The PCL default viewing illuminant is D65 (6500K). Below is a table of viewing illuminants and their chromaticity values.

Illuminant

x chromaticity

y chromaticity

 

 

 

Daylight (D65) (6500K)

0.3127

0.3290

 

 

 

Tungsten (3200K)

0.4476

0.4074

 

 

 

Cool White Fluorescent

0.3904

0.3914

(5630K)

 

 

 

 

 

This command affects only device-independent color. The command acts like a state variable: it is ignored for White/Black, Device RGB, or Device CMY palettes, but it becomes active when a new CID command specifies a device-independent color space.

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Modifying Output Color (Color LaserJet, 5, 5M, DeskJet) D-19

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HP L 5 manual Illuminant Chromaticity