Printer User Manual

HP-GL/2 COMMAND QUICK REFERENCE
Table B-4. HP-GL/2 Line and Fill Attributes Group commands
Syntax Name # value
AC [X,Y][:] Anchor Corner Determines the starting point for fill patterns.
FT [fill
type[,option
1[,option2]]]
[;]
Fill Type Fill Type Description, option1, option2
1 and 2 Solid black, ignored, ignored
3 Hatched (parallel lines), line spacing, angle
4 Cross-hatched, line spacing, angle
10 Shading, %shading, ignored
11 User-defined, raster-fill index, ignored
21 PCL Patterns, pattern type, ignored
LA [kind,
value...
[,kind,
value]][;]
Line Attributes
Attribute Kind, Value—Description
Line Ends 1, 1—Butt (default)
2—Square
3—Triangular
4—Round.
Line Joins 2, 1—Mitered (default)
2—Mitered/beveled
3—Triangular
4—Round
5—Beveled
6—No join applied.
Miter Limit 3, 1 to 32,767—Max. length of miter
(miter length/pen width ratio)
LT
[line type
[,pattern
length
[,mode]]][;]
Line Type line type -8 to +8
pattern length >0
Mode is:
0 (relative)—Interprets pattern length as percentage
of diagonal distance between P1 and P2
1 (absolute)—Interprets the pattern length parameter
in millimetres
PW [width
[,pen]][;]
Pen Width width -32768 to +32767
pen 0 (white), 1 (black)
RF [index
[,width,
height, pen
number
[,...pen
number]]][;]
Raster Fill Definition index 1 to 8
width 1 to 255
height 1 to 255
pen number 0 (white), 1 (black)
SM
[character]
[;]
Symbol Mode
SP [pen][;]* Select Pen Pen is:
0 White
1 Black
SV
[screen
type[,option
1[,option2]]]
[;]
Screened Vectors
Screen
Description Type Option 1 Option 2
No screening 0 ignored ignored
Shaded fill 1 % shading ignored
User defined 2 index no. ignored
PCL patterns 21 pattern type ignored
XEROX MRP FAMILY PCL 5 AND POSTSCRIPT PRINTER LANGUAGE REFERENCE B-5