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Outputting Plot Files from a PC to an HPGL Compatible Printer
To output the plot files 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 a named
hpglinit.
Step 2. Store the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence
in
a 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.
Step 1. Store the HPGL initialization sequence.
1. Create a test 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.
4-6. Initialization Commands
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
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
Note
As shown in 4-6, the is the symbol used for the escape character,
decimal value 27.
Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results 4-23