Which HP printer driver sends @PJL JOB NAME with print data?

[Thoga]

Hello,

I need to extract the job name (document name) of raw print data received on port 9100.

Within PJL the job name is transferred with the @PJL SET JOB NAME="document" - command.

My question is which HP printer driver generates this PJL data? I've found out that my private Laserjet M1530-driver does, but I've found no other one.

Does anybody know which of the windows build in HP printer drivers generates the PJL-JOBNAME-output?

Many thx

Thomas

[dansdaduk]

I suspect that many of the LaserJet drivers include this information as part of the generated job header.

For example, on my Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit system, the PCL5 driver built-in to the operating system for my LaserJet 1320 generates job headers of the form:

<Esc>%-12345X
@PJL JOB NAME="EAN13_notes.rtf.txt - Notepad"[0a]
@PJL SET STRINGCODESET=UTF8[0a]
@PJL COMMENT "hp LaserJet 1320 PCL 5 (61.53.25.9); Windows 8.1 Pro 6.3.9600.1; Unidrv 0.3.9600.16384"[0a]
@PJL COMMENT "Username: chris; App Filename: EAN13_notes.rtf.txt - Notepad; 4-30-2014"[0a]
@PJL DMINFO ASCIIHEX="0400040101020D101001153230313430343330313533373130"[0a]
@PJL SET HOLD=OFF[0a]
@PJL SET USERNAME="chris"[0a]
@PJL SET JOBNAME="EAN13_notes.rtf.txt - Notepad"[0a]
@PJL SET PROCESSINGTYPE="STAPLING"[0a]
@PJL SET PROCESSINGOPTION="NONE"[0a]
@PJL SET PROCESSINGBOUNDARY=MOPY[0a]
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600[0a]
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL[0a]
<Esc>E
. . .
etc.

where <Esc> represents the Escape control-code character, and [0a] represents the LineFeed control-code character.

[Thoga]

hmm, I've also tried many of the built-in standard-drivers, but non of them does the job.

All of them do only generate:

ESC%-12345X@PJL JOB
@PJL SET JOBATTR "OS =Windows"
@PJL SET JOBATTR "OS Version = Windows 8.1 6.3.9600.1"
@PJL SET JOBATTR "Render Type = InOS"
@PJL SET JOBATTR "Render Name = HP PCL6 Class Driver"
@PJL SET JOBATTR "Render Version=6.3.4.1"
@PJL SET COPIES=1
@PJL SET QTY=1
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCLXL
) HP-PCL XL;3;0;Comment Copyright(c) 1999-2011 Hewlett-Packard Corporation

And strange, I also use Windows 8.1 pro, 64bit, and I do not have the Laserjet 1320 listed ...

[dansdaduk · Accepted solution]

Perhaps the built-in PCL6 (PCL XL) drivers don't include what you want.

My Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit system has a built-in PCL5 driver for the LaserJet 1320 printers:

You may have to click the Windows Update button in the Add Printer dialogue, then wait (perhaps for several minutes) whilst additional drivers are downloaded, before the list is repopulated.

[dansdaduk]

... and I know that the PCL XL driver (not an in-operating system one) for my LaserJet Pro 400 Colour MFP M475dn printer includes the @PJL SETJOBNAME command in the job headers.

[Thoga]

ok!

Have used the "Windows Update"-Feature within the printer setup dialog, got the Laserjet 1320, and does work.

ESC%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME="Testseite"
@PJL SET STRINGCODESET=UTF8
@PJL COMMENT "hp LaserJet 1320 PCL 5 (61.53.25.9); Windows 8.1 Pro 6.3.9600.1; Unidrv 0.3.9600.17415"
@PJL COMMENT "Username: thomas; App Filename: Testseite; 5-26-2015"
@PJL DMINFO ASCIIHEX="0400040101020D101001153230313530353236313132303032"
@PJL SET HOLD=OFF
@PJL SET USERNAME="thomas"
@PJL SET JOBNAME="Testseite"
@PJL SET QTY=1
@PJL SET PROCESSINGTYPE="STAPLING"
@PJL SET PROCESSINGOPTION="NONE"
@PJL SET PROCESSINGBOUNDARY=MOPY
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL

Then I've also tried  the "Laserjet 2100 Series PCL5" which also does the job well:

ESC%-12345X@PJL JOB NAME="Testseite"
@PJL SET STRINGCODESET=UTF8
@PJL COMMENT "HP LaserJet 2100 Series PCL 5 (61.53.25.9); Windows 8.1 Pro 6.3.9600.1; Unidrv 0.3.9600.17415"
@PJL COMMENT "Username: thomas; App Filename: Testseite; 5-26-2015"
@PJL DMINFO ASCIIHEX="0400040101020D101001153230313530353236313133323130"
@PJL SET HOLD=OFF
@PJL SET USERNAME="thomas"
@PJL SET JOBNAME="Testseite"
@PJL SET QTY=1
@PJL SET PROCESSINGTYPE="STAPLING"
@PJL SET PROCESSINGOPTION="NONE"
@PJL SET PROCESSINGBOUNDARY=MOPY
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL

while the "Laserjet 2100 PCL6" does not:

ESC%-12345X@PJL JOB
@PJL COMMENT MS PCLXL NT Driver
@PJL SET PAGEPROTECT=ON
@PJL SET TIMEOUT=90
@PJL SET RESOLUTION=600
@PJL SET BITSPERPIXEL=2
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCLXL
) HP-PCL XL;2;0;Comment Copyright(c) 1999 Microsoft Corporation

So as the PCL-5 version (built-in) seems to be able to do the job, while the PCL6-versoin (built-in) does not ...

Now I hope that PCL5 will suffice for the underlying printing application.

Chris, thank you very much!

and best regards

Thomas