HP 5961-0509 manual Using Fill Types, 22-4The Line and Fill Attributes Group

Table 22-2 Commands Affectedby Line Types (continued)

EW, Edge Wedge

FP, Fill Polygon

RA, Fill Rectangle Absolute

RR, Fill Rectangle Relative

WG, Fill Wedge

Using Fill Types

Using the Fill Type (FT) command adds detail to your drawings and increases their visual effectiveness. The fill type affects the RA (Fill Rectangle Absolute), RR (Fill Rectangle Relative), WG (Fill Wedge), FP (Fill Polygon) commands, and CF (Character Fill) commands. PCL 5 printers support solid, parallel line, (hatching), HP-GL/2cross-hatch, raster fill (shading is a special type of raster fill), and PCL cross hatch and PCL user-definedfills. Figure 22-3 shows the first four types. The user-definedfill type shown on the right can be printed using the HP-GL/2 RF (raster fill) command. User-defined fills can also be selected with the FT (Fill Type) command after having been created in PCL context (see “User-Defined Raster Graphics” in Chapter 13.

Figure 22-3 Fill Types

When you use HP-GL/2 hatching or cross-hatch fill types, the lines are drawn using the currently selected line width, type, and attributes. For example, if you have selected a dashed line type and a hatched fill type, your figure is filled with dashed, parallel lines. All fill types have an anchor corner, the starting point of the fill pattern. Its default location is in the lower-left corner of the PCL Picture Frame. Conceptually, the fill type replicates out from the anchor corner in the plus X-directions and plus Y-directions, as shown in the following illustration. Figures are filled by that portion of the fill type resident to the area (refer to rectangles 1 and 2).

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