Tally Genicom 6600 manual Boxes

Dashed Lines

Boxes

Description Boxes can be drawn in a variety of shapes, sizes, and line weights. Maximum box size is limited to the maximum printed pass length and the width of the paper being printed upon.

NOTE: When printing boxes, the minimum box length must be greater than twice the thickness of the vertical borders.

The minimum box height must be greater than twice the thickness of the horizontal borders.

The command for drawing a box is:

Command ^LBhhhdvvvdhv

Arguments

^LB The Box command.

hhhHorizontal length of the box in increments of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm) from 001 to 132 (0.1 to 13.2 inches or 0.25 to 33.53 cm).

dAdditional horizontal length of the box in dot-columns, ranging from 0 to 9.

vvv Vertical height of the box in increments of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm).

dAdditional vertical height of the box in dot columns, ranging from 0 to 9.

hThickness of the top and bottom borders of the box, ranging from 1 to 9 dot rows.

vThickness of the two vertical borders of the box, ranging from 1 to 9 dot columns.

Example 1: The command ^LB0250010062^- prints the following box:

^LB	The Box command
0250	The lengths of the top of the bottom borders are 2.5
	inches (1.27 cm) with no additional dot columns.
0100	Line lengths of the left and right borders are 1 inch
	each (2.54 cm) with no additional dot rows.

6Line thickness for top and bottom borders is 6 dot rows.

2Line thickness for the right and left borders is 2 dot rows.

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