Epson ColorPage 8000 Installation instructions

Command Summary and Symbol Sets
EPSON®ColorPage 8000

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LaserJet 4 (LJ4) Emulation Commands ..................................................... 5
GL/2 context commands ................................................................... 11
ESC/P 2 and FX Commands .................................................................. 15
ESC/P 2 mode .................................................................................. 15
FX mode ........................................................................................... 20
PJL Commands ....................................................................................... 23
I239X Emulation Commands ................................................................. 24
Page format ....................................................................................... 24
Text .................................................................................................. 27
Auxiliary Functions ........................................................................... 29
AGM Mode ...................................................................................... 29
Command
Summary

Command Summary | 4
Your printer has the ability to emulate the following printers in each printer
mode:
LJ-4 Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4 (PCL5e)
ESC/P2 EPSON LQ-570 (24-pin)
FX EPSON FX-870/1170 (9-pin)
GL/2 Hewlett-Packard GL/2 graphics language
In addition, the following printer control languages are supported:
PJL Printer Job Language
EJL EPSON Job Control Language
This section lists the printer commands for these modes. Most of the
commands closely emulate the original printer or the control language;
however, some have operational differences because the printers use different
technologies. See the control command descriptions for information about
these differences.

Command Summary | 5
LaserJet 4 (LJ4) Emulation Commands
This section lists the printer commands supported in the LJ4 emulation mode.
For more information on printer commands, see Hewlett-Packard’s LaserJet 4
reference manual.
Job control
Reset ESC E
Number of copies ESC &l#X
Universal exit language ESC%#X
Long-edge (left) offset registration ESC &l#U
Short-edge (right) offset registration ESC &l#Z
Unit of measure ESC &u#D

Command Summary | 6
Page control
Paper source ESC &l#H
Page size ESC &l#A
Page length ESC &l#P
Orientation ESC &l#O
Print direction ESC &a#P
Top margin ESC &l#E
Text length ESC &l#F
Left margin ESC &a#L
Right margin ESC &a#M
Clear horizontal margins ESC 9
Perforation skip ESC &l#L
Horizontal Motion Index (HMI) ESC &k#H
Vertical Motion Index (VMI) ESC &l#C
Line spacing ESC &l#D
Cursor positioning
Vertical position ESC &a#R
ESC *p#Y
ESC &a#V
Horizontal position ESC &a#C
ESC *p#X
ESC &a#H
Half line feed ESC =
Line termination ESC &k#G
Push/pop position ESC &f#S

Command Summary | 7
Font selection
Primary symbol set ESC (id
Secondary symbol set ESC )id
Primary spacing ESC (s#P
Secondary spacing ESC )s#P
Primary pitch ESC (s#H
Secondary pitch ESC )s#H
Set pitch mode ESC &k#S
Primary height ESC (s#V
Secondary height ESC )s#V
Primary style ESC (s#S
Secondary style ESC )s#S
Primary font stroke weight ESC (s#B
Secondary font stroke weight ESC )s#B
Primary typeface family ESC (s#T
Secondary typeface family ESC )s#T
Primary font default ESC (3@
Secondary font default ESC )3@
Enable underline ESC &d#D
Disable underline ESC &d@
Transparent print data ESC &p#X[data]

Command Summary | 8
Font management
Assign font ID ESC *c#D
Font and character control ESC *c#F
Set symbol set ESC *c#R
Define symbol set ESC (f#W[data]
Symbol set control ESC *c#S
Select primary font with ID# ESC (#X
Select secondary font with ID# ESC )#X
Soft font creation
Font descriptor ESC )s#W[data]
Download character ESC (s#W[data]
Character code ESC *c#E
Raster graphics
Raster resolutions ESC *t#R
Raster graphics presentations ESC *r#F
Start raster graphics ESC *r#A
Raster Y offset ESC *b#Y
Set raster compression mode ESC *b#M
Transfer raster data by row ESC *b#W[data]
End raster graphics (version B) ESC *rB
End raster graphics (version C) ESC *rC
Raster height ESC *r#T
Raster width ESC *r#S

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Print model
Select current pattern ESC *v#T
Select source transparency mode ESC *v#N
Select pattern transparency mode ESC *v#O
Rectangle width (PCL unit) ESC *c#A
Rectangle width (decipoints) ESC *c#H
Rectangle height (PCL unit) ESC *c#B
Rectangle height (decipoints) ESC *c#V
Fill rectangular area ESC *cP
User-defined pattern management/creation
Pattern ID ESC *c#G
Define pattern ESC *c#W[data]
User-defined pattern control ESC *c#Q
Set pattern reference point ESC *p#R
Macros
Macro ID ESC &f#Y
Macro control ESC &f#X

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Status readback
Set status readback location type ESC *s#T
Set status readback location unit ESC *s#U
Inquire status readback entity ESC *s#I
Flush all pages ESC &r#F
Free memory space ESC *s1M
Echo ESC *s#X
Programming hints
End-of-line wrap ESC &s#C
Enable display functions ESC Y
Disable display functions ESC Z
PCL vector graphics switching/set-up picture frame
Enter PCL mode ESC %#A
Enter GL/2 mode ESC %#B
GL/2 plot horizontal size ESC*c#K
GL/2 plot vertical size ESC*c#L
Set picture frame anchor point ESC*c0T
Picture frame horizontal size ESC*c#X
Picture frame vertical size ESC*c#Y