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2001/10/02
CHAPTER 2 "PCL" - 14
3.3. Environments
3.3.1. Factory default environment
The factory default environment is the collection of printer settings programmed into the printer before it leaves
the factory. You can restore the factory default environment using the printer’s control panel.
See the User's Guide to find how to reset the printer from the printer's control panel.
Some settings cannot be restored to the factory default environment with the RESET operation from the printer's
control panel.
3.3.2. User default environment
The user default environment is a combination of factory default settings and settings which the user has made
from the printer’s control panel or remote printer console. You can store user default setting(s) in the printer by
using the printer control panel. You can restore the user default environment either by sending the reset escape
sequence to the printer, EscE, or by performing a reset from the printer’s control panel. On some models, there
are multiple User settings available, refer to your printer User Guide to see if your printer supports these.
3.3.3. Modified print environment
The modified print environment is made up of all the current printer settings. If you call a macro or go into HP-
GL/2 graphics language the modified print environment settings are saved. When the macro has been executed,
or when you quit HP-GL/2, these saved settings are restored. The modified print environment consists of settings
for the following features:
Page length
Page size
Orientation
Left registration
Top registration
Paper source
Number of copies
Margins
Perforation skip mode
Line termination mode
End-of line wrap
Current font
Primary font characteristics
Secondary font characteristics HMI
Primary font
Secondary font
Font ID
Character code Macro ID
VMI/Line spacing
Horizontal rectangle size
Vertical rectangle size
Area fill ID
Raster graphics resolution
Raster graphics presentation mode
Raster graphics left margin
Pattern ID
Current pattern
Source transparency mode
Pattern transparency mode
Print direction
Raster graphics compression mode
Underline mode
Raster graphics height
Raster graphics width
3.3.4. Macro overlay environment
The macro overlay environment is a combination of the user default environment and the current modified print
environment. The overlay environments settings take effect when a macro is enabled for automatic overlay. This
is detailed in the section of this manual in which macros are described.