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Chapter 7 Emulation HP 7550A Emulation [KC-GL] (Mode 8) The HP 7550A emulation applies only to the printing systems that handle A3-size paper. The printing system emulates the Hewlett-Packard plotter model HP 7550A and uses the Kyocera Graphics Language (KC-GL). While it shares features with the HP-GL language, it is designed to provide additional features the plotter cannot give. KC-GL uses a simple mnemonic graphic language consisting of two-letter instructions. Some typical examples are PA for Plot to Absolute coordinates and SP for Select a Pen. The KC-GL instructions are summarized at the end of this section. To set the KC-GL for power-up emulation, send the printer the following FRPO command: !R! FRPO P1, 8; EXIT; The SEM (Set EMulation) 8; command temporarily switches the printer to the KC-GL emulation. In the HP 7550A emulation the user can receive plotting status information from the printer via the RS-232C interface. Status information is not available when the parallel interface is used. Basic This section explains basic information about the KC-GL language. KC-GL Instruction Format The syntax for KC-GL instructions consists of two letters followed by parameters (if any), then a terminator as shown below. Not always required Optional separator (Commas or spaces) Required separator Terminator (A semi-colon or line feed, not required if instructions continue) Some instructions use no parameters. For two or more parameters, they must be separated by at least one comma or space. In some cases, a plus (+) or minus (-) sign can be used as a separator. A comma or space can also be used as a separator before, after, or between instructions, and after a terminator. When a series of instructions is coded, the series should be terminated by a semicolon, but no semicolon is required between instructions in the series. The printing system executes instructions as soon as it receives them. When too many instructions are issued, the printing system executes the allowed number of parameters and reports error number 2 (wrong number of parameters). 7-96

Section	Page
General Infomation	3
Introduction	5
About the Technical Reference manual	6
Table of Contents	7
Introduction to PRESCRIBE	9
Format of PRESCRIBE Commands	12
Basic Concepts	12
Edge Limits	12
Margins	12
Page Orientation and Direction	13
Coordinate Systems	15
Text Positioning	15
Character Spacing	16
Paths	17
Logical Page and Physical Page	17
Command Parameters	18
Numeric Parameters	18
Character Strings	19
Upper and Lowercase Letters	20
Special Parameters	21
Graphics Tutorial	23
Drawing Lines	24
Drawing Boxes and Circles	28
Drawing Filled Shapes	31
Drawing Pie Charts	36
Path Mode Graphics	38
Path	38
Drawing Lines	40
Miter Limit	43
Dash Type	44
Drawing Arcs and Curves	46
Drawing Complex Curves	48
Closed Paths	51
Filled Areas	52
Clipping Rectangle	54
Printing with Character Paths	55
Raster Graphics	56
Raster Data Compression Formats	56
Commands for Printing Raster Data	57
Printing Raster Data	59
Changing the Printing System’s Imaging Model	59
Saving and Restoring the Graphics State	61
Macros	63
Examples of Macros	65
Fonts	69
List of Fonts	70
KPDL Fonts	72
Substituting a Bitmap Font	74
Font Selection	75
Font Selection by PRESCRIBE Commands	75
Placement of Font Commands	79
Creation of New Symbols and Characters	80
Symbol Set	81
International Characters	82
Selecting HP Symbol Sets	82
Barcodes	85
PDF417 Symbol Description	94
Printing a Two-dimensional Barcode	96
Limitations of Two-dimensional Barcode	97
Macro PDF417	98
Creating a Macro PDF 417 Representation	98
Permanent Parameters	101
Interface-dependent Parameters	102
Interface-independent Parameters	105
Emulation	113
Automatic emulation sensing	115
General Information on Emulation	115
Line Printer Emulation (Mode 0)	115
IBM Proprinter X24E Emulation (Mode 1)	116
IBM Proprinter X24E Control Codes	118
IBM Symbol Sets	121
Diablo 630 Emulation (Mode 2)	124
Diablo 630 Control Codes	126
Diablo 630 Symbol Sets	128
Epson LQ-850 Emulation (Mode 5)	133
EPSON LQ-850 Control Codes	136
LQ-850 Symbol Sets	138
HP LaserJet Emulation (Mode 6)	145
LaserJet Fonts	147
LaserJet Symbol Sets	149
Resource Protection	152
Switching the Print Resolution	154
HP LaserJet Reset State	155
LaserJet PJL	155
HP LaserJet Printer Commands - PCL	161
HP-GL/2 Context Printer Commands	176
PJL Syntax Comparison	178
LaserJet Symbol Sets	179
HP 7550A Emulation [KC-GL] (Mode 8)	208
Basic	208
KC-GL Environment Options	209
Plotter Status Information	214
Device-Control Instructions	218
Fonts and Symbol Sets in KC-GL	219
KC-GL Symbol Sets	220
KC-GL Limits	222
Summary of KC-GL Instructions	223
KPDL Operators	227
Communication with the Printing System	227
KPDL Summary	228
KPDL Error Messages	251
KPDL Printable Area	252
Index	255
Numerics	255
A	255
B	255
C	255
D	255
E	255
F	256
G	256
H	256
I	256
K	256
L	256
M	256
N	256
O	257
P	257
Q	257
R	257
S	257
T	257
U	257
W	257
X	257

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Chapter 7 Emulation

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HP 7550A Emulation [KC-GL] (Mode 8)

The HP 7550A emulation applies only to the printing systems that handle A3-size paper.

The printing system emulates the Hewlett-Packard plotter model HP 7550A and uses the

Kyocera Graphics Language (KC-GL). While it shares features with the HP-GL lan-

guage, it is designed to provide additional features the plotter cannot give.

KC-GL uses a simple mnemonic graphic language consisting of two-letter instructions.

Some typical examples are

for

Plot to Absolute coordinates

and

for

Select a Pen.

The KC-GL instructions are summarized at the end of this section.

To set the KC-GL for power-up emulation, send the printer the following FRPO com-

mand:

!R! FRPO P1, 8; EXIT;

The SEM (Set EMulation) 8; command temporarily switches the printer to the KC-GL

emulation.

In the HP 7550A emulation the user can receive plotting status information from the

printer via the RS-232C interface. Status information is not available when the parallel

interface is used.

Basic

This section explains basic information about the KC-GL language.

KC-GL Instruction Format

The syntax for KC-GL instructions consists of two letters followed by parameters (if

any), then a terminator as shown below.

Some instructions use no parameters. For two or more parameters, they must be sepa-

rated by at least one comma or space. In some cases, a plus (+) or minus (-) sign can be

used as a separator. A comma or space can also be used as a separator before, after, or

between instructions, and after a terminator. When a series of instructions is coded, the

series should be terminated by a semicolon, but no semicolon is required between

instructions in the series.

The printing system executes instructions as soon as it receives them. When too many

instructions are issued, the printing system executes the allowed number of parameters

and reports error number 2 (wrong number of parameters).

Not always required

Optional separator

(Commas or spaces)

Required

separator

Terminator (A semi-colon or

line feed, not required if

instructions continue)