HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Color) - Technical Reference Manual

B-6 Using Color Modes (Color LaserJet, 5, 5M, DeskJet) EN
PCL Imaging Mode
The PCL Imaging mode, entered using the Configure Image Data
(CID) command (
?*v#W), creates a variable-sized programmable
palette. It provides halftoning in the printer, with multiple color spaces,
pixel encoding modes, and reprogrammable palettes.
Configure Image Data (CID) Command
The CID command provides configuration information for creating
palettes and transmitting raster data. The CID command performs the
following:
• Designates the color space for the default palette
• Designates the size of the palette to be created
• Provides data for transforming color-space-specific values into
device-specific values
• Provides data for transforming device-dependent data (monitor
RGB) to device-independent (Colorimetric RGB)
• Designates the format of raster data and how primary
components are combined to yield the raster representation
?*v#W[binary data]
Invalid configurations of the CID command are ignored and the data
discarded. Any signs in the value field are ignored.
The data fields in this command must contain byte-aligned binary
data, not ASCII data.
This command has two forms: the six-byte short form described
below, and the long form consisting of these six bytes, plus additional
information specific to the color space.
# = Number of data bytes
Default =NA
Range = Short form: 6 bytes
Long form: >6 bytes