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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
Combined sequence that specifies the Courier fontThe following sequence specifies the Courier printer-resident
font on a Lexmark 644 PCL printer:
<ESC/>&t0P<ESC/>(19U<ESC/>(s0p<var name="fontPitch"/>h0s0b4099T
The following table describes the meaning of each sequence expression
in the above example.
Sequence expression
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Meaning
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Character codes are interpreted as 1-byte
characters (text-parsing method).
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Windows 3.0 character encoding.
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(<ESC/>(s0p<var name=
"fontPitch"/>h0s0b4099T)
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A combined escape sequence that comprises
the following parts (shown in their non-combined form):
<ESC/>(s0P specifies constant primary
spacing (monospace).
<ESC/>(s<var name="fontPitch"/>H specifies
the number of characters per inch. (See Use of variables in sequences.)
<ESC/>(s0S specifies the font style
as upright (default).
<ESC/>(s0B specifies a medium stroke
weight (default).
<ESC/>(s4099T specifies the Courier
font.
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Combined sequence that specifies the Coronet fontThe following sequence specifies the Coronet printer-resident
font on a Lexmark 644 PCL printer:
<ESC/>&t0P<ESC/>(19U<ESC/>(s1p<var name="fontSize" />v1s0b4116T
The following table describes the meaning of each sequence expression
in the above example.
Sequence
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Meaning
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Character codes are interpreted as 1-byte
characters (text-parsing method).
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Windows 3.0 character encoding.
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<ESC/>(s1p<var name="fontSize" />v1s0b4116T
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A combined escape sequence that comprises
the following parts (shown in their non-combined form):
<ESC/>(s1P specifies proportional
primary spacing.
<ESC/>(s<var name="fontSize"/>V specifies
font height in points. (See Use of variables in sequences.) The variable value is supplied
by the Output server.
<ESC/>(s1S specifies font style as
italic.
<ESC/>(s0B specifies medium (default)
stroke weight.
<ESC/>(s4116T specifies Coronet font.
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