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Definingthe dimensionsof thearea you want tofill justmeans indicating the
horizontaland vertical size of the pattern, or the rule’s length and thickness.
Youcan indicate dimensions in either dots or decipoints (tenths of apoint).
At300 dots or 720 decipoints to the inch, decipoint measurements are more
accurate.The printerconvertsdecipoint valuesinto dots,using2.4 decipoints
tothe dot.Itrounds upfractions tothe nextinteger. So 1225decipointswould
work out to 510.4 dots, and the printer rounds this up to 511dots.
Your dimension commands specify an area to the right and down from the
currentprint position.If you define an area larger than the page, your printer
willaccept the command. It will, however, cut off your pattern or rule at the
boundariesof the page’s printable area.
When the printer finishes its print “map” of your rule or pattern, the print
position automatically returns to the spot from which you started. That
means, for instance, that you can make alightly shaded rectangle and then
startprinting text right over it. This kind of box can be useful for setting off
particular information from the main body of your text.
Horizontally,you canspecify therule lengthor horizontalpattern sizein dots
with thiscommand:
<ESC> *C nA
inwhich for nyou enter how many dots across the page you want the rule or
pattern to be.
Alternatively, to specify the horizontal dimension for arule or pattern in
decipoints,you can print this command:
<ESC> *C nH
in which nisthe horizontal rule or pattern size in decipoints,
Vertically,you can indicate the size of your rule or pattern in dots with this
command:
<ESC> *C nB
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