Applications Overview

Printing a Line

Label OutputPAL Command Sequence

/Sans12.00pt findfont

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 scalefont

 

 

 

 

 

 

setfont

 

 

 

 

 

 

72 72 moveto

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Hello World!) show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello World!

72 68 moveto

 

 

 

 

144 68 lineto

1 "

 

 

 

 

stroke

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 _showpages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 "

Purpose: Demonstrate drawing lines on a label. This example underlines the “Hello World!” text from the previous example.

moveto - Position the drawing cursor at the desired location

The line will be positioned near the same location as the text, a bit lower in the y direction to allow for a small space between the bottom of the text and the line. This example uses the value 68, 4 points below the text (4/72 inches).

lineto – Set the dimensions for the line

The line will be drawn from the current position (72,68) to the position set by the lineto (144,68). The vertical position did not change resulting in a horizontal line stretching between the x locations of 72 and 144.

stroke – Draw the line

Actually draws the line specified by the lineto command.

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AMT Datasouth 4500 Series manual Printing a Line