Specifications

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Chapter 8 "HP-GL2" 58

SI - Set Absolute Character Size

SI [

width

height

] [;]

width : the width in centimeters of printed characters

height : the height in centimeters of printed characters

• This command allows you to specify the size of the characters that you print with the LB instruction in

centimeters.

• width specifies character width and is a clamped real number. Negative values of width produce right-to-

left mirror image characters.

• height specifies the height of a capital letter and is a clamped real number. Negative values of height

produce upside-down mirror image characters.

• If you change character size, the line width used to draw stick font characters may also change.

• If you omit the parameters, the character size is as specified by the most recent SD or AD command.

• If an SB1; command has previously been issued, printed characters may not be exactly the size that you

specify.

• If an SB1; command has been issued, specifying a negative value will not produce mirror image characters.

10 ' -Absolute Character Size-

20 WIDTH "LPT1:", 255

30 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E";

40 LPRINT CHR$(27); "%0B";

50 LPRINT "IN;SP1;";

60 LPRINT "PA700,3000;DT#;LBPrinter#"

70 LPRINT "PA700,2000;SI0.75,1;LBPrinter#"

80 LPRINT "SI;SD1,21,2,1,3,12,5,0,6,0,7,52;SS;"

90 LPRINT "PA40003000;LBPrinter#"

100 LPRINT "PA4000,2000;SI1,1.5;LBPrinter#"

110 LPRINT CHR$(27); "%0A";

120 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E";

130 END