Expanded Print

Purpose

Selects font sizes other than the default font.

Mode

NORMAL, EXECUTE

Format

(cc)EXPAND; VE; HE

 

(cc)

The Special Function Control Character.

 

EXPAND

The Expanded Print command; enter EXPAND.

 

VE

Specifies the vertical expansion factor; enter a value

 

 

ranging from 0 to 139.

 

HE

Specifies the horizontal expansion factor; enter a value

 

 

ranging from 0 to 139. Both VE and HE parameters

 

 

must be zero or non±zero. One expansion value cannot

 

 

be specified as 0 if the other is not. A VE or HE setting

 

 

of 1 expands the appropriate plane but produces

 

 

single±size characters. A VE and HE setting of 0

 

 

produces standard±size characters.

Comments

The Expanded Print command uses the 0.10±inch, 10 cpi Gothic typeface

 

as the default base value from which alphanumeric characters are

 

expanded. (Refer to the Font command on page 4±61 for more information

 

about available typefaces and styles.)

 

The character height can be up to a maximum of 13.9 inches, which means

 

if a page is 13.9 inches high, you can print a character that fills the entire

 

height of the page.

 

 

After an Expanded Print command is entered, all subsequent alphanumerics

 

print at the specified expansion until another Expanded Print command, a

 

Normal mode command, or a Reset command is entered. An Expanded

 

Print command with VE and HE set to 0 selects standard character printing.

Example

The following command results in character printing at 25 times its vertical

 

and 40 times its horizontal size.

 

~EXPAND;25;40

 

4±60

Commands

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Printronix ThermaLine Series manual Expanded Print, NORMAL, Execute