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Emulations Menu

HPGL Page

Navigation: PRINTER DEFAULTS > EMULATIONS > HPGL
If you entered the printer password in the Session Setup, you can change the following HPGL
parameters in the printer:
1. HPGL Mode - Click on this list box to select HPGL_758X or HPGL/2. When the data in
the plot file is ambiguous, the printer will assume the file is in the selected format.
2. HP RTL Resolution - This is used as the default resolution for HP-RTL CAP position
and raster scaling. The range is 300 to 1200 (default is 300).
3. NP - This setting is used to define the default number of pens. Valid settings are from
2 to 256. This is only needed for legacy files which use more than the default 8 pens,
but don't specify how many via the NP command. If a file attempts to use a pen
beyond the specified Number of Pens (NP) a modulo operation will be used to select a
valid pen (pen_used = pen_requested mod NP).
4. Assigned Palette - Click on this list box to select the default pen palette (0 to 8) for
HPGL plots.
5. Job overrides assigned pen palette - Click on this check box to enable/disable the
override option. If this box is checked, any pen settings in the HPGL plot file will
override the assigned default pen palette. If this box is not checked, the assigned
default pen palette will be the source for the attributes of all pens used in plotting. The
only exception is for individual pens using the override setting of the Pen Attributes
page, accessed by clicking a pen number on the Pen Palettes Page of the Printer
Defaults Side Menu.
6. Merge Control Default - The Merge Control feature determines how the pixels of
intersecting lines or graphics will be shown in the printed job. With this box
unchecked (default), one line or graphic will overwrite the other. With the Merge
Control checked to 'ON', a merge color (i.e. halftone) will be created at the intersection
of the vectors (i.e. lines or graphics).
7. Reinitialize after EOF -If print files are streamed via any port on the system, these are
treated as a single job and no reset is done between them. However, if one uses the
LPD protocol to send print files one at a time, the effect is that the printer is reset after
each job. If the "Reinitialize after EOF" is set to be on, the firmware will reset the
printing parameters after each plot file that is received by a serial port or a parallel
port.
8. Ignore PS command – Click on this check box for HP-GL DFI to ignore the Page Size
(PS)command. This can be useful when printing certain defective files (i.e.,
incompatible with HP-750C printers).
9. Force round line ends - Click on this check box to cause the HP-GL DFI to print lines
with round ends and round joints. (This will initialize the line cap style to round ends
and to set the line join style to "none", and the HP-GL/2 Line Attributes (LA) command
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