Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Printer Control Strings
Guidelines
These printer strings should work for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and compatible printers.
The # character represents a variable that should be replaced by a number. For example, the string for setting the number of copies to print is \027&l###X. To print 15 copies, you would enter \027&l15X. Also, be careful to distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters; the figure 0 and the capital letter O; and the lowercase l and the number 1.
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Control Strings
Page Setup
Portrait
\027&l0O
Landscape
\027&l1O
Line Spacing
3 lines/inch
\027&l3D
4 lines/inch
\027&l4D
6 lines/inch
\027&l6D
8 lines/inch
\027&l8D
Letter Spacing
Proportional
\027(s1P
Fixed
\027(s0P
Point Size
Primary point size (in # of points)
\027(s#V
Stroke Weight
Light
\027(s-3B
Medium
\027(s0B
Bold
\027(s3B
Misc. Printer Control
Underline on
\027&dD
Underline off
\027&d@
Floating on
\027&3D
Paper Control
# of copies
\027&l###X
Eject page
\027&l0H
Feed from tray
\027&l1H
Manual feed
\027&l2H
Typeface
Line printer
\027(s0T
Pica
\027(s1T
Elite
\027(s2T
Courier
\027(s3T
Helvetica
\027(s4T
Times Roman
\027(s5T
These printer strings should work for the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and compatible printers.
The # character represents a variable that should be replaced by a number. For example, the string for setting the number of copies to print is \027&l###X. To print 15 copies, you would enter \027&l15X. Also, be careful to distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters; the figure 0 and the capital letter O; and the lowercase l and the number 1.
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Control Strings
Page Setup
Portrait
\027&l0O
Landscape
\027&l1O
Line Spacing
3 lines/inch
\027&l3D
4 lines/inch
\027&l4D
6 lines/inch
\027&l6D
8 lines/inch
\027&l8D
Letter Spacing
Proportional
\027(s1P
Fixed
\027(s0P
Point Size
Primary point size (in # of points)
\027(s#V
Stroke Weight
Light
\027(s-3B
Medium
\027(s0B
Bold
\027(s3B
Misc. Printer Control
Underline on
\027&dD
Underline off
\027&d@
Floating on
\027&3D
Paper Control
# of copies
\027&l###X
Eject page
\027&l0H
Feed from tray
\027&l1H
Manual feed
\027&l2H
Typeface
Line printer
\027(s0T
Pica
\027(s1T
Elite
\027(s2T
Courier
\027(s3T
Helvetica
\027(s4T
Times Roman
\027(s5T
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