programming print with pcl or other control language

[FetchThis]

I've been trying to embed escape sequences from the pcl 5 manual but doesn't seem to change anything.

Is there some other method for controlling format to the HP line of printers?

I was using Notepad just as a test.

[dansdaduk · Accepted solution]

The OfficeJet 5610 All-In-One device does not understand PCL5.

According to the datasheet, it only supports the (proprietary?) LIDIL Page Description Language.

[dansdaduk]

... and if you are using NotePad and (somehow) embedding escape sequences in the text, but then using the File | Print item to print the text, this implies that you are making use of a Windows printer driver.

Even if you were printing to a PCL5 supporting LaserJet printer, how those embedded escape sequences would interact with the sequences generated by the printer driver is undefined.

[FetchThis]

Thanks for the help. I was trying to use my 5610 to test the programming. In the end, I will be using a PCL5 lanquage laser printer. I will just develop on that and embed the control codes using VB.