3.5. Select Color; 3.6. Push/Pop Palette; Select Color - Page 149

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3.5.

Select Color 

Command 

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

# = 0 ~ current palette size 
Default value = 0 

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

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

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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.) 

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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. 

3.6.

Push/Pop Palette 

Command 

ESC*p#P (27)(42)(112)#(80)  <1Bh><2Ah><70h>#<50h> 

#  = 0 * 

Push palette 

  = 1   

Pop palette 

* Default value = 0 

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The value of 0 pushes the current palette onto the palette stack.    This command does not affect the current 
palette. 

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The value of 1 pops the palette from the top of the palette stack and replacesthe current palette with it. 

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If the 

Pop Palette

 command is executed without a Push palette having first having been executed, it is 

ignored. 

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The palette stack is controlled as a First In Last Out stack. 

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The parameters below are pushed to the palette stack; 



Color Mode (Simple Color / PCL Color Mode) 

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Parameters to be set by the Set PCL Color Setting command 



Encoding Mode (mode 0, 1, 2, 3) 

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Bits / index 



Bits / value #1 

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Bits / value #2 

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Bits / value #3 

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Black and White Reference 



Parameter of Render Algorithm 



Parameter of Gamma Correction 



Color Palette 



Dither to be downloaded by the Download Dither Matrix command 



Pen Width (HP-GL/2) 

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The data below is pushed to the palette stack; 



Colors to be selected by the Select Color command 

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Colors to be selected by the Set #1, #2, #3 command 

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Monochrome Print Mode