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3.3. 

Environments 

3.3.1.  Factory default environment 

The factory default environment is the collection of printer settings programmed into the printer before it leaves 
the factory. You can restore the factory default environment using the printer’s control panel.  

See the User's Guide to find how to reset the printer from the printer's control panel. 
Some settings cannot be restored to the factory default environment with the RESET operation from the printer's 
control panel. 

3.3.2.  User default environment 

The user default environment is a combination of factory default settings and settings which the user has made 
from the printer’s control panel or remote printer console. You can store user default setting(s) in the printer by 
using the printer control panel.  You can restore the user default environment either by sending the reset escape 
sequence to the printer, EscE, or by performing a reset from the printer’s control panel.  On some models, there 
are multiple User settings available, refer to your printer User Guide to see if your printer supports these. 

3.3.3.  Modified print environment 

The modified print environment is made up of all the current printer settings. If you call a macro or go into HP-
GL/2 graphics language the modified print environment settings are saved. When the macro has been executed, 
or when you quit HP-GL/2, these saved settings are restored. The modified print environment consists of settings 
for the following features: 

Page length 

Page size 

Orientation 

Left registration 

Top registration 

Paper source 

Number of copies 

Margins 

Perforation skip mode 

Line termination mode 

End-of line wrap 

Current font  

Primary font characteristics 

Secondary font characteristics HMI 

Primary font 

Secondary font 

Font ID 

Character code Macro ID 

VMI/Line spacing 

Horizontal rectangle size 

Vertical rectangle size 

Area fill ID 

Raster graphics resolution 

Raster graphics presentation mode  

Raster graphics left margin 

Pattern ID 

Current pattern 

Source transparency mode 

Pattern transparency mode 

Print direction 

Raster graphics compression mode 

Underline mode 

Raster graphics height 

Raster graphics width 

3.3.4.  Macro overlay environment 

The macro overlay environment is a combination of the user default environment and the current modified print 
environment. The overlay environments settings take effect when a macro is enabled for automatic overlay. This 
is detailed in the section of this manual in which macros are described.