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Box Field, Specify Size of the Box, Summary

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Chapter 3-Label Design 3.6 Box Field A box is a hollow square or rectangle that can be rotated with an increment of 90° according to the print direction. If the line thickness is sufficiently large, the box will appear to be filled (another method is to print an extremely thick short line). In addition to the general formatting instructions PRPOS, ALIGN, and DIR, a box field is specified by a single instruction. Specify Size of the Box The size of the box is specified in regard of height, width, and line weight (thickness). PRBOX | PX ,, No default values. is the height in dots perpendicular to the selected direction. is the length in dots along the selected direc-tion. is the line weight in dots (minimum 1 dot. Note: The PRBOX instruction is also used to format and provide input data to a multi-line text field, see Chapter 3.9. Summary To create a box field, the following formatting instructions must be given (in most cases default values may substitute missing parameters). Printing instructions are explained in Chapter 4.2. Purpose X/Y Position Alignment Direction Box size Instruction PP (PRPOS) AN (ALIGN) DIR PX (PRBOX) Default Remarks 0/0 Number of dots 1 Select ALIGN 1-9 1 Select DIR 1-4 n.a. Height, width, and line thickness (dots) Example: PP 250,250:AN 1:DIR 3:PX 200,200,10 ↵ Intermec Direct Protocol v.8.60-Programmer's Reference Manual 35

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Intermec Direct Protocol v.8.60—Programmer’s Reference Manual
35
Chapter 3—Label Design
3.6 Box Field
A box is a hollow square or rectangle that can be rotated with an
increment of 90± according to the print direction. If the line thickness is
sufficiently large, the box will appear to be filled (another method is to
print an extremely thick short line).
In addition to the general formatting instructions
PRPOS
,
ALIGN
, and
DIR
, a box field is specified by a single instruction.
Specify Size of the Box
°e size of the box is specified in regard of height, width, and line weight
(thickness).
PRBOX | PX <height>,<width>,<line thickness>
<height>
is the height in dots perpendicular to the selected direction.
<width>
is the length in dots along the selected direc-tion.
<line thickness>
is the line weight in dots (minimum 1 dot.
No default values.
Note:
°e
PRBOX
instruction is also used to format and provide
input data to a multi-line text field, see Chapter 3.9.
Summary
To create a box field, the following formatting instructions must be given
(in most cases default values may substitute missing parameters). Printing
instructions are explained in Chapter 4.2.
Purpose
Instruction
Default
Remarks
X/Y Position
PP (PRPOS)
0/0
Number of dots
Alignment
AN (ALIGN)
1
Select ALIGN 1-9
Direction
DIR
1
Select DIR 1-4
Box size
PX (PRBOX)
n.a.
Height, width, and line thickness (dots)
Example:
PP 250,250:AN 1:DIR 3:PX 200,200,10
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