HP L 5 manual PCL Imaging Mode, Configure Image Data CID Command, ?*v6W b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5

PCL Imaging Mode

The PCL Imaging mode, entered using the Configure Image Data (CID) command (?*v#W), creates a variable-sized programmable palette. It provides multiple color spaces, pixel encoding modes, and reprogrammable palettes.

Configure Image Data (CID) Command

The CID command provides configuration information for creating palettes and transmitting raster data. The CID command performs the following:

•Designates the color space for the newly created palette

•Designates the size of the palette

•Designates the Pixel Encoding Mode, the format of the raster data

•Designates, in certain circumstances, the size, in bits, of the three components of the color specifications. However, this information is rarely useful since it applies only to the direct-by-pixel PEM, where the format must be eight bits per component for 24-bit direct color, and the direct-by-plane, where there is one bit per component.

?*v6W b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5

Where:
6	=	The number of bytes following the “W”
b0	=	byte 0	The color space
b1	=	byte 1	The Pixel Encoding Mode
b2	=	byte 2	The number of bits per index which implies the
			size of the palette
b3	=	byte 3	The number of bits in color component
			(primary) #1
b4	=	byte 4	The number of bits in color component
			(primary) #2
b5	=	byte 5	The number of bits in color component
			(primary) #3

EN Using Color Modes 2-5