Set Rectangle Height; Draw Filled Rectangle - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

Revision C 16/01/96

Set rectangle height

Esc*c#B
• This command sets the height of the rectangle to be printed in dots.
• # is a number of dots.
Esc*c#V
• This command sets the height of the rectangle to be printed in decipoints.
• # is a number of decipoints.

Draw filled rectangle

Esc*c#P
• This command fills a rectangular area with the specified shading option.
• # is 0 to 5 or 130.
• # = 0 uses solid black as the fill pattern.
• # = 1 uses white as the fill pattern.
• # = 2 selects the gray scale you chose with the Set Area Fill Identity command as the fill pattern.
• # = 3 selects the cross-hatch pattern you chose with the Set Area Fill Identity.
• # = 4 selects the user defined pattern, which is a specified ID number selected by the set Area Fill Identity.
• # = 5 uses the pattern specified by the combination of the most recent Set Area Fill Identity command and the
most recent Set Pattern Type command.
• # = 130 selects one of the sixty-four gray scales. You can specify the gray scale you require as a percentage (0-
100%) with the Set Area Fill Identity command. This feature is unique to this HL Series printer.
• See following two pages for programming examples using gray scales and patterns
#
0
1
2
3
4
5
130
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(27)(42)(99)#(86)
(27)(42)(99)#(80)
Fill
Solid black
White
Gray scale (1 - 8)
Cross hatch pattern
User-defined pattern
Current pattern
Gray scale ( 1 - 64)
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