Set Color #1 ; Command ; Set Color #2 - Page 140

2001/10/02 

CHAPTER 3 "PCL5C" - 10 

3. 

COLOR PALETTES 

3.1. 

Set Color #1 

Command 

ESC*v#A (27)(42)(118)#(65)  <1Bh><2Ah><76h>#<41h> 

Range = -32767 ~ 32767 
Default value = 0 

• 

This command sets the red value in the palette.  Use the

 Set Color to Palette

 command to set the value 

• 

The value range to be set varies depending on the specified black/white reference. 

3.2. 

Set Color #2 

Command 

ESC*v#B (27)(42)(118)#(66)  <1Bh><2Ah><76h>#<42h> 

Range = -32767 ~ 32767 
Default value = 0 

• 

This command sets the green value in the palette. Use the

 Set Color to Palette

 command to set the value. 

• 

The value range to be set varies depending on the specified black/white reference. 

3.3. 

Set Color #3 

Command 

ESC*v#C (27)(42)(118)#(67)  <1Bh><2Ah><76h>#<43h> 

Range = -32767 ~ 32767 
Default value = 0 

• 

This command sets the blue value in the palette. Use the

 Set Color to Palette

 command to set the value. 

• 

The value range to be set varies depending on the specified black/white reference. 

3.4. 

Set Color to Palette 

Command 

ESC*v#I (27)(42)(118)#(73)  <1Bh><2Ah><76h>#<49h> 

Range = 0 ~ (2

n

 - 1) (The value 

n

 is specified by the Bit/Index setting in the 

Set PCL Color Setting

 command.) 

Default value = 0 

• 

This command sets the red, green and blue values which are set by the

 Set Color #1, #2, #3

 commands in the 

palette. 

• 

When an out of range value is set, it is ignored in the palette. 

• 

This command sets the value which was set by the

 Set Color #1, #2, #3

 commands to 0. 

3.5. 

Select Color 

Command 

ESC*v#S (27)(42)(118)#(83)  <1Bh><2Ah><76h>#<53h> 

# = 0 ~ current palette size 
Default value = 0 

• 

This command selects the color as the index number in the palette. 

• 

This command is valid for text, underline, rule and graphics. 

• 

This command does not affect the User-defined color pattern or HP-GL/2.  (The HP-GL/2 command selects 

the color using the SP command.) 

• 

The value to be selected by this command is never affected by the 

Set PCL Color Setting,

 Set 

Render 

Algorithm, Download Dither Matrix

 or 

Set Gamma Correction

 commands.