The DeskJet 850C, 855C, and 870C printers contains two I/O connectors to support both PC and Apple Macintosh hosts in a single platform. Only one connector should be used at a time. At power-up, the rst connector that senses active incoming data will be dedicated to I/O. The other connector will remain inactive. The DeskJet 890, and the 600 series printers are equipped with a single I/O port, making them platform-specic. The PC I/O connector for both the DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers is the same.
Overview The PC I/O connector on the DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers is a 36-pin parallel port. The port will work in normal Centronics mode or can switch to IEEE STD-1284 when prompted. IEEE 1284 contains several reverse-channel protocols (ECP, Nibble, Byte, EPP). The transfer methods supported by the DeskJet 850C printer are Nibble mode, Byte mode, and ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) mode. (Any device that is IEEE-1284 compliant must support at least Nibble Mode.) For more information, see Standard Signaling Method for a Bi-Directional Parallel Interface for Personal Computers. Connector The following diagram is the physical drawing for the 1284-B connector, which is the existing 36-pin 0.085 centerline connector frequently used for parallel communication on the peripheral side were the host is a PC-based system. 1284-B Parallel Interface Signal Descriptions For descriptions of the 1284 signals, see Standard Signaling Method for a Bi-directional Parallel Peripheral Interface for Personal Computers, IEEE STD 1284 D2.00. Copyright protection prevents this material from being reproduced herein.
The DeskJet series printers each provide an assortment of built-in fonts, either in the form of discrete bitmap fonts, or in the form of scalable typefaces. The following section provides details regarding which bitmap fonts or scalable typefaces each printer contains.

DeskJet 600 series

The DeskJet 600 series rmware contains or is able to provide the bitmap fonts shown below. Font sizes shown in boldface are built-in. Other font sizes are produced by algorithmic transformations performed on the built-in fonts. DeskJet 600 series printers will also provide algorithmic emboldening of all built-in and transformed fonts.
Proportionally-Spaced Font Families
CG Times CG Times Italic Univers Univers Italic Fixed-Pitch Font Families Courier Courier Italic Letter Gothic Letter Gothic Letter Gothic Italic

Available Point Sizes

5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 5, 6, 10, 12 Available Point Sizes 6, 12, 24 6, 12, 24 6, 12, 24 4.75, 9.5,19 6, 12, 24 Available Pitches (cpi) 5, 10, 16.67, 20 5, 10, 20 6, 12, 24 16.67 6, 12, 24

Default - single underline Single underline, xed location below the baseline. Double underline, xed location below the baseline. Single underline, font dependent (oating) location Double underline, font dependent (oating) location
Enables the automatic underline enhancement.
This command must use a capital D as a terminator.
Except when changing the left margin causes positive horizontal CAP movement, when underlining is enabled, each printed character or any positive horizontal motion (e.g., spaces, CAP moves) is automatically underlined. Once enabled, underline remains enabled until explicitly disabled. The default state is underline disabled. A single underline is produced if double underline is invoked but unavailable, as in the case of the DJ 8xx printers. When xed location underlining is enabled, the underline is drawn a xed, devicedependent distance below the baseline. When oating location underlining is enabled, the greatest underline distance specied in all of the fonts printed on the current line determines where the underline is positioned. The underline distance and height is dened in the font descriptor. In the DeskJet implementation of oating underline, each font denes the thickness of the underline character and its position relative to the baseline.
With DeskJet 500 series printers, if underlining is enabled and changing the left margin causes a positive horizontal cursor movement, the move is underlined. With DeskJet 600/800 series printers, the move is not underlined. DeskJet 500 series printers use a value (#) of 255 to disable underlining. DeskJet 600/800 series printers select Default for values over 4 or below 0.

Disable Underline

Esc & d @

underlining is OFF

Disables automatic text underlining.

Line Termination

Esc & k # G
CR = CR; LF = LF; FF= FF CR = CR,LF; LF = LF; FF = FF CR = CR; LF = CR,LF; FF = CR,FF CR = CR,LF; LF = CR,LF; FF = CR,FF
0 to 3 - Command is ignored for out of range values.

This command controls how the printer interprets CR, LF, and FF control characters. For example, a value eld of 1 causes the printer to insert a carriage return (CR) and linefeed (LF) control code for every CR. A linefeed or formfeed is sent as is.

End-of-Line Wrap

Esc & s # C
Enables End-of-LineWrap Disables End-of-LineWrap
0 to 1 - Command is ignored for out of range values.
Denes the action that occurs when a line of text reaches the right margin, for horizontal text path direction, and the bottom margin, for vertical text path direction. When end-of-line wrap is enabled, a character or space that would move the CAP to the right of the right margin causes a CR-LF to be executed (prior to the printing of the character or space) in the horizontal text path direction. In the vertical text path direction, a character or space that would move the CAP to below the bottom margin causes a CR-LF to be executed (prior to the printing of the character or space). When end-of-line wrap is disabled, a character or space that would move CAP to the right of the right margin is not printed, and CAP is set to the right margin. For vertical text path direction, a character or space that would move CAP to below the bottom margin is clipped, and CAP is set to the bottom margin.

Job Control

Reset Esc E
Performs a reset on the printer (this is NOT a hardware reset). The reset performs the following: Prints all data received before the reset. Floats CAP. Resets all programmable features to their user default values. Deletes temporary fonts. Does not delete downloaded permanent features. Resets the color palette to black and white.
EscE has no effect on I/O and causes no disruption in host-to-peripheral communication. The printer remains on-line and no data is lost. EscE should be the rst command received at the beginning of a job (e.g., before font download) to establish default conditions; and it should be the last command at the end of a job to leave the machine in the user default state and clear any partially composed pages. EscE oats CAP on the current page if no printable data has been received; otherwise it ejects the current page and oats CAP on the next page. CAP is oating prior to printable characters, or commands affecting CAP. (Commands affecting CAP are ASCII data, LF, CAP moves, space, etc.). Commands affecting top and left margins, line spacing, page length, and orientation can change CAP while it is oating. CAP is xed following printable characters or commands affecting CAP. CAP is xed to the left margin and top margin plus 3/4 LMI upon receipt of printable characters or raster graphics Commands that explicitly move CAP x it at the specied location. Commands changing the top and left margins or line spacing cannot affect a xed CAP; page length or orientation commands eject the page, moving CAP to the top-of-form on the subsequent page. If no printable data is received, page length and orientation commands eject the page only if the device cannot move the paper back to the top of form. The intent is to not eject unnecessary blank pages.

Best Mode Black

25 sec. 25 sec. 240 sec.

Media Type
Plain Paper Special Paper Transparency

0 sec. 0 sec. 60 sec.

0 sec. 0 sec. 120 sec.

15 sec. 15 sec. 360 sec.

15 sec 15 sec. 360 sec.

Raster Graphics Quality

Esc * r # Q
User Default (remote front panel setting) Draft Quality High Quality
Determines the quality with which raster graphics are printed. Selecting a value of 1 causes raster graphics to be printed at nearly double the normal speed. Print quality is traded for ink savings and increased throughput. The graphics quality is not reset by the End Raster Graphics (Esc*rC) command.
DeskJet 600 series and DeskJet 800 series printers ignore this command if a Print Quality command has been processed since the last EscE or other reset. Otherwise, the requested print quality is applied to all data on an entire page. A value of 0 (user default) invokes the user default quality, as set with the remote front panel. A value of 1 (draft) invokes the Print Quality commands EconoFast mode. If the current Print Quality mode is EconoFast, a request for 2 (high quality) invokes Print Qualitys Normal mode.

Mechanical Print Quality

Esc * o # Q (also known as Shingling)
Normal Quality (no shingling) Better Quality (2-pass printing) Best Quality (4-pass printing)
This command is superseded by the combination of the Media Type and Print Quality commands, and is only provided for backward compatibility.
The Mechanical Print Quality command provides access to three levels of a printing process (also referred to as Mechanical Print Quality) which may improve the print quality of a raster graphics image.
DeskJet 600/800 series printers ignore this command if a Print Quality command has been processed since the last EscE or other reset. Otherwise, 0 (normal quality) is ignored. If the current Print Quality mode is EconoFast, 1 (better quality) invokes Print Qualitys Normal mode. A request for 2 (best quality) invokes Print Qualitys Best mode.
Shingling is a process for printing complex or dense graphics images which might otherwise cause problems stemming from excessive ink, including color bleeding or ink blooming on the print media. Shingling uses an algorithm of laying down a checkerboardpattern of the dots in a graphic image, using multiple passes to ll in the vacant areas, giving the ink a moment to begin drying before more ink is placed in close proximity. This algorithm is useful for complex color images where dots of different colors are being laid down in close proximity to obtain an effective shade of some other color (dithering). Any graphics data sent to the printer while shingling is active (a degree of shingling of 50% or 25%) will take longer to print than the same data would take to print with shingling turned off; although all the dots which compose the graphic image are printed, only a portion of the dots are printed during each pass of the print cartridge. Compared to using no shingling, 50% shingling would take twice as many passes of the print cartridge to print a given area (50% of the dots in each dot row printed during each pass), 25% shingling would take four times as many passes (25% of the dots in each dot row printed during each pass).

Because of the non-porous nature of the print media, the application of at least 50% shingling is essential for obtaining quality results when printing graphics images on transparency lm or on glossy paper.

Print Quality

Esc*o#m/M
EconoFast mode selected Normal Quality selected Presentation Quality selected
-1 to 1 (command is ignored for unsupported values).
The Print Quality (PQ) command, in conjunction with the Media Type (Ecs&l #M) command, provides a high-level print mode specier and replaces the need for the following commands:
Font Quality (Primary) Esc(s#Q Font Quality (Secondary) Esc)s#Q Raster Graphics Quality Esc*r#Q Mechanical Print Quality (shingling) Esc*o#Q This command closes and prints the current page, and moves CAP to the top of form at the left margin on the next physical page.
After receiving the Print Quality command, DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers ignore Font Quality (Primary), Font Quality (Secondary), Raster Graphics Quality, and Mechanical Print Quality commands until a Reset command or an equivalent device reset occurs.

Esc & l #M

Plain paper Bond paper Special paper (HP Premium Inkjet Paper) Glossy lm/Photo media Transparency lm
0 to 4 - Command is ignored for out of range values.
Sets the print mode required for printing on various media types. If no printable data has been sent, CAP moves to the top of form at the left margin of the current page. If printable data has been sent, the page is printed and CAP moves to the top of form at the left margin of the next physical page.
For DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers, the specied media type will affect output resolution, depletion, shingling, gray balancing, and dry time.

Printer Diagnostics

Self-Test
Initiates printer self-test, which instructs the printer to perform the following actions: Process all data preceding the self-test. Perform EscE reset (ejecting the page if printable data has been sent). Permanent downloaded fonts are not deleted. Move CAP to the top of form, if not already there. Perform the self-test. After self-test, move to the top of form, if not already there. Resume execution of the user data without data loss (programmable features need not be saved). This should be as complete a self-test as the product is capable of performing. If no error is detected, the printer will remain on-line. If an error is detected, the printer will go to the off-line state. In general, this command should not be used in an application. It is intended as a diagnostic tool for developers and support staff. The DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers provide several diagnostic print outs that are user-accessible via the printer front panel.

Page Control

The following commands facilitate the denition of a print job page.

Page Length

Esc & l # P
Page length set to 66 lines Page length is set, in number of lines, at the current lpi.

<HT>
Horizontal Tab moves CAP to the next tab stop on the current line. The rst tab stop is at the left margin; additional tab stops are xed at every 8 columns to the right margin. Tabs represent a logical position and, thus, refer to different physical positions for different settings of CMI. The following are some boundary cases: If the requested tab stop is outside the right margin and CAP is at or to the left of the right margin, HT moves CAP to the right margin. If the requested tab stop is outside the printable area and CAP is to the right of the right margin, HT moves CAP to the edge of the printable area. If CAP is to the left of the left margin, HT moves CAP to the left margin. Tabs do not cause lines to be wrapped if end-of-line-wrap mode is enabled. CMI determines current column width. If CMI is changed, the physical location of each tab stop moves. HT has no effect if the CMI is 0.
Move CAP Horizontal (Decipoints) DJ600 DJ660C DJ680C DJ690C DJ85xC DJ870C DJ890C

Esc & a # H

Moves CAP horizontally by the specified number of decipoints (1/720 inch).
-32767 to +32767 (up to logical page right and left limits; rounded to the nearest PCL Unit or decimal place) - Command is ignored for out of range values.
A signed value eld indicates relative movement: plus (+) or minus (-) signs move CAP right or left relative to CAP, respectively. The absence of a sign indicates absolute movement: CAP moves an absolute distance from the logical page left edge. This command ignores margins and can move CAP anywhere horizontally within the logical page. Attempts to go outside the logical page will move CAP to the appropriate logical page limit. Devices not having an integral number of decipoints-to-dots should implement fractional decipoints for dot addressing.
DeskJet 600/800 series printers use 2 fractional digits and truncate to 1/3600-inch units.
Move CAP Horizontal (Columns) DJ600 DJ660C DJ680C DJ690C DJ85xC DJ870C DJ890C

Esc & a # C

Moves CAP horizontally by the specied number of columns
-32767 to +32767 (or to the logical page right and left limits; rounded to the nearest PCL Unit) - Command is ignored for out of range values.

DeskJet 600 series and DeskJet 800 series printers ignore these commands if the Print Quality (Esc o#M) command has been seen since the last reset. Otherwise, DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers invoke the Print Quality commands EconoFast mode for values of 0 (data processing) or 1 (near letter quality). If the current Print Quality mode is EconoFast, a value of 2 (letter quality) invokes Print Qualitys Normal mode.
Font Selection by ID (Primary) Esc ( # X Font Selection by ID (Secondary) Esc ) # X DJ600 DJ660C DJ680C DJ690C DJ85xC DJ870C DJ890C
na 0 to 32767 (unavailable values are ignored)
Font with indicated ID is selected
Designates a font by ID as primary or secondary. The designated font, if present, is selected as the primary/secondary font, and all the attributes in the primary/ secondary font select table are changed to match those of the designated font. Pitch, however, is not changed if the designated font is proportional. No action occurs if the designated font is unavailable.
Pitch and height are unchanged if the designated font is scalable. If a proportional-space scalable font is selected by ID, the Height command should be sent prior to the Font Selection ID command to specify point size. Otherwise, the size will be determined by the height of the former font (as listed in the font select table). For an unbound font, symbol set is determined from the font select table. To specify a different symbol set, the Symbol Set selection command should be sent prior to the Font Selection by ID command. For shared or multi-user environments, HP recommends that soft fonts be selected by attribute rather than ID. 1/16/98 HP DeskJet 600/800 Series Printers PCL Guide 45

Downloading Fonts

The DeskJet 600 series and DeskJet 85x printers do not accept DeskJet format soft fonts. They do, instead, accept LaserJet format soft fonts. The DeskJet format soft fonts are designed for use with the DeskJet 500 series printers. The following sections discuss the format for the LaserJet format soft fonts. This information is also available (and in somewhat greater detail) in the PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Guide - HP part number 5961-0509.
The Font ID Before sending font data, the font must rst be assigned an identication number so the font can be referenced by subsequent PCL commands. Font ID Esc * c #D
The subsequently downloaded font is given the specified ID number
A font already having this ID number is deleted when the font denition is received, even if the new font is rejected because of memory constraints or invalid data elds. This ID is used as the value eld of the Esc(#X and the Esc)#X soft font selection commands. EXAMPLE: Assume that Esc *c1D sets the current Font ID to 1. If this command is followed by a valid font denition (Esc s#W), a font with an ID of 1 is created.
If this command is followed by a Font Management (Esc *c#F) command, the appropriate action is executed for any font currently associated with an ID of 1.

Compression Method Seed Row Source Transfer Raster by Row/Block Transfer Raster by Plane Y Offset Escb#M Escb#S Esc*b#W Escb#V Escb#Y

Start Raster

Esc * r #A
Start graphics at logical page left boundary (current vertical position) Start graphics at CAP (current vertical and horizontal position)
0 or 1 - out-of-range values default to 0.
Starts raster mode and species the starting position of the raster image. This command sets the left raster margin. A value of 0 starts the upper left corner of the picture at the current vertical position on the left edge of the logical page. A value of 1 starts the upper left corner of the picture at CAP (the current vertical and horizontal position). Start Raster locks out the commands listed above and clears the seed row.

End Raster

Esc * r C
Printer returns to text mode command processing
This command ends Raster Mode. It signies the end of the transfer of a raster graphics image and ends the current raster row. It performs the following functions: Resets the seed row to zeros. Re-enables commands locked out of raster mode by Esc*r#A. Defaults the compression method to 0. Resets the left graphics margin to 0. Moves CAP to the row immediately following the end of the raster area and zero-lls empty rows if source raster height was specied; otherwise to the next row. Resets the plane pointer to 1.
If a value eld is received, it is ignored and the command is still executed.
Raster Resolution DJ600 DJ660C DJ680C
Esc *t#R DJ690C DJ85xC DJ870C DJ890C
graphics data printed at 75 dots per inch graphics data printed at 100 dots per inch graphics data printed at 150 dots per inch graphics data printed at 300 dots per inch graphics data printed at 600 dots per inch (applies to black data only)

4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4*

75, 100, 150, 300, 600* - Command is ignored for out of range values.
* - Only black raster data can print at 600 dots per inch on a DeskJet 600 or 800 series printer.
Denes the resolution at which graphics data is to be printed To assure that the graphic is printed without data loss, an unsupported resolution is mapped to the next highest supported resolution. For example, a request for 125 dpi on a DeskJet 600 or 800 series printer would result in 150 dpi being selected as the graphics print resolution. During raster mode this command is locked out.

DeskJet 600 and 800 series printers support 75, 100, 150, and 300 dpi for color and black printing. They also support 600 dpi for black data only. The default will be 75. Asymmetric resolutions (E.G. 300 x 600 dpi), which can only used with DeskJet 600 series printers, must be specied using the Congure Raster Data Command (CRD).

Source Raster Width

Esc * r # S

4* 4* 4* 4* 4

Logical page width
Raster region width is set to specified number of pixels (at current resolution)
0 to 32767 - (clamped to right logical page boundary minus left graphics margin)
* DeskJet 600 series printers round source raster width values that are not a multiple of 8 to the next higher multiple of eight (i.e. the next byte boundary).
Species the width in pixels of the raster area. Raster width extends from the left graphics margin to one of the following: The distance specied by the Source Raster Width (Esc*t#H) command. The right edge of the logical page, if the specied width would extend outside the printable area. The right edge of the printable area, if width is not specied.
DeskJet printers always clip at the right edge of the printable area.
The left graphics margin is set to one of the following: CAP (explicit Start Raster). Left edge of the logical page (explicit or implicit Start Raster). The printer clips data that would extend outside the specied width. If width is not specied, the printer clips at the right edge of the printable area. If a width greater than the printable area is specied, the printer clips at the right edge of the logical page. The printer zero-lls rows not specied for the full width. These zero-lled portions of a row map to either white or transparent, depending on the media type currently selected (Esc*v#N).
On color devices, a zero-ll is not necessarily white. For example RGB data set to zero prints as black on a DeskJet printer. Undened graphics space would therefore print as black.
Since width is in the direction that the raster rows are laid down, source raster width is relative to the current raster resolution or print quality setting. If raster scaling is desired, this command must precede the Start Raster (Esc*r2A or Esc*r3A) command. This command is ignored once raster mode starts.

Y Offset

Esc * b # Y DJ600 DJ660C DJ680C DJ690C DJ85xC DJ870C DJ890C
na -32767 to 32767 - Command is ignored for out of range values.
Cursor is moved specified number of raster lines of vertical movement
Moves CAP vertically (relative to CAP) by the specied number of raster lines. This command is recognized only in raster mode and only within the raster area. This command zero-lls the offset area. For Delta Row compression (methods 3 and 9), this command zeros the seed row.

Value Format Standard Bitmap Resolution-Specied Bitmap
Unrecognized values invalidate font creation.
DeskJets prior to the 600 series use a value of 9 for landscape fonts or fonts larger than 18 points; all other DeskJet fonts use a value of 5. The DeskJet 600 series and DeskJet 85x printers only support formats 0 (Standard Bitmap), and 20 (Resolution-Specied Bitmap).
Symbol Set Type (UBYTE) Describes the fonts relationship to symbol sets.
Symbol Set Organization Bound font, 7-bit (96 characters) - Character codes 32-127 [decimal] are printable1. 1 Bound, 8-bit (192 characters) - Character codes 32-127 and 160-255 printable. 2 Bound font, 8-bit (256 characters) - All codes are printable except 0, 7-15, and 27.Unbound font, no symbol set afliation - Character codes correspond to MSL numbers (for Intellifont unbound scalable fonts). 11 Unbound font, no symbol set afliation - Character codes correspond to Unicode numbers (for TrueType unbound scalable fonts). 1. Access to those codes that are unprintable, yet have a character dened, requires the use of the Transparent Print (Esc&P#X) command. Value 0

Font Type (UBYTE)

Identies the font type as one of the following:
Value Symbol Set Organization 7-bit (32 -are printable) 8-bit (32 -127 and 160 - 255 are printable) PC-8 (0 - 255 are printable except 7 -and 27) 16-bit (all are printable except 0, 7 -1 5, 27, 65279, 65534, and 65535)
A type 3 font is a 16-bit font with character codes downloaded according to some native mapping (for example, Shift-JIS, JIS208, etc.). This native mapping allows the font to be used as a stand-alone font, or it can be bound to another symbol set and then used.
Style MSB (UINT) The style MSB (byte 4) is combined with the style LSB (byte 23) to make the style word, which is calculated from the partial sums for posture, width, and structure. The binary structure of the style word is shown below.
Style Word = Posture + (4 x Width) + (32 x Structure) 15 X 14 reserved Value(#) = structure width 0
Posture (style word partial sum) 0 - Upright 1 - Italic 2- Alternate Italic 3 - Reserved Width (style word partial sum multiplied by 4) 0 - Normal 1 - Condensed 2 - Compressed or extra condensed 3 - Extra compressed 4 - Ultra compressed 5 - Reserved 6 - Extended or expanded 7 - Extra extended or extra expanded Structure (style word partial sum multiplied by 32) 0 - Solid 1 - Outline 2 - In-line 3 - Contour, Edge effects 4 - Solid with shadow 5 - Outline with shadow 6 - In-line with shadow 7 - Contour with shadow 8-11 -Patterned (complex patterns, subjective to typeface) 12-15 - Patterned with shadow 16 - Inverse 17 - Inverse in open border 18-30 - Reserved 31 - Unknown structure

Underline Thickness (UBYTE) Species the thickness of the underline in dots for a bitmap font.
Bitmap Font - Specied in dots. A bitmap font prints 3-dot thick underlines at 300 dpi and 6-dot thick under- lines at 600 dpi. Scalable Font - Should be ignored and set to 0. The Master Underline Height provides this information.
Text Height (UINT) Species the fonts optimum interline spacing for this font. This value is typically 120% of the height of the font.
Bitmap Font - Specied in quarter-dot units. Scalable Font - Specied in design window units (dened in the Scale Factor eld).
Text Width (UINT) Species the fonts average lowercase character width (it can be a weighted average).
Bitmap Font - Specied in quarter-dots. Scalable Font - Specied in design window units (dened in the Scale Factor eld).

First Code (UINT)

Species the character code of the rst printable character in the font. The space character may be printable, and will print an image if one is dened; otherwise, a space control code is executed. For a type 3 font, this eld can have any value from 0 through 65535. First Code must be less than or equal to Last Code.
Symbol SetType First Code/Last Code 0 32/32/127-160/0/Set to 0 (for unbound font) 11 Set to 0 (for unbound font)
Last Code / Number of Characters (UINT) Species the character code of the last printable character in the font. This value may be greater than the last code of the symbol set as implied by the symbol set type because there may be components of compound characters that are not part of the symbol set, but must be downloaded.
For a bound font, this eld species the last downloadable character code in the font. For an unbound font (type 10 or 11), it species the maximum number of characters that can be downloaded into the font. For a type 3 font, this eld can be any value from First Code through 65535. Last Code can be equal to First Code.
Pitch Extended (UBYTE) Bitmap Font - This is an addition to the Pitch eld that extends pitch an extra 8 bits to allow 10 bits of fractional dots. The value of this eld is in 1/1024 dot units. For example, a 17-ppi font for a 300-ppi device would have a Pitch eld of 70 (17.5 dots or 17.1429 cpi) and a Pitch Extended eld of 150 (0.1465 dots additional, which adds to 17.6465 dots, or 17.0005 cpi). An example of calculating the Pitch and Pitch Extended elds is provided in the Pitch eld description.

Full-Width-Space Character Code (UINT16) This eld contains the character code for a full-width space character (for two-byte character sets). Half-Width-Space Character Code This eld contains the character code for a half-width space character (for one-byte character sets).
LaserJet Bitmap Character Denition
The format for the LaserJet bitmap character denition and continuation block is shown below. Format is set to 4, and Descriptor Size is set to 14.
Byte (MSB) 8 Format (4) Descriptor Size (14) Orientation Left Offset Top Offset Character Width Character Height Delta X Bitmap Character Data: (in bytes). Format (4) Continuation (non-zero) 7 (LSB) 0 Continuation (0) Class (1) Reserved (0)
Bitmap Character Data: (in bytes).
Format (UBYTE) Species the character descriptor format.
Value Format 82906A 82450A QuietJet LaserJet bitmap DeskJet PaintJet PaintJet XL RuggedWriter DeskJet Plus Intellifont DeskJet 500 TrueType
The character is discarded if the format is different from that expected by the device.
DeskJet 600 and 85x series printers support only format 4.
Continuation (BOOL) Species whether the following data is a character descriptor block (0) or a continuation (non-zero) of the data associated with the previous character descriptor. If the byte count in the value eld of the Dene Character command exceeds 32767, the character must be sent in 2 or more blocks. The additional bytes are sent in as many continuation blocks as needed (except compound characters).
Compound characters (e.g., accented characters) cannot be continued.
A character that has not received all the character data is an incomplete character. There is at most one incomplete character at a time. If an incomplete character is deleted, any subsequent continuation downloads are ignored. A continuation block that is downloaded before the rst block was received is ignored. Descriptor Size (UBYTE) Species character descriptor size in bytes. The descriptor follows the character header, which consists of the rst two bytes of the character denition (the Format and Continuation elds). For bitmap characters, the descriptor size includes Descriptor Size through Delta X. For Intellifont characters, the descriptor size includes only Descriptor Size and Class. For TrueType characters, the descriptor size includes Descriptor Size and Class, but additional descriptor information can follow; therefore, the minimum TrueType descriptor size is 2.

Position CAP for Header Select Character Set Select Header Font Header Text Set VMI to 9/48 in. End Header Set Main Text Font Main Text Position CAP for Footer Specify Footer Font Footer Text Return CAP to Left Margin Reset Printer <CR> Esc E
Esc * p - 95y + 475 X Esc (12U Esc (s 6 h 12 v 0 s 3 b 6 T DeskJet Printer Family Esc & l 9 C <CR> <LF> 0 Esc (s 1p 12v 0 s 0 b 410 1T In February 1988 HP introd.. 0 Esc * p 2875 y X Esc (s 0 p 24h 6v 0 s 0 b 6T
Relative movement. 95 decipoints up 475 decipoints to the right. Selects PC-850 character set. Sets font to Letter Gothic 6cpi 12 point bold.
Provides a desirable line spacing for 12 point font used in main text. Moves CAP out of header and positions it at top/left margin. Sets font to CG Times 12 point.
Absolute movement Sets font to Letter Gothic
Clears partially composed pages; returns printer to default settings.

Commands Sent to Printer

The series of escape sequences in the table above sends the following commands to the printer. The series of dots (.) indicate main text. Spaces in escape sequences are for clarity only; do not include them in the data stream. 0 EscE Esc&l 2a0 O Esc&k1w5W Esc& l 1l 8d88p6e72F Esc(s0 p12H Esc&a6l 90 M 0 Esc*p-95y+475X Esc(12U Esc(s6h12v0 s3b6TDeskJet Printer Family Esc(& l 9C 0 Esc(s1p12v0 s0 b410 1TIn February 1988, HP introduced the original DeskJet printer at a U.S. List price of $995. The DeskJet's market position was Laser Quality Output for Under $1,000 and offered a superior print quality alternative for users intending to upgrade to 24 wire dot matrix printers. In April 1989. 0 0.support for MS Windows 3.0. Esc*p2875yX Esc(s0 p24h6v0 s0 b6TCopyright 1990 Hewlett-Packard Co. EscE The output produced by the above commands is represented in the gure below. This example is a guideline to illustrate page formatting. Depending upon the application, other methods may be used to achieve the desired printed page. For example, if you want a header and/or footer to be placed on each page, you can turn Perforation Skip Mode OFF, allowing the header to sit at the top margin. You can then use vertical positioning commands to move CAP into position for the main text. Likewise, you can set the printer side margins to 0. You can then use horizontal positioning commands to position CAP for the start of each line.
Example Printout (reduced size, partial page)

3-plane color graphics

The following shows a simple 3 plane color graphics PCL le output that prints CMY colors, then blends them to produce BLACK, RED, GREEN and BLUE.
PCL Codes ---------<esc>E <esc>*r-3U <esc>*r0A <esc>*b1M <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16V <esc>*b16W <esc>*rC <esc>E HEX Data (Run Length Compression) --------------------------------------Description ------------Reset printer Simple color(3 plane) Start raster Compression method (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) (Cyan data) (Magenta data) (Yellow data) End Raster Reset printer

HP Inkjet Cartridges - Cartridge Compatibility Chart for HP Deskjet and HP Deskwriter Printers
In this document: HP Deskjet 400 series printers HP Deskjet and HP Deskwriter 500 series printers HP Deskjet and HP Deskwriter 600 series printers HP Deskjet 700 series printers HP Deskjet 800 series printers HP Deskjet 900 series printers HP Deskjet 6100 series printers HP Deskjet 5550 series printers HP Deskjet 3820 series printers HP Deskjet 3400 series printers HP Deskjet 3300 series printers Additional information

Introduction

The following tables show compatible HP Inkjet cartridges for HP Deskjet and HP Deskwriter printers.
HP Deskjet 400 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 400 HP Deskjet 400L HP Deskjet 420c Black cartridge HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) Color cartridge HP 25 (51625A) HP 25 (51625A) HP 25 (51625A)
HP Deskjet and HP Deskwriter 500 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 500 HP Deskjet and Deskwriter 500c HP Deskjet 505k (Korea) HP Deskjet 510 (Europe) HP Deskjet 520 (Europe) HP Deskjet and Deskwriter 540c HP Deskjet and Deskwriter 550c HP Deskjet and Deskwriter 560c Black cartridge HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) HP 26 (51626A) Color cartridge N/A HP 25 (51625A) N/A N/A N/A HP 25 (51625A) HP 25 (51625A) HP 25 (51625A)
HP Deskjet and HP Deskwriter 600 series printers
Printer Black cartridge Color cartridge Photo cartridge
HP Deskjet and Deskwriter 600 HP Deskjet 600c HP Deskjet 610c, 610CL, 612c HP Deskjet 630c, 632c HP Deskjet 640c, 642c, 648c HP Deskjet 656c, 656cvr HP Deskjet and Deskwriter 660c HP Deskjet 660cse HP Deskjet 670c, 670tv, 672c HP Deskjet 680c, 682c HP Deskjet 690c HP Deskjet 692c HP Deskjet 693c HP Deskjet 694c HP Deskjet 695c HP Deskjet 695cci HP Deskjet 697c
HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 20 series (C6614AN or C6614DN) HP 20 series (C6614AN or C6614DN) HP 20 series (C6614AN or C6614DN) HP 20 series (C6614AN or C6614DN) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A) HP 29 (51629A)
HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A) HP 49 (51649A)
NA NA HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) NA NA NA NA HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A) HP 16 (C1816A)
HP Deskjet 700 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 710c HP Deskjet 712c HP Deskjet 720c HP Deskjet 722c Black cartridge HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) Color cartridge HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T)
HP Deskjet 800 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 810c HP Deskjet 812c HP Deskjet 815c HP Deskjet 820c HP Deskjet 820cxi HP Deskjet 820ce HP Deskjet 825c, 825cvr Printer HP Deskjet 830c, 832c HP Deskjet 840c HP Deskjet 842c Black cartridge HP15 (C6615AN)* HP15 (C6615AN)* HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP15 (C6615AN), optional for the printer Black cartridge HP 45 (51645A) HP15 (C6615AN)* HP15 (C6615AN)* Color cartridge HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 17 (C6625) Color cartridge HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 17 (C6625) HP 17 (C6625)
HP Deskjet 843c HP Deskjet 845c, 845cvr HP Deskjet 850c HP Deskjet 850cxi HP Deskjet 855c (U.S.) HP Deskjet 855cse HP Deskjet 870cse HP Deskjet 870cxi HP Deskjet 880c HP Deskjet 882c HP Deskjet 890cse HP Deskjet 890cxi HP Deskjet 895cse HP Deskjet 895cxi

HP15 (C6615AN)* HP15 (C6615AN)* HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A)
HP 17 (C6625) HP 17 (C6625) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 41 (51641A) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T) HP 23 (C1823D or C1823T)
*HP 15 (C6615AN) is compatible with any printer that uses the HP 45 (51645A) cartridge; however, the *HP 45 (51645A) cartridg cannot be used in the HP Deskjet 810c, 812c, 840c, 842c, and 843c. *HP 23 (C1823T) is a twin pack, containing two HP 23 (C1823D) cartridges.
HP Deskjet 900 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 920c HP Deskjet 920cxi HP Deskjet 920cvr HP Deskjet 930c HP Deskjet 932c HP Deskjet 935c HP Deskjet 940c, 940cvr HP Deskjet 950c HP Deskjet 952c HP Deskjet 955c (Japan) HP Deskjet 959c HP Deskjet 960c HP Deskjet 970cse HP Deskjet 970cxi HP Deskjet 980c HP Deskjet 990cse HP Deskjet 990cxi HP Deskjet 995c Black cartridge HP15 (C6615AN) HP15 (C6615AN) HP15 (C6615AN) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP15 (C6615AN) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A) Color cartridge HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy)
HP Deskjet 6100 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 6122 HP Deskjet 6127
Black cartridge HP 45 (51645A) HP 45 (51645A)
Color cartridge HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy) HP 78 (C6578AN large or C6578DN economy)
HP Deskjet 5550 series printers
Printer HP Deskjet 5550 HP Deskjet 5551 (Japan only) Black cartridge HP 56 (C6656A) HP 56 (C6656A) Color cartridge HP 57 (C6657A) HP 57 (C6657A) Photo cartridge HP 58 (C6658A) HP 58 (C6658A)
A print cartridge protector ships with the HP 58 Photo cartridge. The part number for the print cartridge protector is 5064-4554.