HPGL

HPGL is a vector drawing rendition of a window or entire Worksheet. It is a popular graphics language for pen plotters and is also supported by some printers.


HPGL Mode

Sets the version of the HPGL language.

HPGL Original HPGL language.
HPGL-2 Updated version of the HPGL language.

Number of Pens

Sets the total number of available pens. Each pen corresponds to a supported color. See Pen Numbering to assign a color to a pen number.


PLOTALL Output

When generating output for all windows with the plotall command, specifies whether the instructions for each window are placed in separate files or merged into one file.


Prologue

Sets the instructions to execute at the beginning of each plot. Automatic generates the standard prologue for the specified HPGL Mode.


Epilogue

Sets the instructions to execute at the end of each plot. Automatic generates the standard epilogue for the specified HPGL Mode.


Output Filename

The destination HPGL file.


Scaling

Sets the X and Y coordinate and font scaling.

X Dimension The horizontal dimension in pixels.
Y Dimension The vertical dimension in pixels.
Font Height The percentage increase or decrease of all font heights. A scaling of 100% implies no adjustment.
Font Width The percentage increase or decrease of all font widths. A scaling of 100% implies no adjustment.

Pen Numbering

Maps a base color to a specific pen number.