AMT Datasouth 4000 - Manual (Page 48)

User's Guide 48
Printing a Box
Label Output PAL TM Command Sequences
/Sans12.00pt findfont
12 scalefont
setfont
72 72 moveto
(Hello World!) show
72 68 moveto
144 68 lineto
30 30 moveto
258 30 lineto
258 258 lineto
30 258 lineto
closepath
2 setlinewidth
Hello World!
1 "
1 "
stroke
1 _showpages
Purpose: Demonstrate the drawing of a rectangular box. This example builds on the previous
example by drawing a frame around the label. A 4” x 4” (288 points x 288 points) label is used in
this example. The frame will be placed within 30 points of the edge of the label.
moveto - Position the drawing cursor at the desired location
This example assumes a 4” x 4” label (288 points x 288 points). A frame is drawn by moving to
the starting point with the moveto operator.
lineto - Set the dimensions for the line
Forms three sides of the box with three separate lineto operators.
closepath - Close the shape
A box is drawn by drawing 3 sides of the box with the lineto operator followed by closepath,
which closes the box by drawing the last line. It is important to use this operator to close a shape
since the imaging algorithms may or may not actually close the shape due to rounding errors in
the algorithm.
setlinewidth - Set the width of the lines
The width is set in points. In this example, the line width is set to 2 points. The this line width
value will remain the effective value for all lines until changed.