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EN Using Color Modes 2-5
PCL Imaging Mode
The PCL Imaging mode, entered using the Configure Image Data
(CID) command (
?*v#W), creates a variable-sized programmable
palette. It provides multiple color spaces, pixel encoding modes, and
reprogrammable palettes.
Configure Image Data (CID) Command
The CID command provides configuration information for creating
palettes and transmitting raster data. The CID command performs the
following:
• Designates the color space for the newly created palette
• Designates the size of the palette
• Designates the Pixel Encoding Mode, the format of the raster
data
• Designates, in certain circumstances, the size, in bits, of the
three components of the color specifications. However, this
information is rarely useful since it applies only to the
direct-by-pixel PEM, where the format must be eight bits per
component for 24-bit direct color, and the direct-by-plane,
where there is one bit per component.
?*v6W b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5
Where:
6 = The number of bytes following the “W”
b0 = byte 0 The color space
b1 = byte 1 The Pixel Encoding Mode
b2 = byte 2 The number of bits per index which implies the
size of the palette
b3 = byte 3 The number of bits in color component
(primary) #1
b4 = byte 4 The number of bits in color component
(primary) #2
b5 = byte 5 The number of bits in color component
(primary) #3