Options for PCL 5e Devices

If the Family selected is PCL Printer Command Language, a printer control language from Hewlett-Packard. and the Model selected is PCL 5e, the Options tab displays the following options. For more information about drivers and Loftware Enterprise™ SP, see Managing Devices.

Option	Description	Values
Device Resolution	The resolution capability of the device in Dots Per Inch (dpi).	300 600 (Default) 1200 2400
Print Orientation	The alignment of the label in relation to the paper.	Portrait (Default) Landscape Reverse Portrait Reverse Landscape Do Not Send Option: No value for this option is sent to the device. Select this value if you want to configure the option at your device.
Print Rotation	Whether to orient the label as specified in the label template or at another orientation.	Use Label Property (Default) 0 90 180 270
Output Tray	To which output tray to direct printed labels. If a device has only one output tray or otherwise does not support this feature, this command is ignored.	Upper (Default) Lower Do Not Send Option: No value for this option is sent to the device. Select this value if you want to configure the option at your device.
Page Size	The size of a page of stock.	Executive Letter (Default) Legal Ledger A5 A4 A3 Custom B4 (JIS) B5 (JIS) B5 (ISO) Monarch Com 10 C5 (ISO) DL Hagaki Oufuku-Hagaki Do Not Send Option: No value for this option is sent to the device. Select this value if you want to configure the option at your device.
Paper Source	From which paper tray to draw stock. Note: Devices from different manufacturers may implement the handling of the Paper Source selection differently. For example, one manufacturer may map the Lower Tray command to the device's Lower Tray while another manufacturer may map the same command to its Optional Tray. Additionally, these mappings may be configurable, again depending upon the manufacturer. Note: When driving devices with PCL 5, there is typically a ¼" margin on all sides of the page that is not printable. Additionally, along the top of the page, the unprintable margin area can have label elements (text, lines) positioned within it, creating a clipping effect. For this reason, it may be best to define the label or page layout size in Loftware Enterprise SP to be ½" (2" x ¼") less than the physical paper size. For example, a label designed for a Letter sized page would be 8" x 10½".	Auto: Use stock from a device-specific tray. Current (Default): Use stock from the paper source last used. Tray 1 Tray 2 Tray 3 Tray 4 Manual Feed: Use manually inserted stock. Envelope Feeder: Use envelopes from an envelope feeder tray. Envelope Manual: Use envelopes manually inserted on the top of the tray. Do Not Send Option: No value for this option is sent to the device. Select this value if you want to configure the option at your device.
Paper Type	The type of paper or label stock being used by the device.	Plain (Default) Bond Color Labels Recycled Letterhead Cardstock Prepunched Preprinted Transparency Custom Do Not Send Option: No value for this option is sent to the device. Select this value if you want to configure the option at your device.
Duplex Mode	Whether to print single-sided (simplex) or double-sided (duplex), and if double-sided along which edge to bind a multi-page document. To override this setting at print time, submit a job with the following in the data map: /LW_OVERRIDES/DSO/SET_DUPLEX = [SIMPLEX \| LONG_EDGE \| SHORT EDGE] Note: If using the Duplex Long Edge or Duplex Short Edge setting on a stacked job A single request to print multiple label templates that can be targeted to different devices., then the back of the last label of the first print job detail could be used for the first label of the next print job detail. If you want each print job detail to begin on a new page, you must either insert a blank print job detail between jobs or set the job up so that it is not sent as a stacked job.	Simplex (Default) Duplex Long Edge Duplex Short Edge Do Not Send Option: No value for this option is sent to the device. Select this value if you want to configure the option at your device.
Collate	Whether to collate pages. When enabled (true), the pages eject from the printer in the order 1,2,3 ; 1,2,3. When disabled (false), pages eject from the printer in the order 1,1 ; 2,2 ; 3,3. To override this setting at print time, submit a job with the following in the data map: /LW_OVERRIDES/DSO/IS_COLLATED = [true \| false]	: Do not collate pages. (Default) : Collate pages.
Text Box Overrun Mode	How Loftware Enterprise SP should respond if the amount of data received for a Text Box field is more than can fit. Tip: If the Text Box Overrun Mode is specified in the job data, that overrides any mode specified in Label Specific Options in Label Design , device options in Devices , or system preferences in System . Otherwise, if specified in Label Specific Options, that overrides device options and system preferences, and if specified in device options, that overrides system preferences.	Allow Overrun: The text continues beyond the bottom of the envelope for the field. For a printed label, as much of the text as can fit on the label is printed. Truncate Data: Text that does not fit is not printed or displayed. The preceding text is printed or displayed. Truncate Data at Paragraph Break: A paragraph that does not fit is not printed or displayed. The preceding paragraph is printed or displayed. Fail Print Job on Overrun: Any print job that includes a Text Box field in which the data received does not fit is failed and is not printed or displayed. Use Global Setting: The value for Text Box Overrun Mode that is set in System is used. (Default)