HP LaserJet 4100 HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Ref - Page 31
Automatically Adjusting Image Size to Fit the PCL Picture Frame, Creating a Size-Independent Plot
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Automatically Adjusting Image Size to Fit the PCL Picture Frame FrameImported HP-GL/2 drawings can be adjusted automatically to fit the size of the PCL Picture Frame without changing the locations of P1 and P2 (in Scale mode, as described earlier). This is called picture frame scaling. When using picture frame scaling, specify the HP-GL/2 plot size unless the drawing is page size-independent (described below). If a drawing is not page size-independent, the printer will not adjust the size of the image to fit the picture frame without the HP-GL/2 plot size command; the drawing and the picture frame are assumed to be the same size. If a drawing is page size-independent, it automatically enlarges or reduces to fit within the picture frame without specifying an HP-GL/2 plot size. Creating a Page Size-Independent Plot As mentioned, if an imported HP-GL/2 drawing is page sizeindependent, it is adjusted automatically to fit different page sizes without specifying the HP-GL/2 plot size. For a drawing to be page size-independent, it must not specify any parameters in absolute units. This implies that: z No parameter of any command is in plotter units. The scaled mode (SC command) must be used exclusively; either the default locations of P1 and P2 are used, or their positions are specified with the IR (Input Relative P1 and P2) command. The default window is used, or the window is specified in user-units (using the IW command). z For labels, only the SR (Relative Character Size) mode is used; the SI (Absolute Character Size) mode is not used. z The Pen Width selection mode (WU) is specified as relative instead of metric. z The pattern length for the Line Type (LT) is specified as relative instead of metric. z Scalable fonts are used exclusively. z The default window is used, or the window is specified in user-units. z The DR command (relative direction) is used for label direction (not DI - absolute direction). EN Automatically Adjusting Image Size to Fit the PCL Picture Frame 18-3