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Control panel reset

A reset or factory reset performed using the printer control panel. 

Cross-hatching

A method of shading using perpendicular diagonal lines that cross one another. 

Current units

The current unit type in use in HP-GL and HP-GL/2 mode.  Current units are either 
user units or graphics units depending on whether an SC command has been used. 

Cursor

Although the printer does not have a cursor, it is sometimes easier to visualize the 
printer's operation in terms of a cursor that can be moved from place to place on the 
page. 

Cursor position

The current position of the imaginary cursor. 

Decipoint

A unit of measure equal to 1/720". 

Default conditions

A set of HP-GL and HP-GL/2 mode settings that you restore using the DF; 
command.  The default conditions are a subset of the initial settings. 

Destination image

The graphic image that is already in place on a page and to which the source image 
is applied in the LaserJet series print model.  

Dots

A unit of measure equal to 1/600",  the smallest increment that the cursor can 
move. 

Downloadable font

A character font that can be downloaded from your computer to the printer.  You 
can either buy Downloadable fonts or create your own.  A downloadable font 
consists of a font descriptor block followed by a character code,  character 
descriptor block and the data for each character in the font. 

Downloading

The process of sending either a font,  a macro or a graphic image from your 
computer to the printer. 

Effective window

The area of the page on which HP-GL and HP-GL/2 output can appear.  The 
effective window is determined by the overlap of the logical page,  the PCL picture 
frame,  the hard clip and the soft clip limits. 

Emulation mode

A mode of operation in which the printer imitates the functions of a different 
model. 

Enabling a macro for overlay 

A macro that is enabled for overlay runs as the final operation before each page is 
printed, using the macro overlay environment printer settings.

Escape sequence

The Esc character followed by a string of other characters that tell the printer which 
operation to perform. 

Factory default environment

  The collection of printer settings that have been made to the printer before it leaves 

the factory.  You can reset the printer to the factory settings either by using a 
printer command or using the control panel. 

Factory reset

A reset in which LaserJet mode is made the current emulation mode and the factory 
default environment is restored. 

Fill

A shading applied to a shape that you have drawn.