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Command-line options to specify print job set-ups (/PDFOPTS, /PCLOPTS, /PSOPTS) often include one or more parameters. When saving options you may choose whether mnemonic (alphabetic) or numeric parameters are used. The default format (for backwards compatibility) is numeric unless all options have been read in mnemonic form.

To use mnemonic parameters, a sequence of two-character codes is used. The initial letter (upper case) in these two-character codes defines the Class of option:

C Comments

F Fonts

G Graphics

M Macros

N No or do not allow

O Output

S Substitute fonts

For clarity, the codes can be separated by commas:

PDFOPTS FT,NP,NN,OP

or for conciseness, the commas may be omitted and the parameters run together:

PDFOPTS FTNPNNOP

For human readability, however, using upper case for the first letter and lower case for the second letter of each code, e.g.:

PDFOPTS FtNpNnOp

may be a better approach. It also has the advantage that parameters in the same Class can then be compounded, omitting any repeated initial capital letters, e.g.:

PDFOPTS FtNpnOp

See the option flags table arranged in Mnemonic code order below.

Code	Flag	Decimal	Output	Description
Co	$4000000	67108864	All	Store comments in the output file. See also Ox, Np.
Cx	$1	1	PCL only	If PJL comments are to be saved then save them as XML.
Fa	$800	2048	PDF, PS only	Do not download fonts: all fonts are to be substituted by standard Postscript or Acrobat® fonts.
Fp	$40000	262144	Print formats	Download fonts before use.
Ft	$1000	4096	Print formats	Include TrueType fonts in the output file.
Ga	$10000	65536	All	Image the whole page as a graphic.
Gt	$20000	131072	Print formats	Image all but the text.
Ma	$40	64	PCL only	Macro is to be positioned absolutely.
Mp	$1000000	16777216	PCL only	Make a permanent macro
Mt	$2000000	33554432	PCL only	Make a temporary macro
N4	$10000000	268435456	All	Inhibit CCITT group 4 compression.
Nb	$400000	4194304	PDF only	Skip blank pages.
Nc	$4	4	PDF only	Disable copying of text and graphics from the document.
Ne	$2	2	PDF only	Disable changing the document other than by adding or changing text notes.
Ni	$100000	1048576	PCL only	No scaled images output. See also No.
Nj	$80	128	PCL only	Do not use any PJL commands.
Nn	$8	8	PDF only	Disable adding and changing text notes.
No	$100000	1048576	PDF only	Omit the table of contents. See also Ni.
Np	$1	1	PDF only	Disables printing the document. See also Cx, Ox.
Ns	$20000000	536870912	PCL only	Scaled printing forbidden.
O6	$400	1024	All	Request 600 dpi resolution.
Oa	$20	32	PDF only	AES encryption
Oc	$200	512	Print formats	Combine words into longer text strings where possible.
Oe	$200000	2097152	PDF only	Use 128 bit encryption. See also Ol.
Og	$8000000	134217728	PDF, PS only	Output graphics on pass 1, text on pass 2
Oi	$80000	524288	PCL, PDF only	Allow inverse orientations to be displayed upside down
Oj	$40000000	1073741824	All	Jog offsetting required
Ok	$800000	8388608	PDF, PS only	Suppress reordering of shading and graphics.
Ol	$200000	2097152	PCL only	PCL Lightweight Imaging Device. See also Oe.
Op	$100	256	All	Compress the PDF output using Flate compression.
Os	$80000000	2147483648	All	Stapling required.
Ox	$1	1	HTML only	Save as XML, not simple HTML. See also Cx, Ox.
Sb	$4000	16384	Print formats	Use substitutes instead of any bitmap fonts.
Sn	$8000	32768	Print formats	Do not use substitute fonts even a substitute font has been specified in the font library.
St	$2000	8192	Print formats	Use substitutes instead of any True type fonts.

The value of an option when expressed numerically is the sum of all the flag-bits. For example, the flag bits ($1000+1+8+$100) add up to $1109; in decimal this option would be keyed-in as:

PDFOPTS: 4361

See the option flags table arranged in Numeric flag bit order below.

Flag	Decimal	Code	Output	Description
$1	1	Cx or	PCL only	If PJL comments are to be saved then save them as XML.
		Ox or	HTML only	Save as XML, not simple HTML.
		Np	PDF only	Disables printing the document.
$2	2	Ne	PDF only	Disable changing the document other than by adding or changing text notes.
$4	4	Nc	PDF only	Disable copying of text and graphics from the document.
$8	8	Nn	PDF only	Disable adding and changing text notes.
$10	16			(unassigned)
$20	32	Oa	PDF only	AES encryption
$40	64	Ma	PCL only	Macro is to be positioned absolutely.
$80	128	Nj	PCL only	Do not use any PJL commands.
$100	256	Op	All	Compress the output (e.g. using Flate compression for PDF).
$200	512	Oc	Print formats	Combine words into longer text strings where possible.
$400	1024	O6	All	Request 600 dpi resolution.
$800	2048	Fa	PDF, PS only	Do not download fonts: all fonts are to be substituted by standard Postscript or Acrobat® fonts.
$1000	4096	Ft	Print formats	TrueType fonts are to be included in the output file.
$2000	8192	St	Print formats	Use substitutes instead of any True type fonts.
$4000	16384	Sb	Print formats	Use substitutes instead of any bitmap fonts.
$8000	32768	Sn	Print formats	Do not use substitute fonts even a substitute font has been specified in the font library.
$10000	65536	Ga	All	Image the whole page as a graphic.
$20000	131072	Gt	Print formats	Image all but the text.
$40000	262144	Fp	Print formats	Download fonts before use.
$80000	524288	Oi	PCL, PDF only	Allow inverse orientations to be displayed upside down.
$100000	1048576	Ni or	PCL only	No scaled images.
		No	PDF only	Omit the table of contents.
$200000	2097152	Ol or	PCL only	PCL Lightweight Imaging Device.
		Oe	PDF only	Use 128 bit encryption.
$400000	4194304	Nb	PDF only	Skip blank pages.
$800000	8388608	Ok	PDF, PS only	Suppress reordering of shading and graphics.
$1000000	16777216	Mp	PCL only	Make a permanent macro.
$2000000	33554432	Mt	PCL only	Make a temporary macro.
$4000000	67108864	Co	All	Store comments in the output file.
$8000000	134217728	Og	PDF, PS only	Output graphics on pass 1, text on pass 2.
$10000000	268435456	N4	All	Inhibit CCITT group 4 compression.
$20000000	536870912	Ns	PCL only	Scaled printing forbidden.
$40000000	1073741824	Oj	All	Jog offsetting required.
$80000000	2147483648	Os	All	Stapling required.
	-1		All	Resets export options to their default values.

"Print formats" are those which include the text of the document as strings of characters (e.g. PCL, PDF, PS) rather than just images (e.g. JPEG, PNG, TIFF).