (env) COM10 Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER A5 No No Y

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER (env) MONARCH Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER (env) C5 No Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER (env) DL Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER (env) B5 No Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER CUSTOM No Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER JPOST No Y No
(postcard)
Default Set Inq/Dinq PAPER JPOSTD No Y No
(postcard)
Default Inq/Dinq PASSWORD (0) to 65535 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PERSONALITY AUTO (Y) (Y) Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PERSONALITY PCL Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PERSONALITY POSTSCRIPT Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE ON Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE OFF Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE- 15 (minutes) Y Y Y
TIME
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE- 30 Y (Y) (Y)
TIME
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE- 60 (Y) Y Y
TIME
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE- 120 Y Y Y
TIME
Default Set Inq/Dinq POWERSAVE- 180 Y Y Y
TIME
Default Set Inq/Dinq RESOLUTION 200 (dots/inch) No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq RESOLUTION 300 (dots/inch) Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq RESOLUTION 600 (Y) (Y) (Y)
Default Inq/Dinq RESOURCE- ON RO Y No
SAVE

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Default Inq/Dinq RESOURCE- OFF RO Y No
SAVE
Default Inq/Dinq RESOURCE- AUTO RO Y No
SAVE
Default Inq/Dinq RESOURCE- 0 to maxavail Y Y No
SAVESIZE memory (100 KB
increments)
Default Set Inq/Dinq RET OFF Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq RET LIGHT No Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq RET MEDIUM No (Y) No
Default Set Inq/Dinq RET DARK No Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq RET ON (Y) No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq SEPARATOR OFF No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SEPARATOR TRAY1 No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SEPARATOR TRAY2 No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SEPARATOR TRAY3 No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SEPARATOR HCI No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq TIMEOUT 5 to 300 (15 sec) Y Y Y
LPARM:PCL
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTSOURCE (I) Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTSOURCE Mn (SIMM 1-4) Y Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTSOURCE C No No No
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTSOURCE C1 Y No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTSOURCE C2 Y No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTSOURCE S (perm softfont) Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq FONTNUMBER (0) to maxnum Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PITCH 0.44 to 99.99 Y Y Y
(10.00)
Default Set Inq/Dinq PTSIZE 4.00 to 999.75 Y Y Y
(12.00)

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET DESKTOP Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO4 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO6 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO11 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO15 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO17 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO21 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO60 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISO69 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISOL1 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISOL2 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ISOL5 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET LEGAL Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET MATH8 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET MSPUBL Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PC8 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PC850 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PC852 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PC8DN Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PC8TK Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PIFONT Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PSMATH Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET PSTEXT Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET ROMAN8 (Y) Y (Y)
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET VNINTL Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET VNMATH Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET VNUS Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET WIN30 Y Y Y

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Table 43 PJL Commands and Environment Variables

PJL Commands Environment LaserJet D640

Variable Printers Printer
Default Set Inquire/ Name Values 4Si 4MV
Dinquire
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET WINL1 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET WINL2 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET WINL5 Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET WIN31J No Y No
Default Set Inq/Dinq SYMSET MACINTOSH No No Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq CARTRIDGE1 “none” or No No Y
cartridge-name
Default Set Inq/Dinq CARTRIDGE2 “none” or No No Y
cartridge-name
LPARM:POSTSCRIPT
Default Set Inq/Dinq JAMRECOVERY (OFF) Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq JAMRECOVERY ON Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PRTPSERRS (OFF) Y Y Y
Default Set Inq/Dinq PRTPSERRS ON Y Y Y

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PJL Error Codes

For further details, refer to the Printer Job Language Technical

Reference Manual.

Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
These codes are 10001 Printer is ready & online Ready and Online
informational
10002 Printer is ready & offline Ready and Offline
messages, not
errors. 10003 Printer is warming up Warming up
They are useful for
reporting printer 10004 Self test 04 in progress Running Selftest
status back to the 10005 Hard Reset in progress
Control Panel
display. 10006 Printer is low on toner Toner is low
10010 Status buffer overflow ** Status buffer overflow
10011 Aux i/o or MIO not ready Interface not ready
10013 Self test 05 in progress
10014 Printing test in progress
10015 Typeface list printing
10016 Engine Test in progress
10017 Demo Page printing
10018 Menu reset
10019 Reset active I/O
10020 Reset all I/O
10021 Cold Reset
10022 Config page printing
One paper tray 11xyy Background paper loading **
is empty, but
another source
is available.
Printer is online.

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Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
PJL Parser Error 20001 Generic syntax error (entire Generic syntax error
Entire command PJL command ignored)
line is ignored.
20002 Unsupported Command Unsupported command
20004 Unsupported personality/ Unsupported personality
system
20005 PJL command buffer overflow
20006 Illegal character or line Illegal character
terminated by the UEL
command
20007 Whitespace or CRLF missing Terminator missing after
after closing quotes closing quote
20008 Invalid value in an Invalid character in an
alphanumeric value alphanumeric value
20009 Invalid value in a numeric value Invalid character in a
numeric value
20010 Invalid character at the start of Invalid character at start
a string, alphanumeric value, or of a value
numeric value
20011 String missing closing double- Missing closing double
quote character quote
20012 Numeric value starts with a Numeric value starts with
decimal point a decimal point
20013 Numeric value does not contain Numeric value does not
any digits contain any digits
20014 No alphanumeric value after No alphanumeric value
command modifier after command modifier
20015 Option name and equal sign Value field is missing
encountered, but the value field after an equal sign
is missing
20016 More than one command More than one command
modifier modifier

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Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
20017 Command modifier must Command modifier
preceed option encountered after option
20018 Command not an alphanumeric Command not an
value alphanumeric value
20019 Numeric value encountered Numeric value
when an alphanumeric value encountered when an
was expected alphanumeric value was
expected
20020 String encountered when an String encountered when
alphanumeric value expected an alphanumeric value
expected
20021 Unsupported command Unsupported command
modifier modifier
20022 Command modifier missing Command modifier
missing
20023 Option missing Option missing
20024 Extra data received after option
name (used for commands like
SET that limit the number of
optiono supported)
20025 Two decimal points in a Two decimal points in a
numeric value numeric value

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Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
PJL Parser Errors 25001 Generic warning error (PJL Generic warning error
command partially ignored) (PJL command partially
Only part ignored)
of the command
25002 PJL prefix missing
is ignored.
25003 Alphanumeric value too long Alphanumeric value too
long
25004 String too long String too long
25005 Numeric value too long Numeric value too long
25006 Unsupported option name Unsupported option
name
25007 Option name requires a value, Option name requires a
which is missing value, which is missing
25008 Option name requires a value Option name requires a
of a different type value of a different type
25009 Option name received with a Option name received
value, but this option does not with a value, but this
support values option does not support
values
25010 Same option name received
more than once
25011 Ignored option name due to Ignored option name due
value underflow or overflow to value underflow or
overflow
25012 Value for option experienced Fractional part of number
data loss due to data was ignored
conversion (truncation or
rounding)
25013 Value for option experienced Value out of range, value
data loss due to value being out used was closest
of range; the value used was supported limit
the closest supported limit
25014 Value is of the correct type, but Value out of range, value
is out of range (value ignored) ignored
25016 Option name received with an Unknown alphanumeric
alphanumeric value, but this value for option
value is not supported
25017 String empty, option ignored String empty, option
ignored

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Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
PJL Semantic 27001 Generic semantic error Generic semantic error
Errors
27002 EOJ command encountered EOJ command
without a previously matching encountered without a
JOB command. previously matching JOB
command.
27004 Cannot modify the value of a Cannot modify the value
read-only variable. of a read-only variable.
27005 SET is not allowed with this
variable
27023 none Password privilege
violation
Autocontinue 30010 Status buffer overflow
30016 Memory overflow
30017 Print overrun
30018 Error (40)
30027 I/O Configuration error
30034 41.x error
30035 68 error
30036 68 service
30072 49 remove page
30076 personality memory overflow/
out of memory

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Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
Operator 35029 W1 IMAGE ADAPT
intervention
35031 W2 INVALID PERSONALITY
may be
required. 35037 W3 JOB ABORTED

Printer stays 35039 W9 JOB 600/LTR

online, maybe 35040 W0 JOB 600/A4
with reduced
capabilities; 35041 W8 JOB 600/OFF
data may be 35042 W7 JOB 300/LGL
lost.
35043 W5 JOB 300/LTR
35044 W6 JOB 300/A4
35045 W4 JOB 300/OFF
35073 Check Memory Management
35074 Memory Management not
available
35075 User Maintenance Requested
35076 WM personality MEM FULL
35078 Entered powersave mode (00
POWERSAVE)
35081 WM JOB 300
35082 WD DISK NOT INIT
35084 WM JOB 600/LGL
35085 WM JOB 600/A3
35086 WM JOB 600/11x17
35087 WM JOB 300/A3
35088 WM JOB 300/11x17

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Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
Operator 40000 Sleep mode, printer is waiting
intervention for data (no error).
is required.
40005 designjet only
40010 designjet only
40011 designjet only
40020 NO MICR TONER
40021 A cover is open “CLOSE
COVER”
40022 A paper jam has occurred “xxx
JAM”
40024 FE CARTRIDGE
40026 PC INOTALL
40038 16 LOW TONER
40046 FI INOERT CART
40047 FR REMOVE CART
40048 [PJL OPMSG]
40049 [PJL STMSG]
40050 50 SERVICE
40051 51 ERROR
40052 52 ERROR
40053 53-XY-ZZ ERROR
40054 54 ERROR
40055 55 ERROR
40056 56 ERROR
40057 57 SERVICE
40058 58 SERVICE
40059 59 ERROR
40061 61.X SERVICE
40062 62.X SERVICE
40063 63 SERVICE
40064 64 SERVICE

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Table 44 PJL Error Codes

Status Error Code Meaning (LJ 4 Series) D640

Category Number
Operator Interven- 40065 65 SERVICE
tion is required,
cont. 40067 67 SERVICE
40068 69 SERVICE
40069 70 ERROR
40070 71 ERROR
40071 72 SERVICE
40079 Printer has been manually
taken offline.
40080 EE INCOMPATIBLE or
LC INCOMPATIBLE
40083 FS DISK FAILURE
Paper is out 41xyy Foreground Paper Loading
and there is no
other source
available.
Printer is
offline.
Hardware 50000 General Hardware Failure
errors.
50001 ROM Error
Fatal 50002 RAM Error
print engine
errors. 50003 Engine Fuser Error
50004 Engine Beam Detect Error
Printer
is offline and 50005 Engine Scanner Error
probably needs 50006 Engine Fan Error
repair.
50007 Engine Communication Error
505xx Firmware Error
Cycle power to fix
50599 Processor Error
Cycle power to fix

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6 Printer Fonts

Built-In Fonts

The Model D640 printer comes with built-in fonts and virtual font
cartridges. Table 45 below lists the built-in fonts.

Table 45 Built-In Fonts

Typeface and Treatment IIISi 4Si D640

Line Printer Med. bitmap bitmap bitmap
Courier Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic bitmap Intellifont Intellifont
Letter Gothic Med., Italic, Bold nr Intellifont Intellifont
Arial Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic nr TrueType TrueType
Symbol Med. nr TrueType TrueType
Times New Roman Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic nr TrueType TrueType
Wingdings Med. nr TrueType TrueType
Albertus ExtraBold nr Intellifont Intellifont
Albertus Med. nr Intellifont Intellifont
Antique Olive Med., Italic, Bold nr Intellifont Intellifont
CG Omega Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic nr Intellifont Intellifont
CG Times Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic Intellifont Intellifont Intellifont
Clarendon Condensed Bold nr Intellifont Intellifont
Coronet nr Intellifont Intellifont
Garamond Antiqua nr Intellifont Intellifont
Garamond Halbfett nr Intellifont Intellifont

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Table 45 Built-In Fonts

Garamond Kursiv nr Intellifont Intellifont

Garamond Kursiv Halbfett nr Intellifont Intellifont
Marigold. nr Intellifont Intellifont
Univers Condensed Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic Intellifont Intellifont Intellifont
Univers Med., Italic, Bold, Bold Italic Intellifont Intellifont Intellifont
ITC Zapf Dingbats Intellifont nr nra

a. ITC Zapf Dingbats are available on the D640 Decorative Words built-in cartridge.

Virtual Font Cartridges

In addition to built-in fonts, the D640 printer includes a set of “virtual”

font cartridges. Modeled after the font cartridges available on other
LaserJet products, these virtual fonts cartridges are stored on the
printer’s hard disk. (For details, see “List of Font Cartridges” on
page 89.)

Activating a Font Cartridge Using PJL

The following table gives an example of using PJL commands to
activate a virtual font cartridge on the D640 printer.
@PJL JOB ...

@PJL LPARAM:PCL SET CARTRIDGE1=”MULTIBAR”

/* The name must match the name in the printer/*

@PJL LPARAM:PCL SET CARTRIDGE2=”NONE”

/*Make sure cartridge 2 is empty/*

...PCL data ...

@PJL EOJ...

Creating Your Own Font Cartridge

You can create additional font cartridges and store them on the
printer’s hard disk. See “Example 2: Creating a Virtual Font Cartridge”
on page 49 for more information.

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List of Font Cartridges

This section lists the virtual font cartridges available on the D640
printer. It includes the fonts available in each cartridge.

Arabic
B3428AA #ARG D640 name: “Arabic”

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times Normal, Bold prop scale 08V Arabic-8
09V Windows 3.1
Latin/Arabic
10V PC-Latin/Arabic

KOUFI Letter Gothic Normal, Bold fixed scale 08V Arabic-8

09V Windows 3.1
Latin/Arabic
10V PC-Latin/Arabic

NAKSH Courier Normal, Bold fixed scale 08V Arabic-8

09V Windows 3.1
Latin/Arabic
10V PC-Latin/Arabic

Cyrillic
B3428AA #ACB D640 name: “Cyrillic”

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times Bold Italic prop scale 03R PC Cyrillic

CG Times Normal, Bold, Italic prop scale 03R PC Cyrillic

0N ISO 8859/5 Latin/Cyrillic

Courier Normal, Bold, Italic, fixed scale 03R PC Cyrillic

Bold Italic 10N ISO 8859/5 Latin/Cyrillic

Univers Normal, Bold, Italic prop scale 03R PC Cyrillic

10N ISO 8859/5 Latin/Cyrillic

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 Greek
B3428AA #AB7 D640 name: “Greek”

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times Normal, Bold, Italic, prop scale 12G PC-8 Latin/Greek
Bold Italic 12N ISO 8859/7 Latin/Greek

Courier Normal, Bold, Italic, fixed scale 12G PC-8 Latin/Greek

Bold Italic 12N ISO 8859/7 Latin/Greek

Letter Gothic Normal, Bold, Italic, fixed scale 12G PC-8 Latin/Greek
Bold Italic 12N ISO 8859/7 Latin/Greek

Univers Normal, Bold, Italic, prop scale 12G PC-8 Latin/Greek

Bold Italic 12N ISO 8859/7 Latin/Greek

Hebrew
D640 name: “Hebrew”

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

David Normal, Bold prop scale 00H Hebrew-7
08H Hebrew-8
15H PC-862 Latin/Hebrew

Hebrew Courier Normal, Bold, Italic fixed scale 0H Hebrew-7

08H Hebrew-8
15H PC-862 Latin/Hebrew

Miryam Normal, Bold, Italic prop scale 00H Hebrew-7

08H Hebrew-8
15H PC-862 Latin/Hebrew

Miryam Fix Normal, Bold, Italic fixed scale 00H Hebrew-7

08H Hebrew-8
15H PC-862 Latin/Hebrew

Narkis Tam Normal, Bold prop scale 00H Hebrew-7

08H Hebrew-8
15H PC-862 Latin/Hebrew

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 Latin 2
B3428AA #AKG D640 name: "Latin_2"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times Normal, Bold, Italic, prop scale 02N ISO 8859/2 Latin 2
Bold Italic 17U PC-852, Latin 2

Courier Normal, Bold, Italic, fixed scale 17U PC-852, Latin 2

Bold Italic

Letter Gothic Normal, Bold, Italic fixed scale 02N ISO 8859/2 Latin 2
17U PC-852, Latin 2

Univers Normal, Bold, Italic, prop scale 02N ISO 8859/2 Latin 2
Bold Italic 17U PC-852, Latin 2

Latin 5
B3428AA #AB8 D640 name: "Latin_5"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times Normal, Bold, Italic prop scale 05N ISO 8859/9 Latin 5
09T PC-8 Turkish

Courier Normal, Bold, Italic, fixed scale 05N ISO 8859/9 Latin 5
Bold Italic 09T PC-8 Turkish

Letter Gothic Normal, Bold, Italic fixed scale 05N ISO 8859/9 Latin 5
09T PC-8 Turkish

Univers Normal, Bold, Italic prop scale 05N ISO 8859/9 Latin 5
09T PC-8 Turkish

Barcodes 3 of 9 OCR-A
92286W1 36596A #0W1 D640 name: "OCRA"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Letter Gothic Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
[09.5 pt, 14 pt] 08U Roman-8
00U ISO6: ASCII

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[08.1 pitch]

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[4.6 pitch]

OCR-A Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00O OCR A

[10 pitch, 12 pt]

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[12 pt]

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 Barcodes & More
C2053A #C06 36596A #C06 D640 name: "BARCMORE"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode
[04.6, 08.1 pitch]

EAN/UPC [10 mil] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08Y UPC/EAN Barcode

EAN/UPC [13 mil] Bold prop bitmap 08Y UPC/EAN Barcode

OCR-A Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00O OCR A

OCR-B Medium Upright fixed bitmap 01O OCR B

USPS ZIP [12 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 15Y USPS Zip

Letter Gothic Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

[09.5, 12, 14 pt]

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[12 pt]

Brilliant Presentations I, Compelling

Publications II
C2050C #C80 36596A #CP2 D640 name: "COMPUB2"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Bodoni Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.
Book, Book Italic

CG Omega Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Book, Book Italic

Cooper Black Upright Black prop scale

Garamond Antiqua Medium Upright prop scale

Garamond Halbfett Bold prop scale

Garamond Kursiv Italic prop scale

Garamond Kursiv Bold Italic prop scale

Halbfett

ITC Benguiat Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Book, Book Italic

ITC Bookman Demi Bold, Demi prop scale

Bold Italic, Light,
Light Italic

Revue Light Upright Light prop scale

Shannon Bold, Book, Book prop scale

Oblique, Extra Bold

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Table 46 Supported Symbol Sets

00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1 (ECMA-94) 08U Roman-8

00U ISO 6: ASCII 09U Windows 3.0 Latin 1

01U Legal 10J PS Text

05M PS Math 10U PC-8 Code Page 437

06J Microsoft Publishing 11U PC-8 D/N (Danish/Norwegian)

06M Ventura Math 12U PC-850 Multilingual

07J DeskTop 13J Ventura International

08M Math-8 14J Ventura US

15U Pi Font

CG Times Scalable
C2050A #D01 36596B #D01 D640 name: "CGTIMES"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.
Italic Medium

CG Triumvirate Condensed
C2050A #D16 36596B #D16 D640 name: "CGTRMVCD"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Triumvirate Cond Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.
Italic Medium

Courier 1
92286A 36596A #00A D640 name: "COURIER1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [12 pt] Bold, Italic fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Line Printer (landsc) Light fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

[08.4 pt]

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 Courier Document 1
92290S1 36596A #0S1 D640 name: "COURDOC1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian

Courier [12 pt] Italic fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian

Courier Portrait & Landscape

92286L 36596A #00L D640 name: "COURPOLA"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [12 pt] Bold Italic fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Line Printer [08.4 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Decorative Words I
C2050A #D84 36596B #D84 D640 name: "DECWORD1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Brush Bold Italic prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

Cooper Black Upright Black prop scale

Dom Casual Medium Upright prop scale

ITC Zapf Dingbats Medium Upright prop scale 09L Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
11L ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 100
12L ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 200
13L ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 300

Park Avenue Italic prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

Revue Light Upright Light prop scale

Revue Shadow Upright prop scale

Uncial Medium prop scale

University Roman Medium Upright prop scale

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 Distinctive Documents I, Compelling
Publications I
C2050B #C80 36596A #CP1 D640 name: "COMPUB1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Antique Olive Bold, Book, Italic prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

Antique Olive Ultra Black prop scale

Compact

CG Century Bold, Bold Italic prop scale

Schoolbook Italic, Medium
Upright

CG Palacio Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Italic, Medium
Upright

ITC Souvenir Demi Bold Italic prop scale

Demi Bold Upr
Light Italic
Light Upright

ITC Zapf Dingbats Medium Upright prop scale 09L Ventura ITC Zapf Dingbats
10L PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
11L ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 100
12L ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 200
13L ITC Zapf Dingbats Series 300

Stymie Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.
Italic, Medium
Upright

Univers Condensed Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Italic, Medium
Upright

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 EAN/UPC/OCR-B
92286X 36596A #00X D640 name: "OCRB"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

EAN/UPC [10 mil] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08Y UPC/EAN Barcode

EAN/UPC [13 mil] Bold prop bitmap 08Y UPC/EAN Barcode

OCR-B [12 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 01O OCR B

OCR-B extended Medium Upright fixed bitmap 03Q OCR B extended

[12 pt]

Letter Gothic [09.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions

Letter Gothic [09.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Letter Gothic [09.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Letter Gothic [14 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions

Letter Gothic [14 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Letter Gothic [14 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[12 pt]

Forms Landscape
92286V 36596A #00V D640 name: "FORMSLSC"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica2 Medium Upright prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
[06 pt, 08 pt] 08U Roman-8

Helvetica2 Bold prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions

[10 pt, 12 pt, 14 pt] 08U Roman-8

Letter Gothic [09.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
08U Roman-8

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[12 pt]

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 Forms Portrait
92286U 36596A #00U D640 name: "FORMSPOR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica2 Medium Upright prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
[06 pt, 08 pt] 08U Roman-8

Helvetica2 Bold prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions

[10 pt, 12 pt, 14 pt] 08U Roman-8

Letter Gothic [09.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
08U Roman-8

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[12 pt]

Forms, Etc.
C2053A #C05 36596A #C05 D640 name: "FORMSETC"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

OCR-A Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00O OCR A

Helvetica Condensed Black prop bitmap 05Q Tax Number

[24 pt]

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Bold fixed bitmap 02L Tax Line Draw
[12 pt]
aUnivers [06 pt, 08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Univers Bold prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

[08, 10, 12, 14 pt] 10U PC-8 Code Page 437
12U PC-850 Multilingual

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

Garamond Scalable
C2050A #D14 36596B #D14 D640 name: "GARAMOND"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Garamond Antiqua Medium Upright prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

Garamond Halbfett Bold prop scale

Garamond Kursiv Italic prop scale

Garamond Kursiv Bold Italic prop scale

Halbfett

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 Great Start
D640 name: "GRTSTART"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

a
CG Times [11 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 07J DeskTop
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Letter Gothic [03.6 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Letter Gothic [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 07J DeskTop
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

HP Global Text
C2053A #C08 36596A #C08 D640 name: "HPGLOTEXT"

aPCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Century Medium Upright prop bitmap 07J DeskTop
Schoolbook [08 pt] 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

CG Century Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 07J DeskTop

Schoolbook [10 pt] Upright 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

CG Triumvirate[10 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 07J DeskTop

08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

CG Triumvirate[14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

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 HP Pretty Faces
C2053A #C09 36596A #C09 D640 name: "HPPTYFAC"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

a
ITC Zapf Dingbats Medium Upright prop bitmap 10L PS ITC Zapf Dingbats
[18, 36 pt]

Hobo [14 pt, 30 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Microstyle [18 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Microstyle Extended Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

[36 pt] 12U PC-850 Multilingual

Signet Roundhand Italic prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

[14 pt, 18 pt] 12U PC-850 Multilingual

Thunderbird Xt. Cond. Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

[54 pt] 12U PC-850 Multilingual

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

Interleave 2 of 5 Barcode
N/A 36596A #689 D640 name: "ILV25BAR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Interleave 2 of 5 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 0Q

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 International 1
92286C 36596A #00C D640 name: "INTERNL1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00D ISO 60: Danish/Norwegian
Upright 00E Roman extensions
00F ISO 25: French
00G HP German
00I ISO 15: Italian
00S ISO 11: Swedish for Names
00U ISO6: ASCII
01E ISO 4: United Kingdom
01S HP Spanish
08U Roman-8

Line Printer Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00D ISO 60: Danish/Norwegian
[08.4 pt] 00E Roman extensions
00F ISO 25: French
00G HP German
00I ISO 15: Italian
00S ISO 11: Swedish for Names
00U ISO6: ASCII
01E ISO 4: United Kingdom
01S HP Spanish
08U Roman-8

International Collection
92286 IC 36596A #0IC D640 name: "INTRCOLL"

PCL Typefacea Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

CG Times [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

CG Times [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright 10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

CG Times [14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Courier[12 pt] Italic fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1

07J DeskTop
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

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PCL Typefacea Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set
Letter Gothic Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
[3.6,6, 9.5 pt] 07J DeskTop
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Letter Gothic[12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 07J DeskTop
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Letter Gothic[14 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
07J DeskTop
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Prestige Elite[10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 07J DeskTop
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Univers[06 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Univers[08 pt] Bold, Medium prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

Upright 10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Univers[10,12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

Upright 10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Univers[14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 08U Roman-8

10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

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 ITC Avant Garde
C2050A #D08 36596B #D08 D640 name: "ITCAVTGR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

ITC Avant Garde Bold Italic, Bold prop scale
Gothic Upright,
Book Italic, Book
Upright

ITC Lubalin Graph

C2050A #D07 36596B #D07 D640 name: "ITCLUBGR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

ITC Lubalin Graph Bold Italic, Bold prop scale
Upright,
Medium Italic,
Medium Upright

Legal Courier
92286H 36596A #00H D640 name: "LGLCOUR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright 01U Legal

Line Draw [12 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7

Prestige Elite [07 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
01U Legal

Legal Elite
92286G 36596A #00G D640 name: "LGLELITE"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Line Draw (Line Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
Prt)[12 pt]

Prestige Elite [07 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
01U Legal

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright 01U Legal

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 Letter Gothic
92286E 36596A #00E D640 name: "LTRGOTH"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Letter Gothic [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
Upright 00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Letter Gothic Portrait and Landscape

92286N 36596A #00N D640 name: "LTRGPOLA"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Letter Gothic [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright

Math Elite
92286J 36596A #00J D640 name: "MTHELITE"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Prestige Elite [07 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00Q Math-8A
00U ISO6: ASCII
01Q Math-8B
08M Math-8
08U Roman-8

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00A Math-7
00E Roman extensions
00Q Math-8A
00U ISO6: ASCII
01Q Math-8B
02Q Pi Font-A
08M Math-8
08U Roman-8
15U Pi Font

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 Math Times Roman
92286K 36596A #00K D640 name: "MTHTMRM"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Times Roman [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00Q Math-8A
00U ISO6: ASCII
01Q Math-8B
08M Math-8
08U Roman-8

Times Roman [10 pt] Bold, Italic prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Times Roman [10 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00A Math-7
00E Roman extensions
00Q Math-8A
00U ISO6: ASCII
01Q Math-8B
02Q Pi Font-A
08M Math-8
08U Roman-8
15U Pi Font

Memo 1
92286Q 36596A #00Q D640 name: "MEMO1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [12 pt] Bold, Italic fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Letter Gothic [12 pt] Bold, Medium fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright

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 Microsoft
C2053A #C02 36596A #C02 D640 name: "MSOFT"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00U ISO6:ASCII
08U Roman-8
11Q ECMA-94

Helvetica [10 pt, 12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII08U
Upright Roman-811Q ECMA-94

Helvetica [14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Line Printer [08.4 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII08U
Roman-8

Times Roman [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII08U
Roman-8

Times Roman Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
[10 pt, 12 pt] Upright

Times Roman [14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Microsoft 1A
92286Z 36596A #00Z D640 name: "MSOFT1A"
This cartridge is identical to the Microsoft cartridge listed above.

Multi-Barcode
N/A 36596A #741 D640 name: "MULTIBAR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Barcode 128 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 02Y Matrix 2 of 5 Barcode
[04.35 pitch]

Barcode 128 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 02Y Matrix 2 of 5 Barcode

[08.33 pitch]

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[03.37 pitch]

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[06.25 pitch]

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[08.11 pitch]

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[2.68 pitch]

Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode

[4.69 pitch]

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PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set
Barcode 3 of 9 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00Y 3 of 9 Barcode
[9.38 pitch]

CODABAR Medium Upright fixed bitmap 09Y

[5.00 pitch]

EAN/UPC [10 mil] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08Y UPC/EAN Barcode

EAN/UPC [13 mil] Bold prop bitmap 08Y UPC/EAN Barcode

Interleaved 2of5 Medium Upright fixed bitmap 04Y Interleaved 2 of 5

[4.23 pitch] Barcode

MSI/Plessey Medium Upright fixed bitmap 06Y MSI/Plessey Barcode

[04.69 pitch]

MSI/Plessey Medium Upright fixed bitmap 06Y MSI/Plessey Barcode

[05.77 pitch]

MSI/Plessey Medium Upright fixed bitmap 06Y MSI/Plessey Barcode

[07.50 pitch]

MSI/Plessey Medium Upright fixed bitmap 06Y MSI/Plessey Barcode

[10.71 pitch]

OCR-A [10 pitch] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00O OCR A

OCR-B [12 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 01O OCR B

USPS ZIP [12 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 15Y USPS Zip

PC Courier 1
92286Y 36596A #00Y D640 name: "PCCOUR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 08QPC-8 subset 09QPC-8
Upright subset B

Line Printer [08.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08QPC-8 subset 09QPC-8
subset B

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 Persuasive Presentations
C2053A #C04 36596A #C04 D640 name: "PERSPRES"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica Outline Black prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
[24 pt] 01U Legal

Letter Gothic [14 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
01U Legal

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[14 pt] 04Q PC Line

Presentations Bold fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

[14, 16, 18, 24 pt] 01U Legal

Serifa [24 pt] Black prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

01U Legal

Polished Worksheets
C2053A #C03 36596A #C03 D640 name: "POLIWORK"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Letter Gothic [03.6 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
01U Legal
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12U PC-850 Multilingual

Letter Gothic [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 01U Legal
08U Roman-8
10 U PC-8 Code Page 437
11 U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12 U PC-850 Multilingual

Presentations [16 pt] Bold fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
01U Legal
08U Roman-8

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 01U Legal
08U Roman-8
10 U PC-8 Code Page 437
11 U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian
12 U PC-850 Multilingual

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 Premiere Collection
C2054B #ABA 36596B #ABA D640 name: "PREMCOLL"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Brush Bold Italic prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

CG Times Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale all

Italic, Medium
Upright

Dom Casual Medium Upright prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

Park Avenue Italic prop scale

Uncial Medium prop scale

Univers Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale all

Italic, Medium
Upright

Presentations 1
92286R 36596A #00R D640 name: "PRESENT1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Letter Gothic [14 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
01U Legal

Line Draw (Line Prtr) Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7
[14 pt]

PC Line (Line Prtr) Bold fixed bitmap 04Q PC Line

[14 pt]

Presentations Bold fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

[14 pt, 16 pt, 18 pt] 01U Legal

Prestige Elite
92286D 36596A #00D D640 name: "PRESTIGE"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
Upright 08U Roman-8

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 Prestige Portrait and Landscape
92286M 36596A #00M D640 name: "PRESPOLA"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright

Pro Collection
92286PC 36596A #0PC D640 name: "PROCOLLE"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier [10 pt, 12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright 01U Legal

Helvetica [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Helvetica [10 pt, 12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright

Helvetica [14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

01U Legal

Letter Gothic Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

[03.6 pt, 6 pt, 9.5 pt]

Letter Gothic [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright

Line Printer [08.5 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Prestige Elite [07 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
01U Legal

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright 01U Legal

Times Roman Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
[08 pt, 10 pt, 12 pt] Upright 01U Legal

Scalable Courier
N/A 36596B #433 D640 name: "SCALCOUR"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Courier Bold, Bold Italic, fixed scale
Italic, Medium

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 Tax 1
92286T 36596A #00T D640 name: "TAX1"

PCL Typefacea Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica [06 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Helvetica [08 pt] Bold, Medium prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright

Helvetica [ Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

10 pt, 12 pt, 14 pt]

Line Draw [12 pt] Semi Bold fixed bitmap 00B Line Draw-7

a. The D640 has a bold font, the cartridge has semi-bold. Some applications may print differently.

Text Equations
C2053A #C07 36596A #C07 D640 name: "TEXTEQUA"

PCL Typefacea Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

(CG Times [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 08M Math-8
08U Roman-8

(CG Times [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright

(CG Times [10 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00A Math-7
08M Math-8
15U Pi Font

Prestige Elite [07 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 08M Math-8
08U Roman-8

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright

Prestige Elite [10 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00A Math-7
08M Math-8
00U Pi Font

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

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 Times Roman Helvetica Report 1
92290S2 36596A #0S2 D640 name: "TRHLVRP1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica [14 pt] Bold prop bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian

Times Roman [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian

Times Roman [12 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00N ISO 8859/1 Latin 1
Upright 08U Roman-8
10U PC-8 Code Page 437
11U PC-8 Danish/Norwegian

Times Roman Portrait and Landscape

92286P 36596A #00P D640 name: "TMSRPOLA"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Times Roman [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 08U Roman-8
Upright

Times Roman Proportional 1

92286B 36596A #00B D640 name: "TMSRMN1"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica [14.4 pt] Bold prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Line Printer [08.4 pt] Light fixed bitmap 08U Roman-8

Times Roman [08 pt] Semi Light prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII

Times Roman [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00U ISO6: ASCII
Upright

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 Times Roman Proportional 2
92286F 36596A #00F D640 name: "TMSRMN2"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Helvetica [14.4 pt] Bold prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Line Printer [08.4 pt] Medium Upright fixed bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Times Roman [08 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Times Roman [10 pt] Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 00E Roman extensions
Upright 00U ISO6: ASCII
08U Roman-8

Word Perfect
C2053A #C01 36596A #C01 D640 name: "WORDPERF"

PCL Typefacea Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

(CG Times [06 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 07J DeskTop

(CG Times [08, 10, 12, Bold, Italic, Medium prop bitmap 07J DeskTop
14 pt] Upright

(CG Times [18 pt] Bold prop bitmap 07J DeskTop

(Univers [14, 18, 24 pt] Medium Upright prop bitmap 07J DeskTop

a. The D640 has a scalable font and the cartridge has a bitmap. Some applications may print differently.

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 Word Perfect Scalable
C2050D 36596A #WPS D640 name: "WPSCAl"

PCL Typeface Treatment Spacing Format Symbol Set

Albertus ExtraBold prop scale See Table 46 on page 93.

CG Century Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Schoolbook Italic, Medium
Upright

CG Palacio Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Italic, Medium
Upright

Dom Casual Medium Upright prop scale

Futura II Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Book, Book Italic

ITC Galliard Roman Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Italic, Medium
Upright

ITC Zapf Chancery Italic prop scale

Microstyle Bold prop scale

Park Avenue Italic prop scale

Univers Condensed Bold, Bold Italic, prop scale

Italic, Medium
Upright

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Index
A E I
abandoning, print job 24 edge-to-edge printing 8 image decompression 13
ALL_EDGE.22 utility 51 environment variables, PJL 50 Image File Header 25
Artist 25 errors, in TIFF emulation 24 image position 14
Auto (automatic) emulation 19 EVENTLOG.C2A utility 51 ImageDescription 27
extended TIFF 19, 32– 33 ImageLength 27
B ExtraSamples 27 ImageWidth 27
baseline TIFF 19, 25– 31
BitsPerSample 26 F J
faxing, sending CCITT data to the job separation 5
C printer 13
CAPTURE.1_4 utility 51 FILECHK.PCL utility 51 L
files
CAPTURE.100 utility 51 LaserJet compatibility
CAPTURE.C2A utility 51 conventions 42 internal fonts 18
CCCIT compression. See extensions 44 Paper 15
long names 42
compression LASERSET.22 utility 51
CCITT decompression 13 lowercase names 43 logical page 9
image position 14 FillOrder 27 logical page size 8
font cartridges 18
printing TIFF files 14 long filenames 42
CellLength 26 How To Create Your Own Font lowercase filenames 43
CellWidth 26 Cartridge 88
virtual 49
clipped TIFF images 21 M
ColorMap 26 fonts
built-in 87 macro overlay 10
component, ordering 22
compatibility with other LaserJet macros, storing on disk 48
compression 26, 31, 34 Make 28
example 39 products 18
virtual 88 Mass Storage commands
control panel 12, 19
forms, multi-part 13 Initialize (format a disk) 44
conventions, file system 42 Make directory on disk 44
Copyright 26 FreeByteCounts 27
FreeOffsets 27 MaxSampleValue 28
current active position 10
MinSampleValue 28
Model 28
D G Multiple IFDs 25
GrayResponseCurve 27
data format, little-endian or big-
GrayResponseUnit 27
endian 25, 35 N
grayscale, TIFF images 33
data termination 19
NewSubfileType 28
DateTime 26
decipoints 9 H
disk, default 43 HostComputer 27 O
DocumentName 32 HP-GL/2 11 offset values 22
documents, related 1 Orientation 29
downloading 41
duplex printing, edge-to-edge 8

Index 115
P R U
page size 5 random-access device 22 unprintable area 8
PageName 33 related documents 1 unsupported functions 33
PageNumber 33 Reports & Eventlog.C2A 51 utilities
paper trays 15 ResolutionUnit 29 ALL_EDGE.22 51
custom 3 RowsPerStrip 30 CAPTURE.1_4 51
default 5, 16 CAPTURE.100 51
paper, custom sizes 3 S CAPTURE.C2A 51
PCL commands SamplesPerPixel 30 EVENTLOG.C2A 51
Job Control 54 separator page 5 FILECHK.PCL 51
Media Eject Length 3, 4, 5 LASERSET.22 51
settings
output location 5 Clip 21 Reports & Eventlog.C2A 51
Page Width 4 customsize 3
Page Width Command 3 X
intray 16
Select Custom Paper 5 jobseparate 5 XPosition, YPosition 33
stacking directions 5 PapSize 3 XResolution, YResolution 31
PCL Compression Method 10
traylock 3
34– 39 units 3
PCL documents, TIFF images in shrinkage 8
19, 34
Software 30
PCL escape sequence 19 storing, macros 48
PCL5 Comparison Guide 53 StripByteCounts 30
PCL5 Reference Manual 53, 66,
StripOffsets 30
70 SubfileType 30
PhotometricInterpretation 29
physical page size 8
PJL commands T
How To Create Your Own Font T4 Options or T6 Options 32
Cartridge 88 Threshholding 30
output location 5 TIFF
stacking direction 5 baseline elements 19, 25– 31
PJL ENTER LANGUAGE 20 component ordering 22
PJL FSINIT VOLUME 44 errors 24
PJL FSMKDIR NAME 44 extended elements 19, 32– 33
PJL SET COPIES 12 processing rules 21
PJL SET QTY 12 structure 22– 33
PlanarConfiguration 29 sub-files 21
PostScript documents, TIFF unsupported functions 33
images in 19 TIFF images
PostScript example 50 clipping 21
print job emulation 19
abandoning 24 in PCL 34– 39
PCL commands in 12 introduction 19
PJL commands in 20 tiling 10
sample 20 transparency mode 28, 35
print quality 8 source and pattern 36– 38
printer, control panel 12, 19
printing
off the logical page 9
TIFF images 19

116 Index