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2001/10/02
CHAPTER 3 "PCL5C" - 16
6. HP-GL/2
A few HP-GL/2 commands are added for the HL-2400C/Ce, HL-3400CN color laser printer, and the features of
some existing commands are also expanded.
The new or revised HP-GL/2 commands as follows are described in this chapter;
♣ Initialize Set Instruction (IN) - resets all programmable functions to their default settings
♣ Pen Color (PC) - changes the palette colors
♣ Number of Pens (NP) - changes the palette size
♣ Color Range (CR) - sets the range for specifying relative color data
For the basic commands of HP-GL/2, refer to ‘Chapter 8 HP-GL/2 Graphics Language’.
6.1. IN (Initialize Set Instruction) Command
Command
IN [;]
This command returns the graphics mode to initial conditions. It initializes the parameters listed on Page.9 of
‘Chapter 8 HP-GL/2’ and also those shown below.
Function Equivalent
Instruction
Condition
Number of Pens NP 8
Color Range CR Black reference (red, green, blue) ----> 0
White reference (red, green, blue) ----> 255
This command also initializes the parameters of the palette as follows;
Palette No.(Pen No.)
Color
0 White
1 Black
2 Red
3 Green
4 Yellow
5 Blue
6 Magenta
7 Cyan
6.2. PC (Pen Color) Command
Command
PC [pen, red, green, blue]
PC [pen;]
PC [;]
This command changes the pen colors in the palette and sets the colors of all pens to their default settings.
• pen: represents the palette number specified by this command. It ignores the command if it is out of the
range of the specified parameter.
• red, green, blue: specifies the color. The range of the specified value is determined by the CR command.
Default range is 0 ~ 255.
• PC [;]: initializes all palettes.