Xerox Escape Sequence or XES is a

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(PDL) developed by

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corporation and introduced with their

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laser printers in 1982. XES offers similar capabilities to Hewlett-Packard's

Printer Command Language Printer Command Language, more commonly referred to as PCL, is a page description language (PDL) developed by Hewlett-Packard as a printer protocol and has become a ''de facto'' industry standard. Originally developed for early inkjet print ...

(PCL), which first appeared in 1984. XES is supported by most Xerox laser printers including the 2700. 3700, 4011, 4030, 4045, 4197, 4213, 4235, and 4700. XES is sometimes known as ''UDK'', from ''User Defined Key'', the character which introduces the printer command, usually the escape character (ESC).

References

External links

Xerox 4213 Laser Printer Programmer Reference
{{prog-lang-stub Computer printing Page description languages

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