Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
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HP-GL, short for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language and often written as HPGL, is a printer control language created by Hewlett-Packard (HP). HP-GL was the primary printer control language used by HP plotters. It was introduced with the plotter HP-9872 in 1977 and became a standard for almost all plotters. Hewlett-Packard's printers also usually support HP-GL/2 in addition to PCL.
Key facts
- File format.name
- Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
- File format.mime
- application/vnd.hp-HPGL
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HPGL
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- Country
- United States
- Developer
- Hewlett-Packard
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- paulbourke.net/dataformats/hpgl
- media type
- application/vnd.hp-HPGL
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Design
- Examples
- {{anchor|HPGL2}}HP-GL/2
- AGL
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- References
- Further reading
- External links
HP-GL, short for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language and often written as HPGL, is a printer control language created by Hewlett-Packard (HP). HP-GL was the primary printer control language used by HP plotters. It was introduced with the plotter HP-9872 in 1977 and became a standard for almost all plotters. Hewlett-Packard's printers also usually support HP-GL/2 in addition to PCL.
== Design == The language is formed from a series of two letter codes (mnemonics), followed by optional parameters. For instance an arc can be drawn on a page by sending the string:
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