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CHAPTER 3 "PCL5C" - 16 

6. 

HP-GL/2 

A few HP-GL/2 commands are added for the HL-2400C/Ce, HL-3400CN color laser printer, and the features of 
some existing commands are also expanded.   

The new or revised HP-GL/2 commands as follows are described in this chapter; 

♣ 

Initialize Set Instruction (IN) - resets all programmable functions to their default settings 

♣ 

Pen Color (PC) - changes the palette colors  

♣ 

Number of Pens (NP) - changes the palette size  

♣ 

Color Range (CR) - sets the range for specifying relative color data 

For the basic commands of HP-GL/2, refer to ‘Chapter 8 HP-GL/2 Graphics Language’. 

6.1. 

IN (Initialize Set Instruction) Command 

Command 

IN [;] 

This command returns the graphics mode to initial conditions.  It initializes the parameters listed on Page.9 of 
‘Chapter 8 HP-GL/2’ and also those shown below. 

Function 

Equivalent 

Instruction 

Condition 

Number of Pens 

NP 

8 

Color Range 

CR 

Black reference (red, green, blue) ----> 0 

White reference (red, green, blue) ----> 255 

This command also initializes the parameters of the palette as follows; 

Palette No.(Pen No.) 

Color 

0 

White   

1 

Black 

2 

Red 

3 

Green 

4 

Yellow 

5 

Blue 

6 

Magenta 

7 

Cyan 

6.2. 

PC (Pen Color) Command 

Command 

PC [pen, red, green, blue] 

PC [pen;] 

PC [;] 

This command changes the pen colors  in the palette and sets the colors of all pens to their default settings. 

• 

pen:

represents the palette number specified by this command.  It ignores the command if it is out of the 

range of the specified parameter. 

• 

red, green, blue:

  specifies the color.  The range of the specified value is determined by the CR command.  

Default range is 0 ~ 255. 

• 

PC [;]:

initializes all palettes.