6.3. NP (Number of Pens) Command; 6.4. CR (Color Range) Command; Command - Page 155

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PC [pen;]:

sets the pen to the default color. 

Number of pens in palette 

Pen number 

Color 

2 ("NP 2;") 

0 

White   

 1 

Black 

4 ("NP 4;") 

0 

White   

 1 

Black 

 2 

Red 

 3 

Green 

8 ("NP 8;") 

0 

White   

 1 

Black 

 2 

Red 

 3 

Green 

 4 

Yellow 

 5 

Blue 

 6 

Magenta 

 7 

Cyan 

**  If the number of pens in the palette is over 8, the color is set to black. 

6.3.

NP (Number of Pens) Command 

Command 

NP [n;] 
NP [;] 

Range = 2 ~ 32768 
Default value = 8 

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This command makes the palette the specified size after the 

Initialize Set Instruction

 command or 

Set PCL 

Color Setting

 command is executed. 

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The 

n

 value represents the palette number with the value of 2

n

.    When it cannot be indicated with the value 

of 2

n

, the next value, 2

n+1

 is selected. 

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When a value over 257 is specified, 256 is selected. 

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When a value less than 2 is specified, it is ignored. 

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The specified palette can be selected by the 

Select Pen

 command.    When the value specified by the 

Select 

Pen

 command is bigger than the palette number specified by this command, the value of the remainder is 

used. 

6.4.

CR (Color Range) Command 

Command 

CR [....] 

Range = - 32768 ~ 32767 
Default value is listed below; 

 R 

G 

B 

Black reference 

0 

0 

0 

White reference 

255 

255 

255 

Black reference:

specifies the black value (the highest level of density) 

White reference:

specifies the white value (the lowest level of density) 

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This command sets the range for specifying relative color data. 

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The value specified by this command is reset to the default value by the 

CR [;]

or

IN [;]

 command.