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Figure 1. 8. Character Spacing Font height Basic Concepts Baseline Paths A path is a set of straight and curved line segments. Paths can be open, as in the case of lines, or closed, as in the case of rectangles, circles, or any fully enclosed area of any shape. The segments may be connected with one another, or they may be disconnected. Further, a path may contain multiple closed subpaths, representing several areas, and they may intersect themselves in arbitrary ways. Paths can be used to draw lines and curves or specify boundaries of filled areas, including the outline of a character. Paths are explained more fully in section Path Mode Graphics on page 16. Logical Page and Physical Page The logical page defines the limits of the coordinates within which text and graphics can be located. There are two types of logical page, as shown in the following figure. The standard mode logical page imposes limits on specifiable coordinates. The coordinates have no limitations for the path mode logical page. 1-9

Section	Page
General Infomation	3
Introduction	5
About the Technical Reference manual	6
Table of Contents	7
Introduction to PRESCRIBE	9
Format of PRESCRIBE Commands	12
Basic Concepts	12
Edge Limits	12
Margins	12
Page Orientation and Direction	13
Coordinate Systems	15
Text Positioning	15
Character Spacing	16
Paths	17
Logical Page and Physical Page	17
Command Parameters	18
Numeric Parameters	18
Character Strings	19
Upper and Lowercase Letters	20
Special Parameters	21
Graphics Tutorial	23
Drawing Lines	24
Drawing Boxes and Circles	28
Drawing Filled Shapes	31
Drawing Pie Charts	36
Path Mode Graphics	38
Path	38
Drawing Lines	40
Miter Limit	43
Dash Type	44
Drawing Arcs and Curves	46
Drawing Complex Curves	48
Closed Paths	51
Filled Areas	52
Clipping Rectangle	54
Printing with Character Paths	55
Raster Graphics	56
Raster Data Compression Formats	56
Commands for Printing Raster Data	57
Printing Raster Data	59
Changing the Printing System’s Imaging Model	59
Saving and Restoring the Graphics State	61
Macros	63
Examples of Macros	65
Fonts	69
List of Fonts	70
KPDL Fonts	72
Substituting a Bitmap Font	74
Font Selection	75
Font Selection by PRESCRIBE Commands	75
Placement of Font Commands	79
Creation of New Symbols and Characters	80
Symbol Set	81
International Characters	82
Selecting HP Symbol Sets	82
Barcodes	85
PDF417 Symbol Description	94
Printing a Two-dimensional Barcode	96
Limitations of Two-dimensional Barcode	97
Macro PDF417	98
Creating a Macro PDF 417 Representation	98
Permanent Parameters	101
Interface-dependent Parameters	102
Interface-independent Parameters	105
Emulation	113
Automatic emulation sensing	115
General Information on Emulation	115
Line Printer Emulation (Mode 0)	115
IBM Proprinter X24E Emulation (Mode 1)	116
IBM Proprinter X24E Control Codes	118
IBM Symbol Sets	121
Diablo 630 Emulation (Mode 2)	124
Diablo 630 Control Codes	126
Diablo 630 Symbol Sets	128
Epson LQ-850 Emulation (Mode 5)	133
EPSON LQ-850 Control Codes	136
LQ-850 Symbol Sets	138
HP LaserJet Emulation (Mode 6)	145
LaserJet Fonts	147
LaserJet Symbol Sets	149
Resource Protection	152
Switching the Print Resolution	154
HP LaserJet Reset State	155
LaserJet PJL	155
HP LaserJet Printer Commands - PCL	161
HP-GL/2 Context Printer Commands	176
PJL Syntax Comparison	178
LaserJet Symbol Sets	179
HP 7550A Emulation [KC-GL] (Mode 8)	208
Basic	208
KC-GL Environment Options	209
Plotter Status Information	214
Device-Control Instructions	218
Fonts and Symbol Sets in KC-GL	219
KC-GL Symbol Sets	220
KC-GL Limits	222
Summary of KC-GL Instructions	223
KPDL Operators	227
Communication with the Printing System	227
KPDL Summary	228
KPDL Error Messages	251
KPDL Printable Area	252
Index	255
Numerics	255
A	255
B	255
C	255
D	255
E	255
F	256
G	256
H	256
I	256
K	256
L	256
M	256
N	256
O	257
P	257
Q	257
R	257
S	257
T	257
U	257
W	257
X	257

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Basic Concepts

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Figure 1. 8.

Character Spacing

Paths

A path is a set of straight and curved line segments. Paths can be open, as in the case of

lines, or closed, as in the case of rectangles, circles, or any fully enclosed area of any

shape. The segments may be connected with one another, or they may be disconnected.

Further, a path may contain multiple closed

subpaths

, representing several areas, and

they may intersect themselves in arbitrary ways.

Paths can be used to draw lines and curves or specify boundaries of filled areas, includ-

ing the outline of a character.

Paths are explained more fully in section

Path Mode Graphics

on page 16.

Logical Page and Physical Page

The logical page defines the limits of the coordinates within which text and graphics can

be located. There are two types of logical page, as shown in the following figure. The

standard mode logical page imposes limits on specifiable coordinates. The coordinates

have no limitations for the path mode logical page.

Font height

Baseline