Examples Of Macros - Kyocera C8100DN - Color Laser Printer Technical Reference Manual

Examples of Macros

Example 1
Figure 3. 1. PRESCRIBE Macro Limitations
Macro limitations are summarized as follows.
Maximum number of macros downloadable
to the printing system
Maximum nesting levels
Maximum length of macro name
Maximum number of parameters
Maximum length of CALL command
PRESCRIBE commands that should not be
contained within a macro definition
The following macro example draws a circle. It first names the macro that issues the
PRESCRIBE commands for drawing a circle in the middle of a page.
!R! MCRO CIR1;
MZP 4, 5.5; CIR 1;
ENDM;
EXIT;
When completed, this macro will draw a circle after it has been sent to the printing sys-
tem.
!R! CALL CIR1; EXIT;
If you want circles of different sizes, you can make the radius into a so-called dummy
parameter. Dummy parameters in macro definitions are denoted using percent symbols
(%) as below:
!R! MCRO CIRCLE;
MZP 4, 5,5; CIR %1;
ENDM;
EXIT;
After this definition: CALL CIRCLE, 1; draws a one-inch circle, CALL CIRCLE,
2; draws a two-inch circle, and so on. Note the commas are required to separate the
macro name from the radius parameter in these CALL statements.
Examples of Macros
Depends on the available printing sys-
tem's memory
20
4 characters
19
255 bytes
EXIT, LDFC, MCRO, DELM, DAM,
RDMP, ENDD, ICCD, WRED, EPRM
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