Figure 19-14Angle of rotations

 

 

Note

The relationship of the X-axis to Y-axis can change as a result of the

 

scaling point or scaling factor changes, thus changing the direction of

 

a positive angle of rotation.

 

The physical location of the pen does not change when you rotate

 

 

the coordinate system. The printer updates the pen’s X,Y coordinate

 

location to reflect the new orientation.

 

The scaling points P1 and P2 rotate with the coordinate system.

 

However, they maintain the same X,Y coordinate values as before

 

the rotation. This means that P1 and P2 can be located outside of

 

the PCL Picture Frame. Follow the (RO90) or (RO270) commands

 

with (IP) or (IR) to relocate points P1 and P2 to the lower-left and

 

upper-right corners of the picture frame.

 

When the RO command is used, the soft-clip window, if defined, is

 

also rotated, and any portion that is rotated outside of the picture

 

frame is clipped to the picture frame boundaries. The soft-clip window

 

can be set equal to the picture frame by issuing an “IW;” command

 

(see Figure 19-17).

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HP 5961-0509 Positive angle of rotation, Location to reflect the new orientation, Upper-right corners of the picture frame