I am using an HP G85 all-in-one printer on an XP operating system. HP
tells me that my printer uses PCL3 (Printer Control Language). I would
like to find the printer control codes that would instruct the printer
to print ASCII formats in Portrait or Landscape, regular and
condensed.

Hi cass2422:

I had some initial difficulty finding the information you requested.
Once I discovered to search for "PCL 3" as opposed to "PCL3", thing
went a whole lot more smoothly. :-)

I have been able to find the following for you w.r.t. control codes
for your PCL 3-based printer:

Portrait or Landscape:
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Control Codes: 

§&l0O [1B][26][6C][30][4F] Selects portrait orientation 

§&l1O [1B][26][6C][31][4F] Selects landscape orientation 

Source: http://www.ajp.clara.net/hp.htm#Page


ASCII Character Set:
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Control Code:

§(0U [1B][28][30][55] Selects ASCII character set 

Source: http://www.ajp.clara.net/hp.htm#Fonts


Character and Line Spacing (i.e., regular, proportional, or
condensed):
***********************************************************************

Control Codes:

§(s0P [1B][28][73][30][50] Selects monospacing 

§(s1P [1B][28][73][31][50] Selects proportional spacing 

§&l6D [1B][26][6C][36][44] Selects 6 lines per inch spacing 

Source: http://www.ajp.clara.net/hp.htm#Fonts


This page (http://www.ajp.clara.net/hp.htm) also contains good
introductory information on using these control codes:

http://www.ajp.clara.net/hp.htm#Introduction

as well as many other useful codes. 

Some other documents that might also be of interest to you are:

PCL 3 Emulation Printer Commands Quick Reference
http://www.lexmark.com.pl/internet/FAQ.nsf/0/4CEFEBB27D8E1F1CC1256A3800592838/$file/PCL%203.pdf

HP PCL Printer Control Language 
http://www.piclist.com/techref/language/pcls.htm

I hope this solves your problem. If you require clarification of what
I've provided, please ask using the Clarification feature - before you
rate this answer.

Thanks!

websearcher-ga

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Clarification of Answer by websearcher-ga on 16 Sep 2002 08:18 PDT

Search Strategy:

"PCL 3" "control codes"
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