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PDL principles and procedures
1-4 Using LCDS Print Description Language
• Comments (if appropriate)
These components are shown in the following figure.
Figure 1-1. Diagram of PDL command components
1. Command statement
2. Identifier
3. Command keyword
4. Parameter keyword
5. Parameter option
6. Additional parameter keywords and options
In the example above, the identifier, parameter keyword, and
parameter options are part of the VFU command, which is
represented by the required command keyword
VFU . All of these
components may be collectively referred to as a “command
statement.”
The following table shows examples of the typical components of
a PDL command statement.
Table 1-1. Set of typical PDL commands
Command
identifier
Command
keyword
(required)
Parameter
keywords Parameter
options
VFU1:
CME4:
VFU
CME
ASSIGN=
TOF=
BOF=
LINE=
POSITION=
FONT=
(1,1),
1,
55;
(1,60),
5,
2;