USING THE PEN DOWN COMMAND
The Pen Down command is the basic plotting command, it
puts the printer's logical pen down to enable printing.
For more information see the PCL 5 Printer Language
Technical Reference Manual.
LEGEND: Ec = [Ctrl] [P] [Esc] in DOS EDIT.
EcE Resets the printer.
Ec%0B Enters HP-GL/2 mode.
IN; Initializes HP-GL/2 mode.
SP1; Selects pen number 1,
(black). Even though
there is no physical pen,
the SP command must be
used to enable printing.
PA10,10; Begins absolute plotting
from coordinate (10,10).
PD2500,10,10,1500,10,10; Sets the pen down and
draws lines between the
specified points.
Ec%0A Enters the PCL mode.
EcE Sends a reset to end the
job and eject the page.
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