HP L5 manual Enter HP-GL/2 Mode Command, ?%#B

Enter HP-GL/2 Mode Command

The Enter HP-GL/2 Mode command causes the printer to interpret data as HP-GL/2 commands instead of PCL commands. Three new parameters are added: one enables stand-alone plotter mode (?%-1B), and the other two affect the coordinate system and pen position when switching into HP-GL/2 (?%2B and ?%3B).

?%#B

#= –1- Stand-alone plotter mode (single context) 0 - Use previous HP-GL/2 pen position

1 - Use current PCL CAP

2 - Use current PCL dot coordinate system and old HP-GL/2 pen position

3 - Use PCL dot coordinate system and the current PCL CAP

Default = 0

Range = –1 to 3

HP-GL/2 mode remains in effect until a Start Raster command (?*r#A), Reset (?E), UEL command (?%-12345X), or power-on.

In stand-alone plotter mode (?%–1B), only a single context can be used (HP-GL/2 and PCL cannot be merged on the same page).

A value field of 1 or 3 sets the HP-GL/2 pen position and the label carriage return point to the current PCL CAP. A value field of 2 or 3 transfers the current PCL dot coordinate system, including the PCL origin and axes; the coordinate system thus established is independent of the positions of P1 and P2.

This command cannot be executed from display functions mode or within a binary data transfer. HP-GL/2 ingnores this command.

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