APPENDICES
Appendix–42
HP-GL/2 Command Sets
Command Mnemonic Parameters
Dual Context Extensions
ENTER PCL MODE ESC % # A 0-Retain previous PCL cursor position
and palette
1-Use current HP-GL/2 pen position and
palette
RESET ESC E None
PRIMARY FONT FI Font_ID
SECONDARY FONT FN Font_ID
SCALABLE OR BITMAPPED FONTS S B 0-Scalable fonts only
1-Bitmapped fonts allowed
Palette Extensions
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 B Z x1_control_pt, y1_control_pt
x2_control_pt, y2_control_pt
x3_control_pt, y3_control_pt
[, params … [, parms ]].
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
[, params … [, parms ]]; 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 ]];
Polygon Group
CIRCLE CI radius [, chord_angle];
FILL RECTANGLE ABSOLUTE RA x_coordinate, y_coordinate;
FILL RECTANGLE RELATIVE RR x_increment, y_increment;
EDGE RECTANGLE ABSOLUTE EA x_coordinate, y_coordinate;
EDGE RECTANGLE RELATIVE ER x_increment, y_increment;
FILL WEDGE WG radius, start_angle, sweep_angle
[, chord_angle];
