Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
HP-GL
open-in-new
<p>HP-GL, short for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language and often written as HPGL, is a <a href="/facts/Printer_control_language/aUNGG3uU">printer control language</a> created by <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a> (HP). HP-GL was the primary printer control language used by HP <a href="/facts/Plotter/PEQa8H4p">plotters</a>. It was introduced with the plotter <a href="http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=79">HP-9872</a> in 1977 and became a standard for almost all plotters. Hewlett-Packard's <a href="/facts/Computer_printer/PnDF2QuF">printers</a> also usually support HP-GL/2 in addition to <a href="/facts/Printer_Command_Language/M7C1zrrg">PCL</a>. </p>