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Table of Contents
General Infomation
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i
Introduction
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Introduction to PRESCRIBE
Format of PRESCRIBE Commands
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1-4
Basic Concepts
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1-4
Edge Limits
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1-4
Margins
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1-4
Page Orientation and Direction
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1-5
Coordinate Systems
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1-7
Text Positioning
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1-7
Character Spacing
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1-8
Paths
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1-9
Logical Page and Physical Page
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1-9
Command Parameters
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1-10
Numeric Parameters
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1-10
Character Strings
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1-11
Upper and Lowercase Letters
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1-12
Special Parameters
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1-13
Graphics Tutorial
Drawing Lines
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2-2
Drawing Boxes and Circles
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2-6
Drawing Filled Shapes
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2-9
Path Mode Graphics
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2-16
Path
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2-16
Drawing Lines
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2-18
Miter Limit
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2-21
Drawing Arcs and Curves
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2-24
Drawing Complex Curves
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2-26
Closed Paths
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2-29
Filled Areas
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2-30
Clipping Rectangle
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2-32
Printing with Character Paths
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2-33
Raster Graphics
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2-34
Raster Data Compression Formats
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2-34
Commands for Printing Raster Data
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2-35
Printing Raster Data
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2-37
Changing the Printing System’s Imaging Model
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2-37
Saving and Restoring the Graphics State
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2-39
Macros
Examples of Macros
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3-3
Fonts
List of Fonts
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4-2
KPDL Fonts
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4-4
Substituting a Bitmap Font
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4-6