3.3. Environments; 3.3.1. Factory default environment; 3.3.2. User default environment- Page 34

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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.