Homelite 2400C Initialize Set Instruction Command, PC Pen Color Command, PC pen, red, green, blue

10/10/03

6.HP-GL/2

Afew HP-GL/2 commands are added for the HL-2400C/Ce, HL-3400CN, HL-2600CN, HL-3450CN 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	Condition
		Instruction
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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