HP PCL/PJL reference - PCL 5 Comparison Guide

ENWW Printer Commands A-19
Table A-2. HP-GL/2 Commands
* Parameters in brackets are optional.
COMMAND MNEMONIC PARAMETERS*
PALETTE EXTENSIONS
Color Range CR [b_ref_red, w_ref_red, b_ref_grn, w_ref_grn, b_ref_blue, w_ref_blue];
Number of Pens NP [n];
Pen Color Assignment PC [pen [,red, green, blue]];
Transparency Mode TR 0 - Off (opaque)
1 - On (transparent)
Screened Vectors SV [screen_type[,shading[,index]]]
VECTOR GROUP
Arc Absolute AA x_center,y_center,sweep_angle [,chord_angle];
Arc Relative AR x_increment,y_increment,sweep_angle [,chord_angle];
Absolute Arc Three Point AT x_inter,y_inter,x_end,y_end[,chord_angle];
Bezier Absolute BZ x1_control_pt, y1_control_pt
x2_control_pt, y2_control_pt
x3_control_pt, y3_control_pt ...
[x1_control_pt, y1_control_pt
x2_control_pt, y2_control_pt
x3_control_pt, y3_control_pt];
Bezier Relative BR x1_control_pt_increments,
y1_control_pt_increments,
x2_control_pt_increments,
y2_control_pt_increments,
x3_control_pt_increments,
y3_control_pt_increments ...
[x1_control_pt_increments,
y1_control_pt_increments,
x2_control_pt_increments,
y2_control_pt_increments,
x3_control_pt_increments,
y3_control_pt_increments];
Circle CI radius [,chord angle];
Plot Absolute PA [x,y ... [,x,y]];
Plot Relative PR [x,y ... [,x,y]];
Pen Down PD [x,y ... [,x,y]];
Pen Up PU [x,y ... [,x,y]];
Relative Arc Three Point RT x_incr_inter,y_incr_inter,x_incr_end,y_incr_end[,chord angle];
Polyline Encoded PE [flag[val]|coord pair ... [flag[val]|coord pair]];