HP-GL/2 Monochrome (PCL-5e) Vector Graphics Support
Important
The modern print platform is Windows' preferred means of communicating with printers. We recommend that you use Microsoft's IPP inbox class driver, along with Print Support Apps (PSA), to customize the print experience in Windows 10 and 11 for printer device development.
For more information, see Modern print platform and the Print support app design guide.
HP-GL/2 monochrome (PCL-5e) vector graphics support in Unidrv running on Windows XP and later allows the printer driver to create job data in a format that is optimal for the device: vector graphics versus raster graphics. This normally results in less system overhead, less output data to transmit, and faster print throughput.
HP-GL/2 uses most of the currently-defined GPD features for job setup, page setup, media selection, and paper size. The actual drawing commands are hard-coded in the driver.
The following topics are covered:
Enabling HP-GL/2 Vector Graphics Support (PCL-5e) in the GPD