HP 5961-0509 manual Printing Labels, TD, Transparent Data

Table 23-1 The Character Group Commands (continued)

TD, Transparent Data

Specifies whether control characters perform their function or are printed as characters when printing text.

Printing Labels

Use the Label command (LB) to create text charts or to emphasize areas of a diagram or graph that need special attention or explanation. You can control almost all aspects of the label’s appearance: its position, size, slant, spacing, and direction. All labels are drawn using the font currently designated (refer to the SD or AD commands) and selected for use (refer to the SS or SA commands).

If you are using a font other than the default, use SD (Standard Font Definition) or AD (Alternate Font Definition) commands to designate a font that can be selected. Then, use the SS (Select Standard Font) or SA (Select Alternate Font) commands to select the designated font.

You can follow the LB (Label) command with virtually any characters, including non-printing control codes, such as a Line Feed or Carriage Return.

Note Symbol mode is a special case of a Label.

At the end of a label, you must use a special label terminator to signify the end of text. The default terminator is the ASCII end-of-text character ETX (decimal code 03), or you can define a terminator using the DT command. Without the label terminator in place, your printer continues to label your picture with all subsequent HP-GL/2 commands and parameters.

The following example demonstrates printing a simple label using the SD command to designate a font, the SS command to select that font, the DT command to define a label terminator, and the LB command to print the label, including Carriage Returns and Line Feeds.

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