Laser Printer User Manual

Whenthe printerfinishesits print“map”of yourruleor pattern,theprint

positionautomaticallyreturns to the spot from which you started. That

means,forinstance,thatyoucanmakea lightlyshadedrectangleandthen

startprintingtextrightoverit.Thiskindof boxcanbeusefulforsettingoff

particularinformationfromthemainbodyof yourtext.

Horizontally,youcan specifythe rulelengthor horizontalpatternsize in

dotswiththis command:

<ESC>*cn A

in whichfor n youenterhowmanydotsacrossthe pageyouwantthe rule

or patternto be.

Alternatively,to specifythe horizontaldimensionfor a rule or patternin

decipoints,youcan printthiscommand:

<ESC>

*C n H

in whichn is the horizontalruleor patternsizein decipoints.

Vertically,youcanindicatethe sizeofyourruleorpatternin dotswiththis

command:

<ESC>*c n B

inwhichnisthenumberofdotsdefiningthethicknessoftheruleorthedepth

of the pattern.

Alternatively,to showthe verticaldimensionin decipoints,you send this

command:

<ESC>*c n V

inwhichnisthenumberofdecipointsintherule’sthicknessorthepattern’s

verticallength.

4.7.4 Choosingandprintinga rule orpattern

Youneedbothofthenexttwocommandsto chooseandprinttheparticular

patternyouwantto fillyourdefinedarea.Thesecommandsworktogether.

WiththePrintPatterncommand(whichactuallycomessecond)youspecify

whetheryouwanttofillyourrectangularareawithasolidblackrule,afinely

dotted gray-scalepattern, or a predefine linear pattern. And with the

SpecifyPatterncommandyoucanindicatewhichparticulardottedorlinear