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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
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
Printing area
C
C
C
E
C
C
E
C
C
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
l
C
e
l
l
C
e
l
l
h
e
i
g
h
t
B
a
s
e
l
i
n
e
C
e
l
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
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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