Brother HL-2460 User Manual
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.
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
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Pen Color (PC) - changes the palette colors
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Number of Pens (NP) - changes the palette size
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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.
‘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.