Printer User Manual
HP-GL/2 COMMAND QUICK REFERENCE
Table B-2. HP-GL/2 Vector Group commands
Syntax Name # value
AA
X
CTR
,Y
CTR
,
sweep
angle[,chord
angle][;]
Arc Absolute X
CTR
, Y
CTR
-2
30
to +2
30
-1
sweep angle -32768 to +32767
chord angle 0.5 to 180
AR
X
INCR
,Y
INCR
,
sweep
angle[,chord
angle][;]
Arc Relative X
INCR,
Y
INCR
-2
30
to +2
30
-1
sweep angle -32768 to +32767
chord angle 0.5 to 180
AT X
INTER
,
Y
INTER
,X
END
,
Y
END
[,chord
angle][;]
Absolute Arc Three Point X
INTER,
Y
INTER
-2
30
to +2
30
-1
X
END,
Y
END
-2
30
to +2
30
-1
chord angle 0.5 to 180
CI radius
[,chord
angle][;]
Circle radius -2
30
to +2
30
-1
chord angle 0.5 to 180
PA
[X,Y...[,X,Y]]
[;]
Plot Absolute -2
30
to +2
30
-1
PD
[X,Y...[,X,Y]]
[;]
Pen Down -2
30
to +2
30
-1
PE
[flag][val]|
coord pair...
[flag]
[val]|coord
pair [;]
or
PE;
Polyline Encoded Encodes common HP-GL/2 commands to increase
throughput
flag is:
< Pen Up
> Fractional data
= Absolute
7 7-bit data
: Select Pen
coord pair is-2
30
to +2
30
-1
val is flag dependent
PR
[X,Y...[,X,Y]]
[;]
Plot Relative -2
30
to +2
30
-1
PU
[X,Y...[,X,Y]]
[;]
Pen Up -2
30
to +2
30
-1
RT X
INCR
INTER
, Y
INCR
INTER
,X
INCR
END
, Y
INCR
END
[,chord
angle][;]
Relative Arc Three Point X
INCR
INTER
, Y
INCR INTER
-2
30
to +2
30
-1
X
INCR
END
, Y
INCR
END
-2
30
to +2
30
-1
chord angle 0.5 to 180
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