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Defining the dimensions of the area you want to filljust means indicating the
horizontal and vertical size of the pattern, or the rule’s length and thickness.
You can indicate dimensions in either dots or decipoints (tenths of a point).
At 300 dots or 720 decipoints to the inch, decipoint measurements are more
accurate. The printer converts decipoint values into dots, using 2.4 decipoints
to the dot. It rounds up fractions to the next integer. So 1225decipoints would
work out to 510.4 dots, and the printer rounds this up to 511 dots.
Your dimension commands specify an area to the right and down from the
current print position. If you define an area larger than the page, your printer
will accept the command. It will, however, cut off your pattern or rule at the
boundaries of 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 a lightly shaded rectangle and then
start printing 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 can specify the rule length or horizontal pattern size in dots
with this command:
<ESC>
*C n
A
in which for n you enter how many dots across the page you want the rule or
pattern to be.
Alternatively, to specify the horizontal dimension for a rule or pattern in
decipoints, you can print this command:
<ESC>
*C n
H
in which n is the horizontal rule or pattern size in decipoints,
Vertically, you can indicate the size of your rule or pattern in dots with this
command:
<ESC>
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*C n
B