Whenthe printer finishesits print “map”of your rule or pattern,the print position automaticallyreturns to the spot from which you started. That means,for instance,that you can make a lightlyshadedrectangleand then startprintingtext rightoverit. Thiskindof box canbe usefulfor settingoff particularinformationfrom the main body of yourtext.
Horizontally,you can specifythe rule length or horizontalpattern size in dots with this command:
<ESC>*c n A
in which for n you enter how many dots acrossthe page you want the rule or patternto be.
Alternatively,to specifythe horizontaldimensionfor a rule or pattern in decipoints,you can print this command:
<ESC> *C n H
in which n is the horizontalrule or patternsize in decipoints.
Vertically,you can indicatethe sizeof yourruleor patternin dotswith this command:
<ESC> *c n B
in whichnisthenumberofdotsdefiningthethicknessoftheruleorthedepth of the pattern.
Alternatively,to show the verticaldimensionin decipoints,you send this command:
<ESC> *c n V
in whichn is thenumberof decipointsin therule’sthicknessor thepattern’s verticallength.
4.7.4 Choosingand printinga rule or pattern
Youneedbothof the nexttwo commandsto chooseandprintthe particular patternyou wantto fill yourdefinedarea.Thesecommandsworktogether.
WiththePrintPatterncommand(whichactuallycomessecond)youspecify whetheryouwantto fillyourrectangularareawithasolidblackrule,a finely dotted
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