Specifications

PCL 5
5-9Emulations Menu
Monochrome GL/2
Allows your printer to emulate a monochrome or color plotter.
Menu
Administration/Emulations/HP PCL 5/Monochrome GL/2
Choices
On, Off
On—Sets the printer to monochrome (2 pen).
Off—Sets the printer to color (8 pen). Since a monochrome
print system has two pen colors only (black and white),
grayscale patterns are substituted for other colors.
The printer maps each pen to its assigned color, then converts
the color to a grayscale using the National Television System
Committee (NTSC) color standard for luminosity coefficients
(Additive System):
Y = .3R + .59G + .11B
Examples on How to Use the Color Standard Formula
White Y = [(1*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—100% gray
Black Y = [(0*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—0% gray
Red Y = [(1*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—30% gray
Green Y = [(0*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—59% gray
Yellow Y = [(1*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (0*0.11)]—89% gray
Blue Y = [(0*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—11% gray
MagentaY = [(1*0.3) + (0*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—41% gray
Cyan Y = [(0*0.3) + (1*0.59) + (1*0.11)]—70% gray
Default
On
Pen Color Defaults:
Pen 0 = White
Pen 1 = Black
Pen 2 = Red
Pen 3 = Green
Pen 4 = Yellow
Pen 5 = Blue
Pen 6 = Magenta
Pen 7 = Cyan