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Page Control (continued) Page Orientation Designates the logical page position with respect to the physical page. ? & l # O # = 0 - Portrait 1 - Landscape 2 - Reverse Portrait 3 - Reverse Landscape Print Direction Rotates the logical page coordinate system counterclockwise in 90 degree increments with respect to the orientation of the current logical page. ? & a # P # = Degrees of rotation (0, 90, 180, 270) Character Text Path Direction Specifies the direction text is printed on the page, providing a means of printing using either a horizontal or vertical text path. ? & c # T # = 0 - Horizontal printing = -1 - Vertical rotated printing Text Parsing Method Specifies PCL parsing method as either 1-byte or 2-byte characters codes. ? & t # P # = 0, 1 - All character codes processed as one-byte characters = 21 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters (see PCL 5 Comparison Guide) = 31 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters (see PCL 5 Comparison Guide) = 38 - Characters codes processed as two-byte characters (see PCL 5 Comparison Guide) Left Margin Sets the left margin to the left edge of the specified column. ? & a # L # = Column number Right Margin Sets the right margin to the right edge of the specified column. ? & a # M # = Column number 7

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Page Control (continued)
Page Orientation
Designates the logical page position with respect to the physical page.
? & l # O
# = 0 - Portrait
1 - Landscape
2 - Reverse Portrait
3 - Reverse Landscape
Print Direction
Rotates the logical page coordinate system counterclockwise in 90 degree
increments with respect to the orientation of the current logical page.
? & a # P
# = Degrees of rotation (0, 90, 180, 270)
Character Text Path Direction
Specifies the direction text is printed on the page, providing a means of
printing using either a horizontal or vertical text path.
? & c # T
# =
0 - Horizontal printing
= –1 - Vertical rotated printing
Text Parsing Method
Specifies PCL parsing method as either 1-byte or 2-byte characters
codes.
? & t # P
# = 0, 1 - All character codes processed as one-byte characters
= 21 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters
(see
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
)
= 31 - Character codes processed as two-byte characters
(see
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
)
= 38 - Characters codes processed as two-byte characters (see
PCL 5 Comparison Guide
)
Left Margin
Sets the left margin to the left edge of the specified column.
? & a # L
# = Column number
Right Margin
Sets the right margin to the right edge of the specified column.
? & a # M
# = Column number