Laser Printing Systems Forms Creation Guide

FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE
unit
Unit of linear measurement, expressed as inches (IN),
centimeters (CM), or DOTS. If units are not specified, the
measurement is in grid units.
n
Number of boxes to be drawn. the default is 1.
p
Width of the box.
q
Height of the box.
type
Line style making up the border of the box.
SOLID An unbroken, straight line.
BROKEN The line is divided into many equal sections,
separated by small amounts of space.
DOTTED The line consists of dots of equal size and spaced
equally apart.
thickness
Thickness of the border of the box.
0 (invisible)
HAIRLINE
1
2
density
Relative intensity of the shading.
LIGHT
MEDIUM
HEAVY.
direction
HORIZONTALLY
VERTICALLY.
c
a
Absolute x or y coordinate at which to start repetitive lines.
Multiple c
a
parameters can be specified.
c
i
An incremental number representing the grid units or linear
units between repeated lines.
Default The default for LINES is SOLID 1; the default for REPEAT is
HORIZONTALLY.
Considerations Specifying a line thickness of 0 is useful for positioning text in an
invisible box. When using this technique, however, remember
that 0 lines, although they are not printed, appear as lines
internally.
A single BOX command can specify either an outlined box or a
shaded box, but not both; that combination requires a second
BOX command.
Example AT 4, 6 BOX 14 WIDE BY 4 HIGH;
Reference Refer to the “Command examples” appendix for examples and
illustrations about drawing boxes.
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