Combining escape sequences

You can combine PCL emulation commands by linking them if the first 3 bytes of the commands are identical. The combined short form sends the first 3 bytes only once in the string. To combine commands, do these tasks:

• Use the first 3 bytes (characters) of the command only once at the start of the command string.

• Make the last letter of each command in the string lowercase.

• Capitalize the last letter of the string.

  With some PCL printers, you can combine multiple commands with the encoding setting. The following command is a concatenation of two other commands:

  <ESC/>(s<var name = "fontPitch"/>H4099T

  It is 3 bytes shorter than the long form:

  <ESC/>(s<var name = "fontPitch"/>H<ESC/>(s4099T

<ESC/>&amp;t0P<ESC/>(19U<ESC/>(s0p<var name="fontPitch"/>h0s0b4099T

(<ESC/>&amp;t0P) 

(<ESC/>(19U) 

(<ESC/>(s0p<var name= 
"fontPitch"/>h0s0b4099T)

<ESC/>&amp;t0P<ESC/>(19U<ESC/>(s1p<var name="fontSize" />v1s0b4116T

(<ESC/>&amp;t0P) 

(<ESC/>(19U) 

<ESC/>(s1p<var name="fontSize" />v1s0b4116T

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