HP DeskJet 1200C Printer

The DeskJet 1200C is a 300-dpi LaserJet-compatible thermal inkjet color printer. It uses PCL 5 and is very compatible with the LaserJet 4 family of printers. The main differences between the DeskJet 1200C and the LaserJet 4 printer are summarized in the table below (for a complete listing, see Table 1-1).

Table 2-16. PCL Feature Additions for HP DeskJet 1200C Printer

Feature

Status

Comments

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode

Modified

Three additional parameters (-1, 2, 3) have been added to

 

 

provide support for Standalone HP-GL/2 Mode (?%-1B), for

 

 

using the current PCL coordinate system/previous HP-GL/2

 

 

pen position (?%2B), and for using the current PCL

 

 

coordinate system/current PCL CAP (?%3B).

Media Type

New

Sets the print mode required for printing on various media

 

 

types.

Mechanical Print Quality

New

Determines the graphics print quality.

Negative Motion

New

Specifies whether negative motion will be used.

Raster Scaling

New/Modified

Several commands are added for raster scaling: Destination

 

 

Raster Width (?*t#H), Destination Raster Height (?*t#V),

 

 

Scale Algorithm (?*t#K); also, two parameters are added to

 

 

the Start Raster Graphics command to initiate scaling

 

 

(?*r2A and ?*r3A). (See the PCL 5 Color Technical

 

 

Reference Manual for more information.)

Color Commands

New

See Table 1-1 for a complete list of color commands

 

 

supported by the printer. See the PCL 5 Color Technical

 

 

Reference Manual for descriptions of the color commands.

The DeskJet 1200C printer does not support the followingLaserJet 4 features:Unit of Measure (?&u#D)Status Readback (?*s#X, ?*s#U, ?*s#M, ?*s#T, ?*s#I)Raster resolutions of 200 dpi and 600 dpi

Page sizes: Executive, A4, JIS B5 paper, International B5 envelope, Monarch envelope

HP-GL/2 in macros

Printer-Specific Differences 2-85