Resetting The Print Environment; Printer Reset - HP PCL 5 Reference Manual

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Resetting the Print Environment

Resets are used to return the printer to a known environment.
Depending on the type of reset performed, the printer returns to either
the User Default Environment or the Factory Default Environment.

Printer Reset

A Printer Reset restores the User Default Environment and deletes
temporary fonts, macros, user-defined symbol sets, and patterns. A
Printer Reset is performed by sending the
the printer's control panel (see the printer User's Manual). The Printer
Reset command is described in Chapter 4, PCL Job Control
Commands.
The
been received. The control panel
pages which have not yet been printed.
Both resets (
HP-GL/2 settings to their default values.
returns the printer to PCL mode in addition to resetting the print
environment. The HP-GL/2 IN (Initialize) command resets HP-GL/2
settings to their default values without affecting the PCL settings
(refer to the Initialize command described in Chapter 19, The
Configuration and Status Group, for additional information).
Notes
Hewlett-Packard strongly recommends the use of both the
command and the
Language/Start of PJL — also referred to as the UEL Command) at
the beginning and end of each job. (The order of these commands is
critical. Refer to Table 4-1 for an example of their usage.)
The UEL Command (
command, and also enters PJL Mode of operation for printers that
support PJL (refer to "Universal Exit Language Command" in Chapter
4 for more information). The
ensure backward compatibility (the UEL command is ignored if
received by a printer that does not support PJL).
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command prints any partial pages of data that may have
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and the control panel
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[RESET]
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command should be included to
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command, or through
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discards any formatted
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used in HP-GL/2 mode
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