Outputting Plot Files From A Pc To An Hpgl Compatible Printer; Step 1. Store The Hpgl Initialization Sequence - HP 8753E User Manual

Outputting Plot Files from a PC to an HPGL Compatible Printer

To output the plot files to an HPGL compatible printer, you can use the HPGL initialization
sequence linked in a series as follows:

Step 1. Store the HPGL initialization sequence

Step 2. Store the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence
Step 3. Send the HPGL initialization sequence to the printer.
Step 4. Send the plot file to the printer.
Step 5. Send the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence to the printer.
Step 1. Store the HPGL initialization sequence.
1. Create a test file by typing in each character as shown in the left hand column of Table 4-6.
Do not insert spaces or linefeeds. Most editors allow the inclusion of escape sequences.
For example, in the MS-DOS editor (DOS 5.0 or greater), press CNTRL-P (hold down the
CTRL key and press P) followed
2. Nametheflehpglinit.
Note
As shown in 'Jbble 4-6, the <esc> is the symbol used for the escape character,
decimal value 27.
by
the ESCape key to create the escape character.
Command
conditional page eject
page size 8.5 x 11
landscape orientation
(lower case
no left margin
(a, zero, capitol L)
no right margin
(a, 4, zero, zero, capitol h)
no top margin
(lower case
(720 decipoints/inch)
move cursor to anchor point
set picture frame anchor point
set CMY palette
enter HPGL mode; cursor at PCL
hpglinit.
a hle named
in
a file named
Remark
1,
one,
capital 0)
1,
zero, capitol E)
Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results 4-23
exithpgl.