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

Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results

Outputting Plot Files from a PC to an HPGL Compatible Printer

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 in a file named hpglinit.
Step 2. Store the exit HPGL mode and form feed sequence in a file named exithpgl.
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 column of
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 by the ESCape key to create the escape character.
2. Name the file hpglinit.
Table 4-7 HPGL Initialization Commands
Command
<esc>E
<esc>&12A
<esc>&l1O
<esc>&a0L
<esc>&a400M
<esc>&l0E
<esc>*c7680x5650Y
<esc>*p50x50Y
<esc>*c0T
<esc>*r-3U
<esc>%1B
NOTE As shown in
decimal value 27.
4-26
Remark
conditional page eject
page size 8.5 x 11
landscape orientation (lower case l, one, capital O)
no left margin (a, zero, capital L)
no right margin (a, 4, zero, zero, capital M)
no top margin (lower case l, zero, capital E)
frame size 10.66"x 7.847" (720 decipoints/inch)
move cursor to anchor point
set picture frame anchor point
set CMY palette
enter HPGL mode; cursor at PCL
Table 4-7, the <esc> is the symbol used for the escape character,
Table 4-7.