6. HP-GL/2; 6.1. IN (Initialize Set Instruction) Command; 6.2. PC (Pen Color) Command- Page 154

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6.

HP-GL/2 

A few HP-GL/2 commands are added for the HL-2400C/Ce, HL-3400CN, HL-2600CN, HL-3450CN, HL-
2700CN, HL-
4040CN/4050CDN/4070CDW/3070CW/3075CW/4140CN/4150CDN/4570CDW/3170CDW/L8250CDN/L835
0CDW/L9200CDW/L9300CDW/L3270CDW/L3230CDW/L3230CDN/L3210CW/3190CDW/3160CDW  
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; 

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

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Pen Color (PC) - changes the palette colors 

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Number of Pens (NP) - changes the palette size 

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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. 

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pen:

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

range of the specified parameter. 

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red, green, blue:

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

Default range is 0 ~ 255. 

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PC [;]:

  initializes all palettes.