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PS (string) value PCL5 examples PCL6 Hexadecimal and String
custom1
<Esc>&n8Wdcustom1
0x07 0x00 custom1
custom2
<Esc>&n8Wdcustom2
0x07 0x00 custom2
custom3
<Esc>&n8Wdcustom3
0x07 0x00 custom3
custom4
<Esc>&n8Wdcustom4
0x07 0x00 custom4
custom5
<Esc>&n8Wdcustom5
0x07 0x00 custom5
Media Color
Use this command to indicate the color of the media used to print a job. The strings are case sensitive with the first letter
capitalized and the rest lower-case. When using a Media Source command, issue a Media Type command set to
Unspecified.
PS
<</MediaColor (string) >> setpagedevice
where string is from the table below.
PCL5
<Esc>&n#Westring
where # is the length of string+1, and string from the table below
PCL6
ubyte_array uint16 ## ## string attr_ubyte MediaColor
Example: 0xc8 0xc1 0x20 0x00 <media-color>white</media-color> 0xf8 0x81 0x47
where ## ## is the length of the string in hex (lsb, msb), and string from the table below.
PS String Value
PCL5 examples
PCL6 Hexadecimal and String
use-any
<Esc>&n
8
Wx
use-any
0x22 0x00
<media-color>
use-any
</media-color>
white
<Esc>&n
6
Wx
white
0x20 0x00
<media-color>
white
</media-color>
blue
<Esc>&n
6
Wx
blue
0x20 0x00
<media-color>
blue
</media-color>
yellow
<Esc>&n
7
Wx
yellow
0x21 0x00
<media-color>
yellow
</media-color>
green
<Esc>&n
6
Wx
green
0x20 0x00
<media-color>
green
</media-color>
pink
<Esc>&n
5
Wx
pink
0x1F 0x00
<media-color>
pink
</media-color>
no-color
<Esc>&n
9
Wx
no-color
0x23 0x00
<media-color>
no-color
</media-color>
ivory
<Esc>&n
6
Wx
ivory
0x20 0x00
<media-color>
ivory
</media-color>
gray
<Esc>&n
5
Wx
gray
0x1F 0x00
<media-color>
gray
</media-color>
buff
<Esc>&n
5
Wx
buff
0x1F 0x00
<media-color>
buff
</media-color>
goldenrod
<Esc>&n
10
Wx
goldenrod
0x24 0x00
<media-color>
goldenrod
</media-color>
red
<Esc>&n
4
Wx
red
0x1E 0x00
<media-color>
red
</media-color>
orange
<Esc>&n
7
Wx
orange
0x21 0x00
<media-color>
orange
</media-color>
other
<Esc>&n
6
Wx
other
0x20 0x00
<media-color>
other
</media-color>
custom1
<Esc>&n
8
Wx
custom1
0x22 0x00
<media-color>
custom1
</media-color>
custom2
<Esc>&n
8
Wx
custom2
0x22 0x00
<media-color>
custom2
</media-color>
custom3
<Esc>&n
8
Wx
custom3
0x22 0x00
<media-color>
custom3
</media-color>
custom4
<Esc>&n
8
Wx
custom4
0x22 0x00
<media-color>
custom4
</media-color>
custom5
<Esc>&n
8
Wx
custom5
0x22 0x00
<media-color>
custom5
</media-color>