Brother HL- 2400C Printer User Manual


 
2001/10/02
CHAPTER 9 HP-GL - 19
PW-Pen width
PW n[;]
w ; width (unit = 1/300 inch)
This command specifies the width of the currently selected pen.
The value of w is an integer number from 1 to 10.
SM - Symbol mode
SM c[;]
c ; ASCII character or symbol code
The command specifies the symbol to be drawn.
When the PA, PR, PD or PU instruction is used, the specified symbol will be drawn at the end of each vector.
The specified symbol will be drawn at the end of each vector even if the pen is up when the PA or PR
instructions are used.
Omitting the parameter field cancels the symbol mode.
10 '*** SMEX ***
20 LPRINT "IN;SP1;SM*;PA500,1500;"
30 LPRINT "PD600,1590,670,1860,850,1960,1320,1900,1940,2350:"
40 LPRINT "PU;SM;PA500,500;SM3;"
50 LPRINT "PA550,800,680,720,800,950,1150,1230,1870,1350;PU;"
60 LPRINT "SM;PA1850,600;PD;SMY;PA3000,1450;"
70 LPRINT "SMZ;PA3300,1150;SMX;PA1850,600;PU;"
80 END
<Sample 78>
SP - Select pen
SP [ n ] [;]
n ; Pen number
Selects the pen specified by the pen number.
The value for n must be an integer from 0 to 6.
TL - Tick length
TL l1(,l2)[;]
1-Length of ticks in the positive X- and Y-axes
2-Length of ticks in the negative X- and Y-axes
Tick length is a percentage of the vertical and horizontal distances between P1 and P2.
Sets the length of tick marks for the XT and YT instructions.
Values for 1 and 2 are clamped real numbers.
When the parameter field is omitted, the default values for tick length are used, for both l1 and l2, these are
0.5% of the horizontal and vertical distances between P1 and P2.
10 '*** TLEX ***
30 FOR I=1 TO 10
40 LPRINT "PR800,0;XT;"
50 NEXT I
60 LPRINT "TL;PU;PA300,279;PD;"
70 GOSUB 1000
80 LPRINT "TL1,0;PU;PA1100,279;PD;"
20 LPRINT "IN;PA300,279;SP2;PD;TL90;XT;";
90 GOSUB 1000
100 LPRINT "TL0,5;PU;PA1900,279;"
110 GOSUB 1000
120 LPRINT "PA300,6759;TL80;YT;PU;"
130 END
1000 '* SUBROUTINE DRAW TICKS *
1010 FOR J=1 TO 8
1020 LPRINT "PRO,720;YT;"
1030 NEXT J
1040 RETURN
<Sample 77>