| Date: | Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:20:37 PDT |
| Reply-To: | Mark Covello <covello@SIRIUS.COM> |
| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> |
| From: | Mark Covello <covello@SIRIUS.COM> |
| Subject: | Re: Magic code to switch HP LJ printer to PostScript and back? |
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On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 14:04:35 CST Jack Hamilton wrote:
>There's a magic string you can include in a file sent to a PostScript-
>equipped HP LaserJet printer which will cause it to switch from PCL mode to
>PostScript mode. There's a similar code which will cause it to switch back
>to PCL.
>
>Could someone out there provide me with those codes? I have a call in to
>HP, but I'm not convinced that they'll be able to find them, since they were
>documented only for the now-unsupported LJIIIsi (the codes still work, but
>are no longer documented).
>
My LJIII quick reference guide says to enter Printer Job Language pass through:
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PostScript <LF>
to enable postscript
and
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL <LF>
for regular Printer Control Language
I've never tried it.
Good Luck,
Mark
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Mark Covello
Chakra Seven Software
2354 36th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94116
Name: Mark Covello
E-mail: Mark Covello <covello@sirius.com>
Date: 09/11/96
Time: 20:20:37
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