HP L 5 manual HP-GL/2 Imaging Mode

HP-GL/2 Imaging Mode

In HP-GL/2, the Initialize (IN) command starts color imaging and performs the following:

•Sets the pixel encoding mode to index by plane.

•Sets bits per index to 3.

•Creates an 8-pen palette that is reprogrammable in either PCL or HP-GL/2 contexts (see Appendix C, “Using Palettes,” for more information).

Although default HP-GL/2 palettes are different than default PCL palettes, an HP-GL/2 palette is modifiable in either PCL or HP-GL/2 (using the Assign Color Index [?*v#I] or Pen Color [PC] commands, respectively). Likewise, a PCL palette created by the Configure Image Data command (?*v#W) is modifiable in both PCL and HP-GL/2 using the same commands.

The active palette is always transferred between HP-GL/2 and PCL contexts. Since only one palette at a time can be active, a new palette created in either context overwrites the current palette.

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