HP Pcl 5 Manual

ENText Area 5-11
Text Area 
Text printing may be restricted to a specific area within the logical 
page using the Left Margin, Right Margin, Top Margin, Text Length, 
and Perforation Skip Mode commands. This area is known as the 
text area.
The left margin defines the distance between the left edge of the 
logical page and the left edge of the text area. The right margin 
defines the distance between the left edge of the logical page and the 
right edge of the text area. The width of the text area is the...

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Figure 5-4 Text Area Within the Page 

ENLeft Margin Command 5-13
Left Margin Command 
The Left Margin command sets the left margin to the left edge of the 
specified column.
? & a # L
#  =   Column number
Default =Column 0 (Left bound of logical page)
Range =0 - Right margin
The first column within a line is column 0, which is located at the left 
edge of the logical page (the HMI setting defines the distance 
between columns, which thereby defines the maximum number of 
columns on the logical page). If the value field specifies a column...

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Right Margin Command 
The Right Margin command sets the right margin to the right edge of 
the specified column.
? & a # M
#  =   Column number
Default =Logical Page right bound
Range =Current left margin - Logical page right bound
The maximum right column is located at the right edge of the logical 
page (the HMI setting defines the distance between columns, which 
thereby defines the maximum number of columns on the logical 
page). If the value field specifies a column...

ENClear Horizontal Margins Command 5-15
Clear Horizontal Margins Command 
The Clear Horizontal Margins command resets the left and right 
margins. The left margin is set to the left edge of the logical page 
(column 0) and the right margin is set to the right edge of the logical 
page.
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Top Margin Command 
The Top Margin command designates the number of lines between 
the top of the logical page and the top of the text area.
? & l # E
#  =   Number of lines
Default =1/2 inch down from top of logical page1
Range =0 - Length of logical page (Other values ignored)
1 If logical page length is 

ENTop Margin Command 5-17
NoteThe first line of the logical page is line 0. 
Figure 5-5 Margin Cursor Positioning 

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Text Length Command 
The Text Length command designates the number of lines (at a given 
VMI) within the logical page available for printing text, the text area. 
This effectively defines the bottom margin. 
? & l # F
#  =   Number of lines
Default =1/2 inch less than maximum text length1
Range =Logical page length minus top margin
1 Maximum text length = INT(logical page length - top margin). However, if the max 
text length is less than ½inch, the text length is set to...

ENPerforation Skip Command 5-19
Perforation Skip Command 
The perforation region is the distance from the bottom of the text area 
of one page to the top of the text area (top margin) of the next page. 
When perforation skip is enabled, a Line Feed or Half-Line Feed, 
which would move the cursor beyond the bottom of the text area, 
causes the cursor to move to the top of the text area on the next page. 
When perforation skip is disabled, a Line Feed or Half-Line Feed 
allows the cursor to move to the...

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Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) Command 
The Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) command designates the width of 
the columns.
? & k # H
#  =   Number of 1/120 inch increments.
Default =Determined by the pitch value in the default font header.
Range =0 - 32767 (valid to four decimal places)
The value field is valid to 4 decimal places. A value of zero (0) 
indicates no horizontal motion.
When fixed pitch fonts are selected, all printable characters including 
the Space and...