Table A-1. HP PCL 5 Commands (continued)

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

COMMAND

DECIMAL VALUE

 

HEXADECIMAL VALUE

 

PCL VECTOR GRAPHICS SWITCHING/SET-UP PICTURE FRAME

 

 

 

 

 

Enter PCL Mode

Use previous PCL cursor

?%0A

 

027 037 048 65

 

1B

25 30 41

 

 

position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use current HP-GL/2pen

?%1A

 

027 037 049 65

 

1B

25 31 41

 

 

position for cursor position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode

Use previous HP-GL/2 pen

?%0B

 

027 037 048 066

 

1B

25 30 42

 

 

position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use current PCL cursor

?%1B

 

027 037 049 066

 

1B

25 31 42

 

 

position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stand-alone plotter mode

?%–1B

 

027 037 045 049 066

 

1B

25 2D 31 42

 

 

Current PCL

?%2B

 

027 037 050 066

 

1B

25 32 42

 

 

coordinate system/old HP-GL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pen position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current PCL coordinate

?%3B

 

027 037 051 066

 

1B

25 33 42

 

 

system/current PCL CAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HP-GL/2 Plot Horzontal Size

Horizontal size in inches

?*c#K

(k)

027 042 099 #...# 075

(107)

1B

2A 63

# ... # 4B

(6B)

HP-GL/2 Plot Vertical Size

Vertical size in inches

?*c#L

(l)

027 042 099 #...# 076

(108)

1B

2A 63

#...# 4C

(6C)

Set Picture Frame Anchor

Set anchor point to cursor

?*c0T

(t)

027 042 099 048 084

(116)

1B

2A 63

30 54

(74)

Point

position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture Frame Horizontal Size

Decipoints

?*c#X

(x)

027 042 099 #...# 088

(120)

1B

2A 63

#...# 58

(78)

Picture Frame Vertical Size

Decipoints

?*c#Y

(y)

027 042 099 #...# 089

(121)

1B

2A 63

#...# 59

(79)

DUAL CONTEXT EXTENSIONS

Enter PCL Mode

?%#A

0

- Retain previous

 

 

 

 

PCL cursor position

 

 

 

 

1

- Use current

 

 

 

 

HP-GL/2 pen

 

 

 

 

position

 

 

Reset

?E

None

 

 

Primary Font

FI

Font_ID

 

 

Secondary Font

FN

Font_ID

 

 

Scalable Or

SB

0

- Scalable

 

 

Bitmapped Fonts

 

fonts only

 

 

 

 

1

- Bitmapped

 

 

 

 

fonts allowed

 

 

Printer Commands A-17