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

7-14 Color Vector Graphics (HP-GL/2) EN

PC (Pen Color)

This command changes the pen color in a palette created by the IN or

CID command (

?*v#W). The PC command defaults the colors of all

pens as indicated in the table below.

PC [pen [,primary1, primary2, primary3;]]

PC [pen;]

PC[;]

• pen — specifies the number of the pen whose color is being

defined. An out-of-range pen parameter sets error 3 and the

command is ignored. (The range for the pen parameter is

determined by the size of the current color palette.)

• primary1, primary2, primary3 — specifies the primary

component values which are to be associated with that pen.

See the CR command description for the range associated

with the values. If a primary color is outside of the color range

defined in the CR command, the value is clamped to the color

range limits (the CR command is not supported by the

HP Color LaserJet 4500 or 8500 printers).

Parameter Format Functional

Range

Parameter

Default

pen integer determined by NP see table

primary1,

primary2,

primary3

clamped real 0 to 255 (for those

printers supporting

the CR command,

the CR command

determines the

range)

see table