Printronix S828, Programmer'S Manual

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Chapter 5 IPDS Programming Information 177 260071 ‐ 001A
The parameter bytes contain the specific characteristics for the drawing order. For information about the
parameters, see the specific drawing orders, following this description.
Code Drawing Code Drawing
00 No Operation 33 Set Character Cell Size
01 Comment 34 Set Character Angle
04 Reserved (Treated as a No-op) 38 Set Character Set
08 Set Pattern Set 39 Set Character Precision
0A Set Color (Graphics) 3A Set Character Direction
0C Set Mix 3B Set Marker Precision
0D Set Background Mix 3C Set Marker Set
11 Set Fractional Line Width 3E End Prologue
18 Set Line Type 43 Reserved (Treated as a No-op)
19 Set Line Width 60 End Area
21 Set Current Position 68 Begin Area
22 Set Arc Parameters 71 End Segment (Treated as a No-op)
26 Set Extended Color 81 Line at Current Position
28 Set Pattern Symbol 82 Marker at Current Position
29 Set Marker Symbol 83 Character String at Current Position
85 Fillet at Current Position C1 Line
87 Full Arc at Current Position C2 Marker
91 Image at Current Position C3 Character String
92 Image Data C5 Fillet
93 End Image C7 Full Arc
A1 Relative at Current Position D1 Begin Image
E1 Relative Line
The following sections describe the drawing orders.
No Operation
00
Description
: This order is a no-operation; it has no effect on the graphic medium presentation space or
any attribute or any current parameter.
Comment
01 L1 P1..Pn
Description:
This order is a no-operation; it has no effect on the graphic medium presentation space or
any attribute or any current parameter. This order can appear anywhere within the segment.
L1 is the length byte. This byte is a value between 1 and 255 and specifies the number of data bytes that
follow. Parameters P1 to Pn are the data bytes. The printer ignores the data within the order. However,
there must be at least one data byte within this order.