HP PCL/PJL reference - PCL 5 Comparison Guide Addendum

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Table 7. PCL 5 feature support for color LaserJet products
Functions Commands color
LaserJet
5500
series
color
LaserJet
8550
series
color
LaserJet
8550mfp
series
Miscellaneous
Configuration (AppleTalk) ?&b#W[data] ns ns ns
Job control
Universal Exit/Start of PJL
(UEL)
?%–12345X
✓✓✓
Reset ?E ✓✓✓
Number of Copies ?&l#X ✓✓✓
Simplex/Duplex Print ?&l#S ✓✓✓
Left (Long-edge) Offset
Registration
?&l#U ✓✓✓
Top (Short-edge) Offset
Registration
?&l#Z ✓✓✓
Unit Of Measure ?&u#D ✓✓✓
Mechanical Print Quality ?*o#Q ns ns ns
Media Type ?&l#M
✓✓✓
Negative Motion ?&a#N ns ns ns
Self-Test ?z
✓✓✓
Paper Type ?&n5WdBond ✓✓✓
?&n6WdPlain ✓✓✓
?&n6WdColor ✓✓✓
?&n6WdRough ns ns ns
?&n6WdHeavy
✓✓✓
?&n6WdGloss ✓✓✓
?&n7WdLabels ✓✓✓
?&n7WdVellum ns ns ns
?&n8WdDefault
✓✓✓
?&n9WdRecycled ✓✓✓
?&n11WdLetterhead ✓✓✓
?&n11WdCard Stock ✓✓✓
?&n10WdCardstock ✓✓✓
?&n11WdPrepunched ✓✓✓
?&n11WdPreprinted ✓✓✓
?&n13WdTransparency ✓✓✓
?&n#WdCustomType
1
ns ns ns
✓ - Indicates a command is supported. ns - Indicates a command is not supported.
The information contained in this table is subject to change without notice. To ensure that
the specific support information is correct, test these functions and commands on your
product.
1
For custom paper, replace “CustomType” with the name of the paper, and replace “#” with
the number of characters in the name plus 1.