Dashed Lines
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Boxes
Description Boxes can be drawn in a variety of shapes, sizes, and line
weights. Maximum box size is limited to the maximum printed
pass length and the width of the paper being printed upon.
NOTE: When printing boxes, the minimum box length must be greater than
twice the thickness of the vertical borders.
The minimum box height must be greater than twice the thickness of
the horizontal borders.
The command for drawing a box is:
Command ^LBhhhdvvvdhv
Arguments
^LB The Box command.
hhh Horizontal length of the box in increments of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm)
from 001 to 132 (0.1 to 13.2 inches or 0.25 to 33.53 cm).
d Additional horizontal length of the box in dot-columns, ranging
from 0 to 9.
vvv Vertical height of the box in increments of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm).
d Additional vertical height of the box in dot columns, ranging from
0 to 9.
h Thickness of the top and bottom borders of the box, ranging from
1 to 9 dot rows.
v Thickness of the two vertical borders of the box, ranging from 1 to
9 dot columns.
Example 1: The command ^LB0250010062^- prints the following box:
^LB The Box command
0250 The lengths of the top of the bottom borders are 2.5
inches (1.27 cm) with no additional dot columns.
0100 Line lengths of the left and right borders are 1 inch
each (2.54 cm) with no additional dot rows.
6 Line thickness for top and bottom borders is 6 dot
rows.
2 Line thickness for the right and left borders is 2 dot
rows.