HP 5961-0509 manual Commands That Include an Automatic Pen Down, Command Group

Table 17-8 Commands That Include an Automatic Pen Down

	Command		Group
	CI	Circle	The Vector Group
	EA	Edge Rectangle Absolute	The Polygon Group
	EP	Edge Polygon
	ER	Edge Rectangle Relative
	EW	Edge Wedge
	FP	Fill Polygon
	RA	Fill Rectangle Absolute
	RR	Fill Rectangle Relative
	WG	Fill Wedge
	LB	Label	The Character Group
	SM	Symbol Mode	The Line and Fill Attributes Group
Notes	Whenever the printer receives a Pen Down command, it produces
	a dot at the current pen location. If the pen is already down when

the printer receives a command with an automatic Pen Down, the unnecessary dot can mar your final output. For best results, include a Pen Up (PU) command before any command with an automatic Pen Down.

Only the portion of the pen falling within the effective window is printed. The pen is centered on a line between the beginning and end points, with half of the pen width falling on either side of this line.

The definition of each command tells you whether it has an automatic pen down. If you find that part of your image is not drawn, make sure your command sequence uses the PD command before the affected commands.

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