HP Designjet 2500.3500cp Printer series - Manual (Page 154)

Controlling the Overall appearance of a Print
Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Internal Palettes
6-6
Viewing the Colors Available For a Palette
1 Make sure that the front-panel Color/Mono switch is set to Color.
2 To print the Palette, go to the INTERNAL PRINTS menu and choose
HP-GL/2 Palette.
In the Palette print, there are 256 squares, numbered 0 through 255, each showing
one of the 256 colors available for selection in the printer’s internal palettes. The
example below is color 6 (magenta), which is assigned to pen 6 in the factory’s
default palette.
Note that RGB and CMYK - plus white - are assigned by default to pens 0 through
7, and that eight grayscales are included in the 256 colors.
The 256 colors shown in the Palette Print are not the only colors you can print with
your printer! Using your software, you can create many more colors and, as long as
you are using the correct driver, the printer will reproduce these colors by an
appropriate mix of inks from its CMYK cartridges. The Palette Print merely shows
the 256 colors available for use in the printer’s internal palettes, should you choose
to use them.
INTERNAL PRINTS
HP-GL/2 Palette
All menu modes
6
6
255,0,255
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Pen number in factory default palette, and initially
Color number. 0 through 255.
RGB composition, scaled to 255 = 100%. In this example,
it is 100% red + 0% green + 100% blue, which is magenta.
therefore in all three palettes. 0 through 15.