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6-32 HP PCL Font Characteristics
Table 6-28 Transparent Data Command Parameters
Parameter Format Functional Range Default
mode clamped integer 0 or 1 0 (normal)
The printer interprets the parameters as follows:
No parameters - Defaults the text printing mode to normal. Equivalent to (TD0).
Mode - Selects the normal or transparent data mode for text printing.
0: Normal. Control codes with an associated functionality perform their function and
do not print..
1: Transparent. All characters print and perform no other function (except the
currently defined label terminator, which terminates text printing). The printer
prints a space for non-printing or undefined characters.
Transparent data mode must be enabled to access printable characters that have character
codes with an associated functionality in normal mode. For example, the left arrow in the
PC-8 symbol set has a character code of 27. In normal mode, a character code of 27 is
interpreted as an escape character (ESC); in transparent data mode, a character code of 27
prints a left arrow.
Define Variable Text Path (DV)
This command specifies the text path for subsequent text characters and the direction of
line feeds as either left or right, up or down. Use the DV command to “stack” characters in
a column.
DV path [ line; ] or DV [ ; ]
Table 6-29 Define Variable Text Path Command Parameters
Parameter Format Functional Range Default
path clamped integer 0, 1, 2, or 3 0 (horizontal)
line clamped integer 0 or 1 0 (normal line feed)
The DV command determines the text path, which is the direction that the current location
moves after each character is drawn and the direction that the carriage return point moves
when a line feed is included in the text string.
No parameter - Defaults the text path to horizontal (not stacked) with normal line feed.
Equivalent to (DV0,0).