HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part II

EN FT, Fill Type 22-9
FT, Fill Type
This command selects the shading pattern used to fill polygons (FP),
rectangles (RA or RR), wedges (WG), or characters (CF). Use FT to
enhance drawings using solid fill, shaded fill, parallel lines (hatching),
cross-hatch, patterned (raster) fill, or PCL user-defined patterns.
FT fill type[,option1[,option2;]]
or
FT [;]
*Refer to the table following the parameter descriptions.
There are eight forms of fill types as shown above. The type
parameter tells the printer which form you are using. If the fill type is
specified, but the option1 and/or option2 parameter is omitted, values
previously given for the specified fill type are assumed, or the defaults
are assumed if none have been specified.
z No Parameters — Defaults all FT parameters and sets the fill
type to solid fill. Equivalent to (FT1).
z Type — Selects the fill pattern. The table below lists the
parameter values and corresponding fill types.
z Option1, Option2 — The definition of these optional parameters
depends on the type of fill selected. The following table lists the
options available for each fill type.
Parameter Format Functional Range Default
fill type clamped
integer
1—4, 10, 11, 21, 22 1
option1, option2 clamped
real
type dependent* type
dependent*
Table 22-5
Fill Type Description Option1 Option2
1 and 2 solid black ignored ignored
3 hatching (parallel
lines)
spacing of lines angle of lines