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<p><b>Printer Command Language</b>, more commonly referred to as <b>PCL</b>, is a <a href="Page_description_language" title="Page description language">page description language</a> (PDL) developed by <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a> as a <a href="Computer_printer" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer printer">printer</a> protocol and has become a <i><a href="De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> <a href="Technical_standard" title="Technical standard">industry standard</a>. Originally developed for early <a href="Inkjet" class="mw-redirect" title="Inkjet">inkjet</a> printers in 1984, PCL has been released in varying levels for <a href="Thermal_printer" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermal printer">thermal</a>, <a href="Dot_matrix_printer" class="mw-redirect" title="Dot matrix printer">matrix</a>, and <a href="Laser_printers" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser printers">page</a> printers. <a href="HP-GL/2" class="mw-redirect" title="HP-GL/2">HP-GL/2</a> and <a href="Printer_Job_Language" title="Printer Job Language">PJL</a> are supported by later versions of PCL.<sup id="cite_ref-HP_1990_HP-GL/2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_1990_HP-GL/2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>PCL is occasionally and incorrectly said to be an abbreviation for <i>Printer Control Language</i> which actually is another term for <a href="Page_description_language" title="Page description language">page description language</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PCL_levels_1_through_5_overview">PCL levels 1 through 5 overview</h2></div>

<p>PCL levels 1 through 5e/5c are command-based languages using control sequences that are processed and interpreted in the order they are received. At a consumer level, PCL data streams are generated by a print driver. PCL output can also be easily generated by custom applications.

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<ul><li><b>PCL 1</b> was introduced in 1984 on the <a href="HP_ThinkJet" class="mw-redirect" title="HP ThinkJet">HP ThinkJet</a> 2225 and provides basic text and graphics printing with a maximum resolution of 150 dpi (dots per inch).</li>

<li><b>PCL 1+</b> was released with the HP QuietJet 2227.</li>

<li><b>PCL 2</b> added Electronic Data Processing/Transaction functionality.</li>

<li><b>PCL 3</b> was introduced in 1984 with the original HP <a href="LaserJet" class="mw-redirect" title="LaserJet">LaserJet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HP_2013_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This added support for <a href="Bitmap" title="Bitmap">bitmap</a> fonts and increased the maximum resolution to 300 dpi. Other products with PCL 3 support were the HP <a href="Deskjet" class="mw-redirect" title="Deskjet">DeskJet</a> ink jet printer, HP 2932 series matrix printers and HP RuggedWriter 2235 matrix printers. PCL 3 is still in use on several <a href="Impact_printer" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact printer">impact printers</a> which replaced the obsolete HP models.</li>

<li><b>PCL 3+</b> (mono) and <b>PCL 3c+</b> (color) are used on later HP DeskJet and HP PhotoSmart products.</li>

<li><b>PCL 3GUI</b> is used in the HP DesignJet, some DeskJet series printers, and OfficeJet series printers. It uses a compressed <a href="Raster_graphics" title="Raster graphics">raster</a> format that is not compatible with standard PCL 3.</li>

<li><b>PCL 4</b> was introduced on the HP LaserJet Plus<sup id="cite_ref-HP_2013_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1985, adding <a href="Macro_(computer_science)" title="Macro (computer science)">macros</a>, larger bitmapped fonts and graphics. PCL 4 is still popular for many applications.</li>

<li><b>PCL 5</b> was released on the HP LaserJet III<sup id="cite_ref-HP_2013_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in March 1990, adding <a href="Intellifont" title="Intellifont">Intellifont</a> font scaling (developed by <a href="Compugraphic" title="Compugraphic">Compugraphic</a>, now part of <a href="Agfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Agfa">Agfa</a>), outline fonts and HP-GL/2 (vector) graphics.</li>

<li><b>PCL 5e</b> (PCL 5 enhanced) was released on the HP LaserJet 4<sup id="cite_ref-HP_2013_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in October 1992 and added bi-directional communication between the printer and the PC and <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> fonts.</li>

<li><b>PCL 5c</b> introduced color support on the HP PaintJet 300XL and HP Color LaserJet<sup id="cite_ref-HP_2013_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1992.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PCL_6_overview">PCL 6 overview</h2></div>

<p>HP introduced <b>PCL 6</b> around 1995 with the HP LaserJet 5 printers.<sup id="cite_ref-HP_2005_History_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HP_2005_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

It consists of:

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<ul><li><b>PCL 6 "Enhanced"</b>: An object-oriented <a href="Page_description_language" title="Page description language">PDL</a> optimized for printing from <a href="Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">GUI</a> interfaces such as <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> and compressed to optimize throughput. Formerly known as <b>PCL XL</b> or <b>PXL</b>.</li>

<li><b>PCL 6 Standard</b>: Equivalent to PCL 5e or PCL 5c, intended to provide backward compatibility.</li>

<li><b>Font synthesis</b>: Provides scalable fonts, font management and storage of forms and fonts.</li></ul>

<p>PCL 6 "Enhanced" architecture was altered to be more modular and to be more easily modified for future HP printers, that it prints complex graphics faster, that it reduces network traffic, and has higher quality. In early implementations, HP did not market PCL 6 well, thus causing some confusion in terminology. PCL XL was renamed to PCL 6 Enhanced, but many third-party products still use the older term.

</p><p>Some products may claim to be PCL 6 compliant, but may not include the PCL 5 backward compatibility. PCL 6 Enhanced is primarily generated by the <a href="Printer_driver" title="Printer driver">printer drivers</a> under <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> and <a href="Common_Unix_Printing_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Unix Printing System">CUPS</a>. Due to its structure and compression methodology, custom applications rarely use it directly.

</p><p>PCL 6 Enhanced is a stack-based, object-oriented protocol, similar to <a href="PostScript" title="PostScript">PostScript</a>. However, it is restricted to binary encoding as opposed to PostScript, which can be sent either as binary code or as plain text. The plain-text commands and code examples shown in the PCL programming documentation are meant to be compiled with a utility like HP's JetASM before being sent to a printer.

</p><p>PCL 6 Enhanced is designed to match the drawing model of <a href="Graphics_Device_Interface" title="Graphics Device Interface">Windows GDI</a>. In this way, the Windows printer driver simply passes through GDI commands with very little modification, leading to faster return-to-application times. Microsoft has extended this concept with its next-generation <a href="Open_XML_Paper_Specification" title="Open XML Paper Specification">XPS</a> format, and printer implementations of XPS are being developed. This is not a new idea: it is comparable with <a href="Display_Postscript" class="mw-redirect" title="Display Postscript">Display Postscript</a> and Apple's Quartz, and is in contrast to "GDI Printers" where a compressed bitmap is sent to the printer.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PCL_6_class_revisions">PCL 6 class revisions</h3></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_1.1">Class 1.1</h4></div>

<ul><li><b>Draw tools</b>: Support drawing lines, arcs/ellipses/chords, (rounded) rectangles, polygons, <a href="B%C3%A9zier_curve" title="Bézier curve">Bézier</a> paths, clipped paths, raster images, scanlines, raster operations.</li>

<li><b>Color handling</b>: Support 1/4/8-bit palettes, RGB/grey color space. Support custom halftone patterns (max 256 patterns).</li>

<li><b>Compression</b>: Supports <a href="Run-length_encoding" title="Run-length encoding">RLE</a>.</li>

<li><b>Units of measurement</b>: Inch, millimeter, tenth of millimeter.</li>

<li><b>Paper handling</b>: Support custom or predefined sets of paper size, including common Letter, Legal, A4, etc. Can choose paper from manual feed, trays, cassettes. Paper can be duplexed horizontally or vertically. Paper can be oriented in portrait, landscape, or 180 degree rotation of the former two.</li>

<li><b>Font</b>: Supports bitmap or TrueType fonts, 8 or 16-bit code points. Choosing character set uses different symbol set code from PCL 5. When bitmap font is used, many scaling commands are unavailable. When TrueType font is used, variable length descriptors, continuation blocks are not supported. Outline font can be rotated, scaled, or sheared.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_2.0">Class 2.0</h4></div>

<ul><li><b>Compression</b>: Added <a href="JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> compression. A Proprietary variant of JPEG-like compression optimized for integer hardware called JetReady is used in a few HP Color Laserjet models (at the time of writing, 3 models, CLJ 3500, 3550, 3600). Those models require Class 3.0 inputs.</li>

<li><b>Paper handling</b>: Media can redirected to different output bins (up to 256). Added A6 and Japanese B6 preset media sizes. Added Third cassette preset, 248 external tray media sources.</li>

<li><b>Font</b>: Text can be written vertically.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_2.1">Class 2.1</h4></div>

<ul><li><b>Color handling</b>: Added Color matching feature.</li>

<li><b>Compression</b>: Added Delta Row.</li>

<li><b>Paper handling</b>: Orientation, media size are optional when declaring a new page. Added B5, JIS 8K, JIS 16K, JIS Exec paper sizes.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_2.2">Class 2.2</h4></div>

<ul><li><b>Compression</b>: Added <a href="JFIF" class="mw-redirect" title="JFIF">JFIF</a>.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_3.0">Class 3.0</h4></div>

<ul><li><b>Color handling</b>: Allow using different halftone settings for vector or raster graphics, text. Supports adaptive halftoning.</li>

<li><b>Protocol</b>: Supports PCL passthrough, allowing PCL 5 features to be used by PCL 6 streams. However, some PCL 6 states are not preserved when using this feature.</li>

<li><b>Font</b>: Supports PCL fonts.</li></ul>

<p>JetReady printers (CLJ 3500/3550/3600) use undocumented extensions but otherwise mandate Class 3.0 inputs.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PJL_overview">PJL overview</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Printer_Job_Language" title="Printer Job Language">Printer Job Language</a></div>

<p><b>PJL</b> (<a href="Printer_Job_Language" title="Printer Job Language">Printer Job Language</a>) was introduced on the HP LaserJet IIIsi. PJL adds job level controls, such as printer language switching, job separation, environment commands, status feedback, device attendance and file system commands.

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<ul><li><a href="CaPSL" title="CaPSL">CaPSL</a></li>

<li><a href="Encapsulated_PostScript" title="Encapsulated PostScript">Encapsulated PostScript</a></li>

<li><a href="Foomatic" title="Foomatic">Foomatic</a></li>

<li><a href="Hewlett-Packard_Raster_Transfer_Language" title="Hewlett-Packard Raster Transfer Language">Hewlett-Packard Raster Transfer Language</a> (HP RTL)</li>

<li><a href="Plotutils" title="Plotutils">GNU Plotutils</a></li>

<li><a href="PostScript_Printer_Description" title="PostScript Printer Description">PostScript Printer Description</a></li>

<li><a href="Ghostscript" title="Ghostscript">Ghostscript</a></li></ul>

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</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual</i> (1st ed.). <a href="Hewlett-Packard_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Hewlett-Packard Company">Hewlett-Packard Company</a>. September 1990. HP Part No. 33459-90903.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpl13205.pdf">"PCL 5e Technical Quick Reference Guide"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-22</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpl13210.pdf">"PCL 5e Technical Reference Manual Part 1"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-22</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpl13211.pdf">"PCL 5e Technical Reference Manual Part 2"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-22</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpl13212.pdf">"PCL 5 Color Technical Reference Manual"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-22</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpl13206.pdf">"PCL 5 Comparison Guide"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-22</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bpl13209.pdf">"PCL 5 Comparison Guide Addendum"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-06-22</span></span>.</cite></li></ul>

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<ul><li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/pcl_xl">"HP PCL XL (PCL 6) 2.0 Technical Reference Rev 2.2"</a>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-03-13</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060404181327/http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl03010">"What Is the Enhanced PCL XL or PCL 6 Driver?"</a>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=bpl03010">the original</a> on 2006-04-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-03-13</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060404181401/http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00068221">"PCL 3 and PCL 5/6 Features and Differences"</a>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00068221">the original</a> on 2006-04-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-03-13</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071024105450/http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&lang=en&cc=us&product=59838&dlc=en&docname=bpd02201">"HP RuggedWriter Printer - Product Specifications"</a>. <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&lang=en&cc=us&product=59838&dlc=en&docname=bpd02201">the original</a> on 2007-10-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-03-13</span></span>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130501032227/http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1ba0863cfa6463903862569c10078c903">"List of HP printers and PCL levels supported"</a>. <a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1ba0863cfa6463903862569c10078c903">the original</a> on 2013-05-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-03-02</span></span>.</cite></li></ul>

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<li><a href="HP_Application_Security_Center" title="HP Application Security Center">Application Security Center</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Business_Service_Automation" title="HP Business Service Automation">Business Service Automation</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Business_Service_Management" title="HP Business Service Management">Business Service Management</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Client_Automation_Software" title="HP Client Automation Software">Client Automation Software</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Cloud_Service_Automation_Software" title="HP Cloud Service Automation Software">Cloud Service Automation Software</a></li>

<li><a href="Taligent" title="Taligent">CommonPoint</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Micro_Focus_Enterprise_Security_Products" title="Micro Focus Enterprise Security Products">Enterprise Security Products</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Iconv" title="Iconv">iconv</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Information_Management_Software" title="HP Information Management Software">Information Management Software</a>†</li>

<li><a href="HP_Integrity_Virtual_Machines" title="HP Integrity Virtual Machines">Integrity Virtual Machines</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_IT_Management_Software" title="HP IT Management Software">IT Management Software</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Linux_Imaging_and_Printing" title="HP Linux Imaging and Printing">Linux Imaging and Printing</a>*</li>

<li><a href="Mscape" title="Mscape">mscape</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Network_Management_Center" title="HP Network Management Center">Network Management Center</a>†</li>

<li><a href="HP_Open_Extensibility_Platform" title="HP Open Extensibility Platform">Open Extensibility Platform</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_OpenMail" title="HP OpenMail">OpenMail</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_OpenView" title="HP OpenView">OpenView</a>

<ul><li><a href="HP_OpenView_Storage_Area_Manager" title="HP OpenView Storage Area Manager">Storage Area Manager</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="OpenText_Quality_Center" title="OpenText Quality Center">OpenText Quality Center</a>†</li>

<li><a href="UFT_One" title="UFT One">QuickTest Professional</a>†</li>

<li><a href="HP_Release_Control" title="HP Release Control">Release Control</a></li>

<li><a href="Remote_Graphics_Software" title="Remote Graphics Software">Remote Graphics Software</a>*</li>

<li><a href="HPE_Service_Activator" title="HPE Service Activator">Service Activator</a>**</li>

<li><a href="HP_Service_Manager" title="HP Service Manager">Service Manager</a>†</li>

<li><a href="HP_Serviceguard" title="HP Serviceguard">Serviceguard</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenText_SiteScope" title="OpenText SiteScope">SiteScope</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Snapfish_Lab" title="Snapfish Lab">Snapfish Lab</a></li>

<li><a href="HPE_Systems_Insight_Manager" title="HPE Systems Insight Manager">Systems Insight Manager</a>**</li>

<li><a href="Tesseract_(software)" title="Tesseract (software)">Tesseract</a>†</li>

<li><a href="Visual_User_Environment" title="Visual User Environment">Visual User Environment</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_WinRunner" title="HP WinRunner">WinRunner</a></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Database</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Enscribe" title="Enscribe">Enscribe</a>**</li>

<li><a href="NonStop_SQL" title="NonStop SQL">NonStop SQL</a>**</li>

<li><a href="UCMDB" title="UCMDB">UCMDB</a>†</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">File systems and formats</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Hi_Performance_FileSystem" title="Hi Performance FileSystem">Hi Performance FileSystem</a>**</li>

<li><a href="System_Object_Model_(file_format)" title="System Object Model (file format)">System Object Model</a>**</li>

<li><a href="Veritas_File_System" title="Veritas File System">Veritas File System</a>‡</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operating systems and environments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Domain/OS" title="Domain/OS">Domain/OS</a></li>

<li><a href="HyperSpace_(software)" title="HyperSpace (software)">HyperSpace</a></li>

<li><a href="System_Manager_(HP_LX)" title="System Manager (HP LX)">HP LX System Manager</a></li>

<li><a href="NewWave" title="NewWave">NewWave</a></li>

<li><a href="NonStop_(server_computers)" title="NonStop (server computers)">NonStop OS</a>**</li>

<li><a href="OpenVMS" title="OpenVMS">OpenVMS</a>**</li>

<li><a href="QuickPlay" title="QuickPlay">QuickPlay</a></li>

<li><a href="Rocky_Mountain_BASIC" title="Rocky Mountain BASIC">Rocky Mountain BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Time-Shared_BASIC" title="HP Time-Shared BASIC">Time-Shared BASIC</a></li>

<li><a href="WebOS" title="WebOS">webOS</a>†</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Protocols and languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="HP_ePrint" title="HP ePrint">ePrint</a>*</li>

<li><a href="InkML" title="InkML">InkML</a></li>

<li><a href="PowerHouse_(programming_language)" title="PowerHouse (programming language)">PowerHouse</a>‡</li>

<li>

<ul><li><a href="Hewlett-Packard_Raster_Transfer_Language" title="Hewlett-Packard Raster Transfer Language">Raster Transfer Language</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Printer_Job_Language" title="Printer Job Language">Printer Job Language</a></li>

<li><a href="Systems_Programming_Language" title="Systems Programming Language">Systems Programming Language</a></li>

<li><a href="HP_Universal_Print_Driver" title="HP Universal Print Driver">Universal Print Driver</a>*</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Asterisk (*) denotes software continued by <a href="HP_Inc." title="HP Inc.">HP Inc.</a></li>

<li>Double asterisk (**) denotes software continued by <a href="Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise" title="Hewlett Packard Enterprise">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a></li>

<li>Dagger (†) denotes software divested and sold off</li>

<li>Double dagger (‡) denotes third-party software</li></ul>

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