Panasonic KXP7200 Operating instructions

Panasonic

Software Commands Manual

for KX-P7200

Table of Contents

Printing Description

PCL Commands

HP-GL/2 Command

PJL Commands

Appendix A

Character Tables

Appendix B

Unicode Symbol List

MSL Symbol List

Index

PCL Commands

Page Formatting

Font Selection

Moving the Printing Position

Raster Graphics

Macros

Print Model

Advanced Graphics

Status Readback

Miscellaneous

HP-GL/2 Commands

The Configuration and Status

The Polygon Group

The Vector Group

The Line and Fill Attributes Group

The Character Group

PJL Commands

Introduction

PJL Command Syntax and Format

Print Environment Composition

PJL Reset Conditions

Environment Variables

Status Message

Usage of Command

PJL Commands

Printing Description

Introduction

The items discussed in the following sections are listed below:

• Page Orientation, Paper Length, Paper Width

• Printable Area

• Coordinate System

• Fonts

• Terms for Bitmap Font

• Paper Formatting

• Print Start Conditions

Page Orientation, Paper Length, Paper Width

Only single sheet paper can be used with this printer. The size of the paper is

determined by the paper length and paper width settings. Both paper length and

paper width are decided by the direction of printing, i.e., page orientation.

There are two page orientations: portrait printing mode and landscape printing

mode. In the portrait printing mode, the text is printed perpendicular to the

longer side of the paper. On the other hand, in the landscape printing mode, the

text is printed parallel with the long side of the paper.

The method of paper setting and the paper feed direction are the same in both

modes.

The paper feed direction, paper length, paper width and paper orientation are

shown in Figure 2.1.

Portrait printing mode Landscape printing mode

Paper lengthPaper width

ABCDEFG

Paper

length

Paper

width

ABCDEFG

Figure2.1 Portrait and landscape orientation

Printable Area

The printable area refers to the area where texts and figures can be printed.

There exists an unprintable area on the margins of the paper where texts and

figures cannot be printed (illustrated below by oblique lines).

The printable area size shown in the table is for the printer with 300 dpi

resolution. Multiply the dots by 2 for the printer with 600 dpi resolution.

For the printer with 600 dpi resolution, 1 dot is equal to

1

/

600

".

B

A D

Portrait Landscape

A:

B:

C:

D:

Paper length

Paper width

Distance between the edge of

the paper and the printable area

Length of the printable area

E:

F:

G:

Width of the printable area

Distance between the edge of

the paper and the logical page

Width of the logical page

Figure 2.2 printable area and unprintable area

Printing area

C

E

C

E

C

B

F

V

F

G

F

G

F

Paper Type Letter Legal

Paper Size 8. 5"x11"

(215.9x279.4 mm)

8. 5"x14"

(215.9x355.6 mm)

Portrait/ Landscape P L P L

A(dots) 3,300 2,550 4,200 2,550

B(dots) 2,550 3,300 2,550 4,200

C(dots) 50 50 50 50

D(dots) 3,200 2,450 4,100 2,450

E(dots) 2,450 3,200 2,450 4,100

F(dots) 75 60 75 60

G(dots) 2,400 3,180 2,400 4,080

Table 2.1 Printable area size (1 dot=

1

/

300

")

Paper Type A4 EXECUTIVE

Paper Size 210x297 mm

(8.27"x11.7")

7. 25"x10.5"

(184.1x266.7 mm)

Portrait/ Landscape P L P L

A(dots) 3,507 2,480 3,150 2,175

B(dots) 2,480 3,507 2,175 3,150

C(dots) 50 50 50 50

D(dots) 3,407 2,380 3,050 2,075

E(dots) 2,380 3,407 2,075 3,050

F(dots) 71 59 75 60

G(dots) 2,338 3,389 2,025 3,030

Table 2.1 Printable area size (continued) (1 dot=

1

/

300

")

Paper Type Envelope #10 Monarch

Paper Size 4.13"x9.5"

(104.9x241.3 mm)

3. 88"x7.5"

(98.5x190.5 mm)

Portrait/ Landscape P L P L

A(dots) 2,850 1,237 2,250 1,162

B(dots) 1,237 2,850 1,162 2,250

C(dots) 50 50 50 50

D(dots) 2,750 1,137 2,150 1,062

E(dots) 1,137 2,750 1,062 2,150

F(dots) 75 60 75 60

G(dots) 1,087 2,730 1,012 2,130

Table 2.1 Printable area size (1 dot=

1

/

300

")

Paper Type International

DL

International

C5

Paper Size 110x220 mm

(4.33"x8.66")

162x229 mm

(6.4"x9.02")

Portrait/ Landscape P L P L

A(dots) 2,598 1,299 2,704 1,913

B(dots) 1,299 2,598 1,913 2,704

C(dots) 50 50 50 50

D(dots) 2,498 1,199 2,604 1,813

E(dots) 1,199 2,498 1,813 2,604

F(dots) 71 59 71 59

G(dots) 1,157 2,480 1,771 2,586

Table 2.1 Printable area size (continued) (1 dot=

1

/

300

")

Paper Type Custom

Paper Size maximum

215.9x355.6 mm

(8.5"x14")

Portrait/ Landscape P L

A(dots) 4,200 2,550

B(dots) 2,550 4,200

C(dots) 50 50

D(dots) 4,100 2,450

E(dots) 2,450 4,100

F(dots) 75 60

G(dots) 2,400 4,080

Table 2.1 Printable area size (1 dot=

1

/

300

")

Coordinate System

A coordinate system should be set up as a standard for deciding the location

where texts or figures are printed. The origin of the coordinate system is

initialized at the left upper corner of the paper in accordance with the printing

direction in both portrait printing mode and landscape printing mode.

Refer to Figure 2.3.

Origin(0,0)

X

Y

ABCDEFG

Portrait printing mode

Origin (0,0)

X

Y

ABCDEFG

Landscape printing mode

Figure 2.3 Origin of the coordinate system

Built-in Fonts

The fonts except Line Printer are all scalable fonts. Proportional spacing for a

scalable font can be set from 4 to 999.75 points. The value is increased or

decreased by 0.25. Fixed pitch for a scalable font can be set from 0.44 to 99.99

cpi (characters per inch). The value is increased or decreased by 0.01. Line

Printer is the only supported Bitmap Font (16.66 pitch, 8.5 points).

Font Pitch Style Stroke Weight

Albertus ps Upright

Medium

Extra Bold

Antique Olive ps

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic Medium

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic

Medium

Bold

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic

Medium

Bold

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic

Medium

Bold

Table 2.2 Built-in fonts (continued) ps=proportional spacing

Arial ps

CG Omega

ps

CG Times

ps

Font Pitch Style Stroke Weight

Clarendon Condensed ps Condensed Bold

Coronet ps Italic Medium

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic

Medium

Bold

Garamond Antiqua ps Upright Medium

Garamond Halbfett ps Upright Bold

Garamond Kursiv ps Italic Medium

Garamond Kursiv Halbfett ps Italic Bold

Letter Gothic fixed

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic Medium

Line Printer fixed Upright Medium

Marigold ps Upright Medium

Symbol ps Upright Medium

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic

Medium

Bold

Table 2.2 Built-in fonts (continued) ps=proportional spacing

Courier fixed

Times New Roman

ps

Font Pitch Style Stroke Weight

Upright

Medium

Bold

Italic

Medium

Bold

Condensed

Medium

Bold

Condensed

Italic

Medium

Bold

Wingdings ps Upright Medium

Table 2.2 Built-in fonts ps=proportional spacing

Univers

ps

Terms for Bitmap Font

Cell

The term “cell” refers to the frame of the character which decides the size of

bitmap when designing a font. The horizontal line of dots is called the dot line

and vertical line is called dot column. The bottom line of the cell is called the first

line and the leftmost column is called the first column.

Baseline

The term “baseline” refers to a standard line for printing characters in line. The

position of a baseline is decided when designing a font.

For example, when consecutive characters have different cell heights, they are

printed so that the baseline of each character is aligned.

C

e

l

C

e

l

C

e

l

h

e

i

g

h

t

B

a

s

e

l

i

n

e

C

e

l

h

e

i

g

h

t

Figure 2 4 Baseline

Left/Right Offset of a Character

Left offset of character means the number of the dot lines on the left of a

character where no dots are printed, and right offset refers to the number of the

dot lines on the right of a character where no dots are printed.

Cell width

Cell height

L

e

f

t

o

f

s

e

t

Right offset

Baselin

e

Figure 2.5 Character cell

Fixed Pitch Characters

The cell width is constant for fixed pitch characters.

H

M

I

Baseline

Figure 2.6 Fixed character pitch

Proportional Spacing Characters

Proportional spacing means the character width of the cell is different for each

character according to the width of each character.

An “M” is a wider character than an “I”.

A

Baselin

e

B

A

B

≠

Figure 2.7 Proportional spacing

Paper Formatting

The printer has the following paper formatting requirements:

• Page width is the distance from the left edge to the right margin of the paper

and must be less than or equal to the paper width.

• Page length must be greater than or equal to 1 line and less than or equal to

the paper length.

Portrait Printing Mode

TM

BM

TM: Top margin

BM: Bottom margin

LM: Left margin

RM: Right margin

Single page

Origin

Page width

Page

length

Page

length

LM

RM

Page width

Figure 2.8 Paper formatting-portrait

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