Brother International HL-1070 Technical Reference - Page 195

2001/10/02 90 LPRINT "DT";" 100 LPRINT "DT0,2;LB_*_1988#"; "DI2,2;LB_*_1989#"; 110 LPRINT "DT2,0;LB_*_1990#"; "DI2,-2;LB_*_1991#"; 120 LPRINT "DT0,-2;LB_*_1992#"; "DI-2,-2;LB_*_1993#"; 130 LPRINT "DT-2,0;LB_*_1994#"; "DI-2,2;LB_*_1995#"; 140 LPRINT "PA3500,5350;DI", COS(0),SIN(0); "LB_*_2000"; CHR$(13); "#"; 150 LPRINT "DI", COS(RAD); SIN(RAD); "LB_RETURN POINT"; CHR$(13); "#"; 160 LPRINT CHR$(27); "%0A"; 170 LPRINT CHR$(27); "E"; 180 END DR - Relative direction DR [ run, rise ] [;] run : X-component of the printing direction expressed as a percentage of the x-component of the distance between P1 and P2. rise : Y-component of the printing direction expressed as a percentage of the y-component of the distance between P1 and P2. • This command determines the direction in which subsequent labels will be printed. • Values for run and rise are clamped real numbers. • The instruction is ignored if run and rise are both 0. • When you issue a DR instruction the carriage return point is set to the current pen location. • Any text path that you set with the DV instruction will combine with the current printing direction to determine the layout of characters on the page. • If you change the positions of P1 and P2 the printing direction will change accordingly. • If you omit the parameters the printing direction is horizontal and the run = 1% of |P2X-P1X|. • Actual values for run and rise are changed relative to the P1 and P2 value. It is calculated as below: actual run = run parameter ÷ 100 x (P2x - P1x) actual rise = rise parameter ÷ 100 x (P2y - P1y) (0, 100) (100, 100) (0,60) θ run=70% rise = 60% (70,0) (0, 100) CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 47