6-24 HP PCL Font Characteristics
The SL command only affects each character relative to an imaginary line beside the text
characters. The direction or placement of the text on the drawing does not affect the SL
command; neither do the settings of the P1 and P2 scaling points. (The DI and DR
commands, however, do affect the slant direction, since the base of a character always stays
on the baseline of the text.
You can specify the actual tangent value, or you can use the TAN function available in
most computer languages.
An SL command remains in effect until another SL command is executed, or the printer is
initialized or set to its default conditions.
Extra Space (ES)
This command adjusts space between characters and lines of text without affecting
character size.
ES
width
[,
height;
] or ES [
;
]
Table 6-18 Extra Space Command Parameters
Parameter
Format
Functional Range
Default
width
clamped real
-32768 to 32767
0
height
clamped real
-32768 to 32767
0
The printer interprets the parameters as follows:
No parameters - Defaults the spaces and lines between characters to no extra space.
Equivalent to (ES0,0).
Width - Specifies an increase (positive number) or decrease (negative number) in the space
between characters. For maximum legibility, do not specify more than one extra space or
subtract more than half a space.
Height - Specifies an increase (positive number) or decrease (negative number) in the space
between lines. For maximum legibility, do not specify more than two extra lines or subtract
more than half a line.
An ES command remains in effect until another ES command is executed, or until the
printer is initialized or set to default conditions.
Summary of Contents for Intellibar M412
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