DRAWING RECTANGLES USING EA
The commands to draw rectangles in HP-GL/2 are EA ,
Edge Rectangle Absolute , and ER , Edge Rectangle
Relative. To use these commands, the printer uses the
current pen location for one corner and you give the
coordinates for the diagonally opposite corner. This
example uses EA to draw the rectangle. For more
information see the PCL 5 Printer Language Technical
Reference Manual.
LEGEND: Ec = [Ctrl] [P] [Esc] in DOS EDIT.
EcE Resets the printer.
Ec%0B Enters HP-GL/2 mode.
IN; Initializes HP-GL/2 mode.
SP1; Selects pen number 1,
(black). Even though
there is no physical pen,
the SP command must be
used to enable printing.
PA10,10; Specifies absolute
plotting, then moves to
(10,10).
EA2500,1500; Draws the outline of a
rectangle with the lower
left corner being the
current pen location,
(10,10), and the upper
right corner being
(2500,1500).
Ec%0A Enters PCL mode.
EcE Sends a reset to end the
job and eject the page.
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