HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Color) - Technical Reference Manual
EN Using Color Modes (Color LaserJet, 5, 5M, DeskJet) B-7
Common 6-Byte Header
The short and long forms of the CID command use a common 6-byte 
header, regardless of which color space is specified. The header data 
fields, whose meaning may vary according to the color spaces, are 
present in all color space specifications. The short form and long form 
of the CID command are explained separately in the following pages.
Byte 0 (Color Space)
This byte specifies the color space. The range of values is 0 through 
4. All other values are ignored.
Byte 15 (MSB) 8 7  0 (LSB) Byte
0 Color space (UBYTE) Pixel encoding mode 
(UBYTE)
1
2 Bits/index 
(UBYTE)
Bits/primary #1 
(UBYTE)
3
4 Bits/primary #2 
(UBYTE)
Bits/primary #3 
(UBYTE)
5
Byte Value Color Space
0 Device RGB (default)
1Device CMY
2 Colorimetric RGB Spaces
3 CIE L*a*b*
4 Luminance-Chrominance Spaces










