Printer Control, Gray Balance Default Modes

HP PCL Commands

10.6Printer Control

10.6.1Gray Balance

TABLE 9.

Gray Balance - Esc * b # B

Value

DJ600

DJ610C

DJ660C

DJ670C

DJ680C

DJ690C

DJ695C

DJ810C

DJ830C

DJ850C

DJ870C

DJ880C

DJ890C

DJ895C

DJ970C

HP2000C

EFFECT

Set gray balance to device

default (enabled or disabled)

Enable gray balancing

Disable gray balancing

Default

Device dependent

Range

0 to 2 - Command is ignored for out of range values

Determines whether black optimization is performed to make process black (composite black—composed of color inks) appear more black.

When composite black is constructed by setting all the bits in the CMY color planes, the result- ing color may not be isotonic. Gray balancing removes some dots to neutralize the hue shift. Esc E resets Gray Balance to the device-dependent default.

The default for the HP DeskJet 550C is 2 (disable gray balancing).

! The defaults for the HP DeskJet 540 and HP DeskJet 600 printers are Print Mode and Media Type dependent - as shown in the following table. Other HP DeskJet printers do not require gray balancing, as the gray balance function is built into the Media Type/Print Quality commands. The Gray Balance command is considered obsolete for those printers.

Gray Balance Default Modes

		HP DeskJet 540			HP DeskJet 600

Print Mode	Plain	Special	Glossy/	Plain	Special	Glossy/Trans.
Print Mode	Paper	Paper	Trans.	Paper	Paper
	Paper	Paper	Trans.	Paper	Paper

EconoFast	(disabled)	(disabled)	(disabled)	(disabled)	(disabled)	(disabled)

Normal	(enabled)	(enabled)	(enabled)	(enabled)	(enabled)	(disabled)

Best	(enabled)	(enabled)	(enabled)	(enabled)	(enabled)	(disabled)

HP DeskJet 600, 700, 800, 900 & HP 2000 Series PCL Developer’s Guide

800, 700 specifications

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HP 700, 800 manual Printer Control, Gray Balance Default Modes

Models: 800 700