AMT Datasouth Codewriter 4500 Series - Manual (Page 82)

Applications Overview
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Printing Text on a Label
Label Output PAL Command Sequence
Hello World!
1 "
1 "
/Sans12.00pt findfont
12 scalefont
setfont
72 72 moveto
(Hello World!) show
1 _showpages
Purpose: Demonstrate how to print simple text on a label.
findfont - Establish the font to use
The fontname is preceded by a “/”. In this example, a Sans Serif 12 point font was
chosen. See Table 7 for supported fonts.
scalefont – Scale the selected font’s size in points
It is typical to use the value indicated in the selected font. In this example, since
Sans12.00pt was the selected font, the scaling was set to 12. Optionally, the command
may be used to scale the font to a different size (e.g. 13 or 11)
setfont - Set the current font to the scaled font defined by the scalefont operator
This font will be used for all subsequent text unless another font is chosen.
moveto - Position the drawing cursor at the desired location
Moves the cursor position 1 inch to the right and 1 inch from the bottom (see box on next
page for description of coordinate system).
show – Place the text on the label
The text to be printed is enclosed by parentheses. The lower left-hand corner of the text is
placed at the current cursor position. In this example the cursor position is established
with the moveto command as described above.
_showpages - Print the created label
The “1” in the example indicates that one label is to be printed. If printing 10 labels, the
command would be 10 _showpages.