Administrator's Guide
Printer Commands
Xerox
®
ColorQube 8580/8880 Color Printer 91
System Administrator Guide
PJL Commands
The following table lists the most commonly used HP PJL and other PJL commands.
PJL Command Values Description
@PJL FSAPPEND There is no
corresponding value.
Appends data to an existing file, or if the
file does not exist, creates the file, and
loads the given data.
@PJL FSDELETE NAME="
pathname
"
* Deletes a file from the installed hard drive.
@PJL FSDIRLIST NAME="pathname"
* Lists PJL system files and directories.
@PJL FSDOWNLOAD
FORMAT:BINARY SIZE=size
NAME="pathname"
* Downloads a file to the installed hard drive.
@PJL FSINIT VOLUME=value
* Initializes the installed hard drive.
@PJL FSMKDIR NAME="
pathname
"
*
Creates the specified directory on the
installed hard drive.
@PJL FSQUERY NAME="pathname"
* Responds with information about the file or
directory.
@PJL FSUPLOAD NAME="pathname"
* Uploads file from the printer to the host.
@PJL USTATUS * Allows the printer to send unsolicited status
messages for device status changes,
end-of-job status, and pages printed.
Status can be sent at specified time
intervals.
@PJL USTATUSOFF There is no
corresponding value.
Turns off all status responses.
@PJL XCLIENT JOBID=value
There are exactly 48
bytes. The first byte is "8"
and the last 8 bytes
represent a time in the
format hhmmsshs. The
remainder of the bytes
corresponds to the job
ID.
Sets the client job ID used with Job Tracker.
@PJL XJAFILENAME="filename"
Roman-8 characters 1
through 255
Sets the file name for Job Accounting.
@PJL XJAHOSTNAME="hostname"
Roman-8 characters 1
through 255
Sets the host name for Job Accounting
@PJL XJAJOBNAME="jobname"
Roman-8 characters 1
through 255
Sets the job name for Job Accounting.
@PJL XJAUSERNAME="
username
"
Roman-8 characters 1
through 255
Sets the user name for Job Accounting.
@PJL XJOBPASSWORD=value
4-digits Assigns the job password used by Secure
Print.










