Agilent Technologies 8719D, User Manual

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Outputting Plot Files from a PC to an HPGL Compatible Printer
output the plot to an HPGL compatible printer, you can use the HPGL initialization
sequence linked in a series as follows:
Step 1. Store the HPGL initialization sequence
in a named hpglinit.
Step 2. Store the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence in a file named exithpgl.
Step 3. Send the HPGL initialization sequence to the printer.
Step 4. Send the plot to the printer.
Step 5. Send the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence to the printer.
1. Create a test file, by typing in each character as shown in the left hand column of 4-6.
Do not insert spaces or linefeeds. Most editors allow the inclusion of escape sequences.
For example, in the MS-DOS editor (DOS 5.0 or greater), press CNTRL-P (hold down the
CTRL key and press P) followed by the key to create the escape character.
2. Name
the file
hpglinit.
4-6. Initialization
Command Remark
conditional page eject
page size 8.5 x 11
landscape orientation
(lower case 1, one, capital 0)
no left margin
(a, zero, capitol L)
no right margin
(a, 4, zero, zero, capitol
M)
no top margin
(lower case 1, zero, capitol E)
frame size 7.847”
(720
move
cursor to anchor point
set picture frame anchor point
set CMY palette
%
enter HPGL mode; cursor at PCL
As shown in 4-6, the is the symbol used for the escape character,
decimal 27.
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