HP 240A - Manual (Page 7)

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1 Using Emulation
1.1 About Emulation
This chapter explains HP-GL, HP-GL/2 emulation of the print language available on this
printer.
Print data follows certain rules (grammar). These rules (grammar) are called a print
language.
This printer supports a page description language used to create images on a page basis
and an emulation feature used to obtain the print result similar to that obtained by another
printer. The ability to obtain the print result similar to that obtained by other printers is called
emulation.
Emulation Mode
When printing data written in a language other than the page description language
supported by this machine, place this printer in the emulation mode. This printer has more
than one emulation mode. The following table summarizes the relationship between the
HP-GL, HP-GL/2 emulation mode and the printer type to be emulated.
In the HP-GL mode, the modes switch between the HP-GL mode, HP-GL/2 mode, and
HP-RTL.
For the HP-GL/2 mode, the mode is fixed as HP-GL/2 and HP-RTL.
Host Interfaces and Emulation
Different host interfaces support different print languages. Host interfaces that support print
languages are as follows:
• Parallel port
• Serial port
• LPD port
• NetWare port
• SMB port
• IPP port
• USB port
• Port9100 port
Emulation mode Emulated printer
HP-GL emulation mode (HP-GL mode) 7586B or DJ750C Plus
HP-GL/2 emulation mode (HP-GL/2 mode) DJ760C Plus