HP deskjet 600 User Manual
HP PCL Commands
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HP DeskJet 600, 700, 800, 900 & HP 2000 Series PCL Developer’s Guide
10.12.3
Character Code
The character code is a state variable that must be designated prior to the download of a char-
acter descriptor. Any existing characters with the same code are deleted.
acter descriptor. Any existing characters with the same code are deleted.
EXAMPLE: Esc *c103E sets the character code to 103. If followed by the Character Descriptor
(Esc ( s # W) command with a valid character descriptor and data, a character is defined in the
code location corresponding to the ASCII lowercase “g”.
(Esc ( s # W) command with a valid character descriptor and data, a character is defined in the
code location corresponding to the ASCII lowercase “g”.
HP DeskJet 600, 830, 895, 900 & HP 2000 Series printers support a range of 0 - 65535.
After downloading the font definition, each character in the font must be defined.
10.12.4
Download Character
Downloads a character definition with the character code assigned by Esc * c # E.
The value field (#) contains the number of bytes to be downloaded up to a maximum of 32767.
If more bytes are needed, this command is used again as many times as necessary. The
If more bytes are needed, this command is used again as many times as necessary. The
TABLE 45.
Character Code -
Esc * c # E
#
Value
D
J
6
0
0
D
J
6
1
0
C
D
J
6
6
0
C
D
J
6
7
0
C
D
J
6
8
0
C
D
J
6
9
0
C
D
J
6
9
5
C
D
J
8
1
0
C
D
J
8
3
0
C
D
J
8
5
0
C
D
J
8
7
0
C
D
J
8
8
0
C
D
J
8
9
0
C
D
J
8
9
5
C
D
J
9
7
0
C
H
P
2
0
0
0
C
E
FFECT
n
4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4
4
4
Establishes a decimal ASCII
code for the next character
downloaded
code for the next character
downloaded
Default
0
Range
0 to 65535 - command is ignored for out of range values
TABLE 46.
Download Character -
Esc ( s # W [Character Definition]
#
Value
D
J
6
0
0
D
J
6
1
0
C
D
J
6
6
0
C
D
J
6
7
0
C
D
J
6
8
0
C
D
J
6
9
0
C
D
J
6
9
5
C
D
J
8
1
0
C
D
J
8
3
0
C
D
J
8
5
0
C
D
J
8
7
0
C
D
J
8
8
0
C
D
J
8
9
0
C
D
J
8
9
5
C
D
J
9
7
0
C
H
P
2
0
0
0
C
E
FFECT
n
4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4
4
4
Downloads a character
definition with the specified (n)
number of bytes
definition with the specified (n)
number of bytes
Default
n/a
Range
0 to 32767 - command is ignored for out of range values