Printronix LQH-HWTM manual Form Design, Layout Considerations, Planning the Form Layout

Page Layout Considerations

Form Design

In this exercise, you will produce a complete form by sketching it out on a grid in the same way the logo was designed. Again, this exercise uses character scaling on an 8-1/2 x 11-inch (60 x 72 dpi) page. Refer to page 83, where character scaling is discussed in detail.

Page Layout Considerations

At 6 lines per inch (lpi) and 10 characters per inch (cpi) printing, a standard 8- 1/2 x 11-inch sheet of paper has a print area of 66 lines (rows) and 85 characters (columns). The printable area will vary if you are not printing at 6 lpi and 10 cpi. Thus, the grid used to design an 8-1/2 x 11-inch form should accommodate this 66 x 85 area.

Using the grids provided in Appendix B, sketch out the form layout and identify the starting and ending values. These values will be used to input IGP command parameters.

Planning the Form Layout

In this example, assume you work for the HandCraft Boat Company. Your slogan is “Quality boats crafted by hand,” and the owner, Mr. Handcraft, has asked you to design a simple form that his salespeople can use for special orders. On the form, he wants a logo, the slogan, the customer's name, spaces for other particulars of the order, and a bar code to distinguish the sales region and boat division from other HandCraft enterprises. Begin this task as described below.

1.First design the form on the Standard Grid provided in Appendix B. Figure 55 shows the locations of the various form components. Compensate for expanded characters and plan for the logo.

2.Define the logo and then return to the form to add all the form components. Modify the hand logo already on file as the HandCraft logo. Use the Logo Grid in Appendix B, and refer to Figure 56 on page 242, which shows the dot positions of the hand logo with a boat added to the hand. When dot positions (or a range of dot positions) are not specified, the boat image in the hand emerges.

3.Open a file named HNDCFT.FOM to contain all the form information. As shown in the following example, use the Create Logo mode command, name the logo HANDCRFT, specify the logo height (VL) and width (HL), enter the dot positions used, and end the Logo command.

Enter	Format
HNDCFT.FOM	(System Format)
~LOGO;HANDCRFT;56;60	(cc)LOGO;logoname;VL;HL
1;40-42	row#;dot;dot1-dot2;dot

2;38-42 3;36-42 4;35-42 5;33-41 6;31-40

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