HP (Hewlett-Packard) PCL 5 Printer User Manual


 
Monochrome
Printing
The Monochrome Print Mode command converts each color
value to its grayscale equivalent. This improves
throughput, costs less to print, and eliminates waste by
providing a draft mode.
Monochrome Print
Mode Command
The Monochrome Print Mode command designates whether
to print using the current rendering mode or a fast
gray-scale equivalent. Pages printed using the gray-scale
equivalent do not use any color and therefore print faster
and more economically.
?&b#M
# = 0 – Print in mixed render algorithm mode
1 – Print using gray-scale equivalent
Default = 0
Range = 0, 1 (command is ignored for invalid
values)
This command must be sent prior to printable data;
otherwise, the current page is closed and printed. It may be
sent on a page-by-page basis.
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