Command Reference Guide for Software Developers

Table Of Contents
CHAPTER 2 PCL - 4
5.2.5.
Selecting the symbol set ....................................................................................................................... 55
5.2.6. Selecting the type of character spacing ................................................................................................ 57
5.2.7. Selecting the pitch ................................................................................................................................. 57
5.2.8. Selecting the height .............................................................................................................................. 58
5.2.9. Scaling the scalable fonts vertically or horizontally .............................................................................. 58
5.2.10. Selecting the style ................................................................................................................................. 58
5.2.11. Selecting the stroke weight ................................................................................................................... 59
5.2.12. Selecting the typeface ........................................................................................................................... 59
5.2.13. Font orientation ..................................................................................................................................... 60
5.2.14. Transparent print data ........................................................................................................................... 61
5.2.15. Esc&d#D (27)(38)(100)#(68) <1Bh><26h><64h>#<44h> .................................................................... 61
5.3. Downloadable font manipulation ............................................................................................... 62
5.3.1. Font ID .................................................................................................................................................. 62
5.3.2. Operations on downloaded fonts .......................................................................................................... 62
5.3.3. Selecting a downloaded font ................................................................................................................. 62
5.4. Creating Downloadable Fonts ................................................................................................... 63
5.4.1. Downloading ......................................................................................................................................... 63
5.4.2. Sending the font descriptor ................................................................................................................... 63
5.4.3. Unicode symbol index character complement bits ............................................................................... 74
5.4.4. Sending a character code ..................................................................................................................... 75
5.4.5. Sending a character descriptor and data .............................................................................................. 75
6. USING GRAPHICS ............................................................................................................. 81
6.1. Source, Pattern and Destination ............................................................................................... 81
6.1.1. Set source transparency ....................................................................................................................... 81
6.1.2. Set pattern transparency ....................................................................................................................... 82
6.1.3. Set area fill identity ................................................................................................................................ 83
6.1.4. User-defined pattern command ............................................................................................................ 84
6.1.5. Set pattern reference point ................................................................................................................... 84
6.1.6. User-defined pattern control ................................................................................................................. 85
6.1.7. Set pattern type ..................................................................................................................................... 85
6.2. Plotting Rectangles ................................................................................................................... 87
6.2.1. Cursor position ...................................................................................................................................... 87
6.2.2. Set rectangle width ............................................................................................................................... 87
6.2.3. Set rectangle height .............................................................................................................................. 87
6.2.4. Draw filled rectangle ............................................................................................................................. 87
6.3. Raster Graphics ........................................................................................................................ 89
6.3.1. Positioning the cursor ........................................................................................................................... 89
6.3.2. Set raster resolution .............................................................................................................................. 89
6.3.3. Set high resolution control .................................................................................................................... 89
6.3.4. Set raster image orientation .................................................................................................................. 89
6.3.5. Set raster area height ........................................................................................................................... 90
6.3.6. Set raster area width ............................................................................................................................. 90
6.3.7. Set raster y-offset .................................................................................................................................. 90
6.3.8. Set compression mode ......................................................................................................................... 90
6.3.9. Start raster transfer ............................................................................................................................... 96
6.3.10. Send raster data.................................................................................................................................... 96
6.3.11. Compress transfer graphics .................................................................................................................. 96
6.3.12. End raster transfer ................................................................................................................................ 96
6.3.13. Horizontal 1200-dpi image format mode (Raster Graphic Mode 1027)................................................ 98
6.4. Vector Graphics ...................................................................................................................... 100
6.4.1. Enter HP-GL/2 mode .......................................................................................................................... 100