Hp-gl/2, Pc (pen color) command – Brother Laser Printer HL1660e User Manual

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2001/10/02

CHAPTER 3 "PCL5C" - 16

6.

HP-GL/2

A few HP-GL/2 commands are added for the HL-2400C/Ce, HL-3400CN color laser printer, and the features of
some existing commands are also expanded.

The new or revised HP-GL/2 commands as follows are described in this chapter;

Initialize Set Instruction (IN) - resets all programmable functions to their default settings

Pen Color (PC) - changes the palette colors

Number of Pens (NP) - changes the palette size

Color Range (CR) - sets the range for specifying relative color data

For the basic commands of HP-GL/2, refer to ‘Chapter 8 HP-GL/2 Graphics Language’.

6.1.

IN (Initialize Set Instruction) Command

Command

IN [;]

This command returns the graphics mode to initial conditions. It initializes the parameters listed on Page.9 of
‘Chapter 8 HP-GL/2’ and also those shown below.

Function

Equivalent

Instruction

Condition

Number of Pens

NP

8

Color Range

CR

Black reference (red, green, blue) ----> 0

White reference (red, green, blue) ----> 255

This command also initializes the parameters of the palette as follows;

Palette No.(Pen No.)

Color

0

White

1

Black

2

Red

3

Green

4

Yellow

5

Blue

6

Magenta

7

Cyan

6.2.

PC (Pen Color) Command

Command

PC [pen, red, green, blue]

PC [pen;]

PC [;]

This command changes the pen colors in the palette and sets the colors of all pens to their default settings.

pen:

represents the palette number specified by this command. It ignores the command if it is out of the

range of the specified parameter.

red, green, blue: specifies the color. The range of the specified value is determined by the CR command.

Default range is 0 ~ 255.

PC [;]:

initializes all palettes.

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