Drawing Orders - IBM 6400 Programmer's Reference Manual

Drawing Orders

The printer supports all DR2 Drawing Orders and valid data values listed in this
section. One or more drawing orders follow each Begin Segment Introducer.
The format of a drawing order is:
Order Code
Order Code
Order Code
The order code specifies the type of graphics to print or the assigned drawing
attribute.
The Length field, if present, is a one byte value that specifies the length of the
drawing order following this byte. See the specific drawing orders for
information about the length field.
The parameter bytes contain the specific characteristics for the drawing order.
For information about the parameters, see the specific drawing orders, following
this description.
The following list contains all the drawing orders for this printer:
Code Drawing Order
68 Begin Area
D1 Begin Image
91 Begin Image at Current Position
C3 Character String
83 Character String at Current Position
01 Comment
60 End Area
93 End Image
3E End Prologue
71 End Segment (Treated as a No-op)
C5 Fillet
85 Fillet at Current Position
C7 Full Arc
87 Full Arc at Current Position
92 Image Data
C1 Line
81 Line at Current Position
C2 Marker
82 Marker at Current Position
00 No Operation
E1 Relative Line
A1 Relative Line at Current Position
Parameter(s)
Length Parameter(s)
Code
04
22
0D
34
33
3A
39
38
0A
21
26
11
18
19
3B
3C
29
0C
08
28
Graphics Command Set
Drawing Order
Segment Characteristics
Set Arc Parameters
Set Background Mix
Set Character Angle
Set Character Cell
Set Character Direction
Set Character Precision
Set Character Set
Set Color (Graphics)
Set Current Position
Set Extended Color
Set Fractional Line Width
Set Line Type
Set Line Width
Set Marker Precision
Set Marker Set
Set Marker Symbol
Set Mix
Set Pattern Set
Set Pattern Symbol
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