Star Micronics 8 Series manual Examples Pattern graphics, Using macros, Paitern

You always send the following Print Pattern command after a Specify Patterncommand.This PrintPatterncommandidentitieswhetherthe area youhavedefinedis tobefilledwitha rule,dottedgray-scalepattern,orlinear pattern:

<ESC> *C n P

For n enter a valuefrom the followingtable. (If you selecta linearpattern here, but a dotted pattern in the previous SpecifyPattern command,the printerwill ignorethis Print Patterncommand.)

n VALUE	PAITERN
O(zero)	solid black
2	dottedgray-scale
3	linear

Examples: Pattern graphics

To specifya blockfiveincheswideyoucouldusc a horizontaldimensionof 1500dots (5 inchestimes 300 dots).That commandwouldlook like this:

<ESC> *C 1500A

To print that area with a 25 percentgray-scalepattern,the commandsyou send wouldbe:

<ESC> *C 25G <ESC> *C 2p

Butto printan areafilledwiththehorizontalbarpattern,the commandsyou send wouldbe:

<ESC> *C IG <ESC> *C 3p

(You could combinethesecommandsas <ESC>*c lg 3P .)

MACROS

Using macros

There’sa greatshortcutthatsimplifiesthetaskof sendingcommandsto your LascrPnntcr8: usemacros.Amacrois a singlecontrolcode,whichyoucan

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