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Plotter control commands

The HP-GL/2 filter does not support the following commands for plotter control according to the HP plotter and will ignore them if they are included:

Command

Description

AP

Specifies the automatic pen function.

FS

Specifies the pen pressure.

AS

Specifies the pen acceleration.

VS

Specifies the maximum speed when the pen is lowered.

VA

Automatically adjusts the speed of the pen when it is lowered to the speed at which the computer sends the coordinates.

VN

Used when disabling the VA command.

GP

Used when collecting pens of the same type and color into one group.

SG

Selects the group specified by the GP command.

CV

Controls the curve line generator.

AF

Feeds paper only when something is being plotted on the current paper.

AH

Feeds half of the paper only when something is being plotted on the current paper.

EC

Controls the paper cut function.

NR

Puts the plotter into the "NOT READY" state.

BF

Stores the HP-GL command following this command to the replot buffer until the RP command is received.

RP

Re-plots data using the data in the re-plot buffer.

WD

Displays messages on the plotter's front panel LCD, and applies the plotter's keyboard mode.

KY

Assigns the programmed status to the plotter's front panel function key.

OK

Enables the number of the first pressed front panel function key to be output.

GC

Specifies the group count number used in response to the OG command.

OG

Enables the current group account information to be output.

BP

Sounds the plotter's beeper.