Hewlett-Packard Raster Transfer Language
The Hewlett-Packard Raster Transfer Language (HP RTL) is a subset of the Printer Command Language (PCL) language. It is used to embed true raster images (bitmaps) into plotter files. Modern plotters (like HP DesignJets) are raster devices, so they need a raster-based language. For backward compatibility they also support the HP-GL/2 (formerly HP-GL) vector language, so the HP RTL language is designed for mixing with the HP-GL/2 language.
Further reading
- {{cite book |title=The HP-GL/2 and HP RTL Reference Guide - A handbook for Program Developers - Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language/2 - Hewlett-Packard Raster Transfer Language |author=Hewlett-Packard Company, Barcelona Division |author-link=Hewlett-Packard Company |location=Barcelona, Spain |edition=draft 2, second |date=September 1996 |orig-year=1990 |isbn=0-201-63325-6 |publisher=Addison-Wesley Publishing Company |id=HP Part No. 5961-3526, 5959-9733 |url=http://www.hpmuseum.net/document.php?catfile=213 |access-date=2017-02-28 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227193043/http://www.hpmuseum.net/document.php?catfile=213 |archive-date=2017-02-27}}
External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.undocprint.org/formats/page_description_languages/pcl#rtl_-_raster_transfer_language |title=RTL Raster Transfer Language}}
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