HP L 5 manual Palette Management by ID

Palette Management by ID

All palettes have a unique ID (identification number). The default black and white palette created on power-up or ?E has an ID of 0.

Palette management by ID lets applications have multiple palettes. As shown below, multiple palettes can exist in two areas: the palette stack and the palette store. The stack holds palettes that are pushed via a Push/Pop Palette command; the store holds palettes having palette IDs.

Palettes on the stack may not be selected by ID, since only a copy of a palette is pushed onto the stack; the original palette and ID remain in the palette store. A palette popped from the stack goes into the palette store, becomes the new active palette, and assumes the ID of the previously active palette, which is overwritten. Only one palette at a time may be active.

EN Using Palettes (Color LaserJet, 5, 5M, DeskJet) C-5