Roland DXY-1100, Command Reference Manual

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EXPLANATION
Positive tick refers to the up direction on the X axis and the right direction on the Y axis, and
negative tick refers to the down direction on the X axis and the left direction on the Y axis.
Y
Y
Positive direction Negative direction
Fig. TL-1
The tick length parameter value used with the XT command is a percentage of P 2 y - P 1y, and
that with the YT command a percentage of P2x — P1x. The parameter range is from - 128.0000
to + 127.9999. 0 designates no lick.
A parameter of TOO draws a tick between points P1 and P2 in the X and Y directions. Parameter
100 is used to create devisions within a table rather to draw scale ticks.
Tick length is a portion of the length in the X and Y directions determined by points P1 and P2.
Therefore, note that the length of X tick is different from that of Y tick when an area set by points
P1 and P2 is not a square. When the plotter is initialized or the TL command with no parameter is
executed, it is automatically set to 0.5% of the length between point P1 and P2 in the X and Y
directions. The tick length in the negative direction is set to 0 if it is not specified.
The TL command is effective until another TL command is executed or the IN or DF command is
executed.
Use a positive parameter in principle, because a negative parameter specifies a tick length in
reverse direction.
A parameter out of the specified range will cause an error when the XT or YT command is ex­
ecuted.
• EXAMPLE
10 ' *** "TL" COMMAND ***
20 OPEN "LPT1:" AS #1
30 PRINT #1,"IN;SP1;PA1000;1000;PD;”
40 FOR 1=1 TO 10
50 PRINT #1,"TL2,0;XT;PR40,0;"
60 PRINT #1,"TL1,0;"
70 FOR J=1 TO 4
80 PRINT #1,"XT; PR40,0;"
90 NEXT J
100 NEXT I
110 PRINT #1,"TL2,0;XT;SP;"
Fig. TL 2
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