Pen control and plot instructions – Brother HL-2170W User Manual

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CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 18

7.3.

Pen Control and Plot Instructions

Instruction Function
PU Pen

Up

PD Pen

Down

PA Plot

Absolute

PR

Relative Coordinate Pen Move

AA

Absolute Arc Plot

AR

Relative Arc Plot

AT

Absolute Three Point Arc

RT

Relative Three Point Arc

PE Polyline

Encoded

CI Circle
BR Bezier

Relative

BZ Bezier

Absolute

PU - Pen up

PU [ X,Y [,...]] [;]

X ; X coordinate of the cursor movement destination
Y ; Y coordinate of the cursor movement destination

X and Y are either relative or absolute, depending on whether a PA or a PR was the last plot command

executed. The absolute coordinates are set as default.

You can specify as many coordinate pairs as you wish. The cursor moves to each point in turn without

drawing.

Using this instruction without a parameter field raises the pen without changing the cursor position.

Coordinates are specified in the currently selected unit.

In symbol mode PU draws the specified symbol at each point in the parameter list.

In polygon mode the specified coordinate pairs are placed in the polygon buffer.

If an odd number of coordinates are specified, the final (unpaired) coordinate is ignored.

PD - Pen down

PD [ X, Y [,...]] [;]

X ; X coordinate of the cursor movement destination
Y ; Y coordinate of the cursor movement destination

X and Y are either relative or absolute, depending on whether a PA or a PR was the last plot command

executed. The absolute coordinates are the default setting.

You can specify as many coordinate pairs as you wish. The cursor moves to each point in turn, drawing

lines on the page.

Using this instruction without a parameter lowers the pen without changing the cursor position.

Coordinates are specified in the currently selected unit.

In symbol mode PD draws the specified symbol at each defined point on the x- and y-axis.

In polygon mode the specified coordinate pairs are placed in the polygon buffer.

If an odd number of coordinates are specified, the final (unpaired) coordinate is ignored.

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