CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 12 
7.  COMMANDS 
7.1.  Initialize Commands 
DF - Default set instruction 
DF[;] 
  Returns the graphics mode to default conditions.    The following are the default settings. 
Function Equivalent 
Instruction 
Condition 
Plot mode  PA;  Absolute plotting 
Absolute direction  DI 1,0;  Horizontal 
Line type  LT;  Solid line 
Line pattern length  LT;  4% of distance from P1 to P2 
Anchor corner  AC;  Lower left corner of picture frame 
Line Attributes  LA;  Butt cap, mitered joints, miter limit = 5 
User-Defined line type  UL;  All line types set to default 
Window  IW;  Set at limits of printable area according to paper 
size 
Symbol mode  SM;  Off 
Character Fill Mode  CF ;  Solid, Fill, no edging 
Character set  SS;  Standard character set selected 
Scalable or Bitmap 
Fonts 
SB 0;  Scalable font only   
Character slant  SL 0;  0 degrees 
Scaling SC ; Off 
Label terminator  DT chr$(3)  chr$(3), non-printing 
Raster fill  RF;  Solid black 
Fill type  FT;  solid fill 
Transparency mode  TR1;  Transparency mode on 
Screened vectors  SV;  No screening 
Polygon mode  PM0PM2;  Polygon buffer empty 
Standard font  SD;  Stick font 
Alternate font  AD;  Stick font 
Character size 
transformation 
SI; Off 
Label origin  LO1;  Current pen location 
Text path  DV;  Left to right with normal line feed 
Extra space  ES;  No extra space 
Transparent data  TD;  Normal printing mode 
 
NOTE:  The location of the scaling points(P1, P2) remains constant.