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Configuring the Printer Setup Defaults (continued)
Setting The Versatec Color Graphics
Language (VCGL) Emulation
VCGL Emulation Purpose
The Versatec Color Graphics Language (VCGL) is an older, Xerox
proprietary data format originally designed to work with Xerox Versatec
plotters.
Firmware 6.0 addition of this emulation feature to the 8825/8830 printer
enables legacy VCGL files to be sent to the 8825/8830 printer over Ethernet,
Parallel, Serial, VPI and SCSI ports.
PATH TO VCGL EMULATION OPTIONS
Display <IDLE>, press [ON-LINE], display <PAUSED>, press [ENTER],
display <UTILITIES>, press [NEXT] until <SETUP PRINTER> is displayed,
press [ENTER], display <BANNER PAGE>, press [NEXT] until
<EMULATIONS> is displayed, press [ENTER], display <HPGL>, press
[NEXT] until <VCGL> is displayed.
SELECTING THE VCGL EMULATION OPTIONS
Press ENTER and <VCGL PALETTE = 0> will be displayed. Zero (0) is the
default setting for this parameter. Press NEXT to display the three additional
parameters of the VCGL menu. These parameters are VCGL PALETTE
SOURCE = JOB (default), COLOR FILE CONTROL (default), and DEVICE
RESOLUTION = 400 (default).
VCGL PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS
VCGL Palette =
One factory default (read only) pen palette and eight user-editable pen
palettes are stored within the printer in support of VCGL emulation printing.
Within each of the eight user-editable pen palettes there are 256 pens (pens
0 to 255) whose drawing attributes can be individually specified using the
Printer Control Panel’s <SETUP PRINTER> menu and <PEN PALETTE>
submenu, or using the Printer Management Tool (PMT) installed on a remote
workstation. Depending upon whether the Palette Source Parameter is set to
<JOB> or to <PRINTER>, the pen settings specified within your CAD
application, or the pen palette specified by a palette number, will be used to
print your drawing.
Available options include:
VCGL Palette = 0 (read-only).
VCGL Palette = 1-8 (user-editable) as the default VCGL palette.
VCGL Palette Source =
VCGL Palette Source establishes the source of pen attributes to be used in
printing your drawing. Set to <JOB> to use the pen settings specified within
your CAD application. Set to <PRINTER> to use the palette number
specified by the <VCGL PALETTE = > parameter, described above, to print
your drawing.