4.2.25. Half line feed ; Esc= (27)(61) <1Bh><3Dh> ; 4.2.26. Logical page orientation - Page 53

2001/10/02 

CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 33 

4.2.25.  Half line feed 

Esc= (27)(61)  <1Bh><3Dh> 

This command moves the cursor down half a row as defined by the last VMI or line spacing command (Esc&l#C). 

4.2.26.  Logical page orientation 

Esc&l#O 

(27)(38)(108)#(79) 

<1Bh><26h><6Ch>#<4Fh> 

# = 0, 1, 2 or 3 

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This command sets the orientation of the logical page relative to the physical page. 

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Values of # produce orientations as follows: 0 = portrait, 1 = landscape, 2=reverse portrait and 3 = reverse 

landscape. 

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Sending this command to the printer causes the page length, text length, top, left and right margins to be set 

to their user default values. Any previously transmitted data is printed out and the cursor is positioned at the 
top left hand corner of the text area on the next page. 

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Portrait or Landscape orientation can also be selected from the printer’s control panel. 

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The factory default orientation is portrait. 

(0,0)

(0,0)

(0,0)

(0,0)

"TEXT"

X

Y

X

X

X

Y

Y

Y

Portrait

Landscape

Reverse portrait

Reverse landscape

Top margin

Physical page

Logical page

Top margin

Logical page

Physical page

4.2.27.  Text direction 

Esc&a#P 

(27)(38)(97)#(80) 

<1Bh><26h><61h>#<50h> 

# = 0, 90, 180 or 270. 

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This command changes the orientation of the logical page relative to the physical page, but without the side 

effects of the logical page orientation command. Hence you can print text in different directions on the same 
page. 

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Values of # have the following effects: 0 = portrait, 90 = landscape, 180= reverse portrait and 270 = reverse 

landscape. The value specifies the angle through which the text direction is rotated counterclockwise. 

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The cursor position remains at the same physical page position. 

# = 0

# = 1

# = 2

# = 3