Macros - Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual

You always send the following Print Pattern command after a Specify
Patterncommand.This PrintPatterncommandidentitieswhetherthe area
youhavedefinedis tobefilledwitha rule,dottedgray-scalepattern,orlinear
pattern:
<ESC>
*C n
P
For n enter a valuefrom the followingtable.(If you selecta linearpattern
here, but a dotted pattern in the previous SpecifyPattern command,the
printerwill ignorethis Print Patterncommand.)
n VALUE PAITERN
O(zero) solid black
2
dottedgray-scale
3
linear
Examples: Pattern graphics
Tospecifya blockfiveincheswideyoucouldusc a horizontaldimensionof
1500dots (5 inchestimes 300 dots).That commandwouldlook like this:
<ESC>
*C
1500A
To print that area with a 25 percentgray-scalepattern,the commandsyou
send wouldbe:
<ESC>
*C
25G
<ESC>
*C
2p
Butto printan areafilledwiththehorizontalbarpattern,the commandsyou
send wouldbe:
<ESC>
*C
IG
<ESC>
*C
3p
(Youcould combinethesecommandsas <ESC>*c lg 3P .)
MACROS
Using macros
There'sa greatshortcutthatsimplifiesthetaskof sendingcommandsto your
LascrPnntcr8: usemacros.Amacrois a singlecontrolcode,whichyoucan
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