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PQ-8P, PQ-8S
You can also create one or more
additional colors using the User-
Defined String feature described in
Section 6.2.
To print a customized color, you
need to follow these steps:
1. Set up a color palette.
2. Define the color.
3. Print the color.
For detailed information on this
process, consult HP’s PCL5 Color
Technical Reference Manual. Here
is a quick overview of how to define
and print colors using the User-
Defined Command String feature.
1.To set up a color palette, send
the following string to the
printer (using the Host/PC
download command 04).
&%Z04,0(1B 2A 76 36 57 00 00 08
08 08)
NOTE
The &%Z04,0(...) stores the
actual command string (1B
2A ...) in the interface and
assigns it the macro
identifier U0.
2.To define and print a color,
send the following string to the
printer:
&%Z04,1(1B 2A 76 30 61 30 62 30
63 31 69 31 53).
NOTE
The first 30 (preceding the
value 61) identifies the
amount of red of the color.
Values can range from 0 (hex
30) to 255 (hex 32 35 35).
The second 30 (preceding
the value 62) identifies the
amount of green. The third
30 (preceding the value 63)
identifies the amount of blue
you are adding to the color.
The color of your choice is
created by mixing these
three colors (red, blue,
green). The number 31
(preceding the value 69)
assigns your customized
color the value 1. The
second 31 (preceding the
value 52) calls up this
number again and prints it.
3.Once you have sorted the
color command strings in the
interface’s memory as described
above, you can switch to the
defined color any time by simply
inserting the commands &%U0
(to set up the color palette) and
&%U1 (to print the color) in the
data stream.
