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Outputting Plot Files from a PC to an HPGL Compatible Printer
To output the plot files to an HPGL compatible printer, you can use the HPGL initialization
sequence linked in a series as follows:
Step 1. Store the HPGL initialization sequence
in
a
hle
named hpglinit.
Step 2. Store the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence in a
file
named exithpgl.
Step 3. Send the HPGL initialization sequence to the printer.
Step 4. Send the plot
file
to the printer.
Step 5. Send the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence to the printer.
Step 1. Store the HPGL initialization sequence.
1. Create a test
file
by typing in each character as shown in the left hand column of
Table
4-6.
Do not insert spaces or linefeeds. Most editors allow the inclusion of escape sequences.
For example, in the MS-DOS editor (DOS 5.0 or greater), press CNTRL-P (hold down the
CTRL key and press P) followed by the
ESCape
key to create the escape character.
2.
Nametheflehpglinit.
‘able
4-6.
EIPGL
Initialization Commands
Command
Remark
<esoE
conditional page eject
<eso&12A
page size 8.5 x 11
<eso&llO
landscape orientation
(lower case 1, one, capital 0)
<eso&aOL
no left margin
(a, zero, capitol L)
<esc>&a4OOM
no right margin
(a, 4, zero, zero, capitol
h)
<eso&lOE
no top margin
(lower case
1,
zero, capitol E)
<eso*c768Ox5650Y frame size
10.66”~
7.847”
(720 decipoints/inch)
<es0
*p5Ox5OY
move cursor to anchor point
<eso
*COT
set picture frame anchor point
<eso
*r-3U
set CMY palette
<eso
%
1B
enter HPGL mode; cursor at PCL
Note
As shown in
‘Jbble
4-6, the <esc> is the symbol used for the escape character,
decimal value 27.
Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results
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