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Two-Byte HP-GL/2

Support

One-byte applications (which support non-orthogonal
rotation, scaling, and shearing of text) have long been able
to use HP-GL/2 to print to HP LaserJet printers. Two-byte
applications have not had this capability until the
introduction of HP LaserJet 5 and 5M printers.

The capability of 2-byte applications (which support
non-orthogonal rotation, scaling, and shearing of text) to
print to HP LaserJet printers using HP-GL/2 is provided by
the Label Mode (LM) command.

Label Mode

Command

Determines how the Label (LB) and Symbol Mode (SM)
commands interpret characters. Used for printing a 2-byte
character set such as WinJ-DBCS, GB2312, or Big-5.

Syntax:

LM(mode,[row number]:)

Parameter

Format

Functional

Range

Default

mode

clamped
integer

0, 1, 2, or
3

0 (8-bitmode)

row number

clamped
integer

0 to 255

0

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