Hewlett-Packard 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.
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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