HP (Hewlett-Packard) PCL 5 Printer User Manual


 
Chapter 3. Using Palettes
This chapter describes the palettes associated with the four
color modes and explains how palettes are created, saved,
and modified.
Chapter 4. Modifying Output Color
This chapter explains how color can be optimized by com-
pensating for different conditions, such as variations in
color due to light sources, limitations of the original art-
work and variations in viewing monitors. The chapter
details the use of halftone rendering algorithms, color
lookup tables, gamma correction, and viewing illuminant
commands provided so that users can request and receive
colored output that matches their expectations.
Chapter 5. The PCL Print Model
Chapter 5 describes the print model and how it determines
the printed outcome when various patterns, colors, and im-
ages are applied together on a page. This chapter discusses
the role that logical operations and transparency modes
have on this process.
Chapter 6. Raster Graphics
This chapter describes the raster graphics commands and
also compressing raster graphics images using various com-
pression methods.
Chapter 7. Color Vector Graphics (HP-GL/2)
This chapter discusses printing color pages using HP-GL/2,
the vector graphics language included on all PCL 5 print-
ers. The chapter describes new and/or modified HP-GL/2
commands and how they are used to print with HP color
printers.
Index
This manual includes an index for quick access to PCL com-
mand information.
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