ESC*b1V 10101010B ; ESC*b1V 11001100B ; ESC*b1V 11110000B - Page 144

CHAPTER 3 PCL5C - 6 

[Example] 

If you want to send index No. 7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0; 
Enter 

'ESC*v6W 00h 00h 04h 08h 08h 08h'

, then select 

Send Index No by Plane

. 

Select 4 bits/index. (2

4

 = 16 Palettes) 

ESC*r1A 

Start Raster Transfer 

ESC*b1V 10101010B 

Send Plane1 data (The Index No Bit0 data)

ESC*b1V 11001100B 

Send Plane2 data (The Index No Bit1 data)

ESC*b1V 11110000B 

Send Plane3 data (The Index No Bit2 data)

ESC*b1W 00000000B 

Send Plane4 data (The Index No Bit3 data)

.... 
ESC*rC 

End Raster Transfer 

(xxh: hexadecimal, xxxxxxxxB: binary) 

Send Index No by Pixel (= 1) 



This mode sends the index No. by pixel. 



Bits/index must be 1, 2, 4, 8. 

 (2 

bits/index) 

ESC*b#W d1, d2, d1, d2, d1, d2...



 1st raster 

ESC*b#W d1, d2, d1, d2, d1, d2...



 2nd raster 

ESC*b#W d1, d2, 

d1

, 

d2

, d1, d2...



 3rd raster 

ESC*b#W d1, d2, d1, d2, d1, d2...



 4th raster 

  MSB LSB 

Index No. 

d2 d1 

** The Italic characters shown above are the index No. at the 2nd pixel in the 3rd raster. 

[Example] 

If you want to send the index No. below; 

Index No. 

3, 2, 1, 0 

(1st raster) 

2, 1, 0, 3 

(2nd raster) 

3, 0, 1, 2 

(3rd raster) 

0, 1, 2, 3 

(4th raster) 

Enter 

'ESC*v6W 00h 01h 02h 08h 08h 08h'

, then select 

Send Index No by Plane

. 

Select 2 bits/index. (2

2

 = 4 Palettes) 

ESC*r1A 

Start Raster Transfer 

ESC*b1V 11100100B 

Send 1st raster data

ESC*b1V 10010011B 

Send 2nd raster data

ESC*b1V 11000110B 

Send 3rd raster data

ESC*b1W 00011011B 

Send 4th raster data

.... 
ESC*rC 

End Raster Transfer 

(xxh: hexadecimal, xxxxxxxxB: binary) 

Send Direct Value by Plane (= 2) 



This mode sends each value of RGB by plane. 



Bits/index must be 1. 



This mode sends the plane data except the last one using the 

Send Raster Data by Plane

 command.   



This mode sends the last plane data using the

Send Raster Data

 command.