Brother HL-1050 Technical Reference Manual page 140

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ONTENTS
1. COMMAND LIST ..................................................................................................................... 4
2. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6
3. TERMINOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 7
3.1. Picture Frame ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 7
3.2. Anchor Point ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .7
3.3. Graphics Window ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 7
3.4. Hard Clip Limits................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 7
3.5. Soft Clip Limits ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 7
3.6. Graphics Units ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 7
3.7. User Units ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .....7
3.8. Current Units................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .7
3.9. Pens................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............7
3.10. Absolute and Relative Plotting ................................ ................................ ................................ ....8
3.11. Fills ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............8
4. COMMAND SYNTAX .............................................................................................................. 9
4.1. Mnemonic ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .....9
4.2. Parameters ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...9
4.3. Separators ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....9
4.4. Terminator ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ....9
5. THE HP-GL GRAPHICS WINDOW ....................................................................................... 10
5.1. Units................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............10
5.2. The Scaling Points P1 and P2................................ ................................ ................................ .....10
5.3. Scaling ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........10
5.4. Transformation................................ ................................ ................................ ............................ 10
6. PREPARING TO PRINT GRAPHIC IMAGES ....................................................................... 11
6.1. Setting Up the Graphics Window ................................ ................................ ................................ 11
6.2. Using Existing Image Plots................................ ................................ ................................ ..........11
6.3. Printing an Image................................ ................................ ................................ ........................ 11
6.4. Entering HP-GL/2 Mode................................ ................................ ................................ ..............11
6.5. Quitting HP-GL/2 Mode................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 11
7. COMMANDS ......................................................................................................................... 12
7.1. Initialize Commands................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 12
7.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions................................ ................................ ........................ 14
7.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions................................ ................................ ................................ 18
7.4. The polygon group ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 25
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