HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part I

EN Character Code Command 11-49

Character Code Command

The Character Code command establishes the decimal code that is

associated with the next character downloaded. This value is used to

reference the character for printing.

* c # E

# =character code

Default = 0

Range = 0 - 65535

Notes For unbound fonts, the character code for a given character equals its

symbol index value.

For TrueType fonts, a special code must be used to download glyphs

which never stand alone as characters. FFFF (hex) should be used

for this purpose.

Example

To designate the character code for an ASCII lower-case “p”, send:

*c112E