Brother PCL - Chapter 4 Hp-Gl;2

2006/05/31
CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 2
CONTENTS
1. COMMAND LIST..................................................................................................................4
2. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................6
3. TERMINOLOGY...................................................................................................................7
3.1. Picture Frame...........................................................................................................................7
3.2. Anchor Point ............................................................................................................................7
3.3. Graphics Window.....................................................................................................................7
3.4. Hard Clip Limits........................................................................................................................7
3.5. Soft Clip Limits ......................................................................................................................... 7
3.6. Graphics Units .........................................................................................................................7
3.7. User Units ................................................................................................................................ 7
3.8. Current Units............................................................................................................................7
3.9. Pens.........................................................................................................................................7
3.10. Absolute and Relative Plotting................................................................................................. 8
3.11. Fills...........................................................................................................................................8
4. COMMAND SYNTAX ...........................................................................................................9
4.1. Mnemonic.................................................................................................................................9
4.2. Parameters...............................................................................................................................9
4.3. Separators ...............................................................................................................................9
4.4. Terminator................................................................................................................................9
5. THE HP-GL GRAPHICS WINDOW....................................................................................10
5.1. Units.......................................................................................................................................10
5.2. The Scaling Points P1 and P2 ............................................................................................... 10
5.3. Scaling ...................................................................................................................................10
5.4. Transformation.......................................................................................................................10
6. PREPARING TO PRINT GRAPHIC IMAGES .................................................................... 11
6.1. Setting Up the Graphics Window ........................................................................................... 11
6.2. Using Existing Image Plots .................................................................................................... 11
6.3. Printing an Image...................................................................................................................11
6.4. Entering HP-GL/2 Mode......................................................................................................... 11
6.5. Quitting HP-GL/2 Mode..........................................................................................................11
7. COMMANDS ...................................................................................................................... 12
7.1. Initialize Commands............................................................................................................... 12
7.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions .................................................................................. 14
7.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions .......................................................................................... 18
7.4. The polygon group ................................................................................................................. 25
7.5. Plot Function Instructions.......................................................................................................30