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!R! Text ’A’; Cir 1; Exit; 
Each of these commands prints the capital letter  ‘A’ inside a circle. In the printout shown 
above, the unit is centimeters. Th e reason that the letter ‘A’ is off center in the circle is 
that the cursor is not lo cated at the center of the circle, bu t at left corner of the letter ‘A’.
The command  !R! TEXT ’a’; CIR 1; EXIT; 
prints a lowercase  a because the letter occurs  inside a character string. 
The sole exception to upper and lowercase us age in PRESCRIBE commands occurs with 
the initializing !R! command. This command  must always use an uppercase R. The print-
ing system will not enter the PRESCRIBE mode in response to !r!. 
In this manual, PRESCRIBE commands are  printed in upper-case for readability. 
Outside of PRESCRIBE mode, the printing system always distinguishes between upper-
case and lowercase letters and pr ints exactly what is sent. 
Special Parameters 
Some PRESCRIBE commands use unquoted stri ngs of characters as parameters. Exam-
ples for these are the FSET (c hange current font set by characteristic) command and the 
CSET (change symbol set by sy mbol-set ID) command. (See Chapter 4 for a detailed 
explanation of how these commands  are used to select fonts.)
The FSET and CSET commands use parameters that closely resemble the command 
parameters used for font control in Hewl ett-Packard’s printer control language. For 
example, the PRESCRIBE command 
FSET 0p12h12v0s0b6T; 
selects the font whose charact eristics most closely matches the following font parame-
ters: 
• Monospaced font (0p) 
• Character spacing of 12  characters/inch (12h) 
• Character height of 12 points (12v) 
• Upright style (0s) 
• Medium weight (0b) 
• LetterGothicBM12-Roman typeface (6T) 
In Hewlett-Packard’s PCL, the corresponding command would be
ESC(s0p12h12v0s0b6T
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Similarly, the PRESCRIBE command CSET 11U; designates use of the PC-8 Dan-
ish/Norwegian symbol set. The corresponding Hewlett-Packard PCL command is 
ESC(11U .
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							 Chapter 2
Graphics Tutorial
PRESCRIBE provides a wide variety of graphics operators, allowing you to easily con-
struct and print almost any  imaginable shape or pattern.
This chapter introduces the various graphics concepts of PRESCRIBE, and illustrates 
how to use many of its graphic functions. It  defines standard graphics mode, path mode 
graphics, and raster graphics.  It explains how to use predefined fill patterns, how to 
define your own fill patterns, and intro duces ways in which you can change the  print 
model , the rules that determine the manner in wh ich patterns and images are rendered on 
the paper. 
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Standard Graphics 
The standard graphics mode provides a number of operators for constructing a variety of 
filled shapes and lines. Using st andard mode graphics, you can: 
• Draw lines of any desired width 
• Draw circles and rectangles 
• Draw a variety of filled shap es, including boxes and arcs 
• Draw pie charts 
This is referred to as the standard graphics  mode because it is a standard feature of all 
versions of PRESCRIBE. 
Drawing Lines 
PRESCRIBE provides a number of  Draw to commands for drawing lines in both stan-
dard and path modes. These include: 
Lines to Absolute Position 
Begin with a simple task such as drawing a line between two arbitrary points on a page. 
Use the MAP and DAP commands to specify po sitions relative to the top and left mar-
gins. 
This task has several distinct steps: selectin g a line width, determining the starting point 
of the line, and determining the end point of the line. The following command sequence 
demonstrates this process. 
!R! RES; STM 0.5;
SLM 0.5;
SPD 0.01;
MAP 0.5, 1;
DAP 2, 0.5;
PAGE;
EXIT;  DAP (draw to absolute 
position)  Draws a line to an absolute 
position in a Cartesian coor-
dinate system whose origin (0,0) is at the intersection of 
the left and top margins. 
DZP (draw to zero-relative 
position)  Draws a line to an absolute 
position in a Cartesian coor-
dinate system whose origin (0,0) is at the intersection of 
the left and top edge limits of the paper. 
DRP (draw to relative position)  Draws a line to a position specified as a horizontal and ver-
tical displacement from the  current cursor position. 
DRPA (draw to relative 
position specified by angle)  Draws a line to a position that 
is specified as a distance and 
angle from the current cursor position. Examples of these 
commands are given in th e sections that follow. 
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Figure 2. 1.  Result of Draw Commands: Absolute Lines 
The initial !R! command switches the printing system to the PRESCRIBE mode. 
Remember that this command must alwa ys precede each sequence of PRESCRIBE com-
mands. 
The RES (RESet) clears the current page fr om printing system memory and re-estab-
lishes the printing system’s permanent defaults. Although you would not include this 
command in every sequence of  PRESCRIBE commands, we include it in this example to 
ensure consistent results. As a standard pr actice, include the RES at the beginning and 
end of each job. 
The STM and SLM set both the top and left  margins to 0.5 inches (1.27 centimeters). 
The SPD (Set Pen Diameter) command determines the thickness of lines. In the standard 
graphics mode, this setting determines the thickness of all lines drawn after the command 
is issued. In this example, the  line width is set to 0.01 inches. 
The starting point of the line is established with the MAP (Move to Absolute Position) 
command. This command moves  the cursor to a point that is a specified distance from 
the top and left margins. In this example, th e point specified is 0.5 inches from the left 
margin and 1 inch from the top margin. 
If the margins are changed, the position sp ecified by MAP also changes correspondingly. 
On the next line of the program, the DAP (Draw to Absolute Position) command draws a 
line from the starting position to the point 2 inches from the left margin and 0.5 inches 
from the top margin. 
Finally, PAGE; prints out the page, allowing us to look at the result of our work. 
Zero-relative Lines 
The line draw example below uses some new commands to draw another line. 
!R! RES; SPD 0.01;
MZP 0.5, 1;
DZP 2, 0.5;
PAGE;
EXIT; 
Edge limits
Margins DAP 2, 0.5;
MAP 0.5, 1; 
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Figure 2. 2.  Result of Draw Commands: Zero-relative Lines 
The first two lines switch the printing syst em to the PRESCRIBE mode, reset printing 
system parameters, and set the line width to 0.01 inch. On the third line, the MZP (Move 
to Zero-relative Position) differs from th e MAP (Move to Absolute Position) command 
in one respect: the position specified is in relation to the top and left edge page limits of 
the page, rather than in relation to the top and left page margins. MZP moves the cursor 
to the point that is 0.5 inches from the left edge limit and 1 inch from the top edge limit. 
Similarly, on the next line, DZP (Draw to Zero-relative Position) draws a line from the 
starting position to the point 2 inches from the left edge limit and 0.5 inches from the top 
edge limit. 
Relative Lines 
Another way to specify positions is in relation to the current cursor position. The follow-
ing command sequence provides an example. 
!R! RES; SPD 0.01;
MRP 2, 1;
DRP -1.5, -1;
MRP 2, 1;
DRP -1.5, -1;
MRP 2, 1;
DRP -1.5, -1;
PAGE;
EXIT; 
Edge limits
MZP 0.5, 1;  DZP 2, 0.5;
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Figure 2. 3.  Result of Draw Commands: Relative Lines 
In this command sequence, the PRESCRIBE mode begins with the !R!, resets the print-
ing system defaults to permanent settings with RES;, and establishes a pen width of 0.01 
inches with the SPD 0.01;. 
The MRP (Move to Relative Position) and DRP (Draw to Relative Position) specify 
positions in relation to the cursor’s current position. 
When the command sequen ce starts, the cursor is located  at the intersection of the left 
and top margins. The command MRP 2, 1; on line 3 moves the cursor 2 inches to the 
right of its current position, and down 1 inch from its current position. Then the com-
mand DRP -1.5, -1; draws a line from that point to a point 1.5 inches to the left of the 
cursor position and 1 inch abov e it. The cursor winds up 0.5 inches to the right of the 
point where it started. 
Lines 5 to 8 repeat the move-and-draw sequence two more times. This produces three 
parallel lines, as shown in the figure on the previous page. 
Lines in Terms of Angles 
Until now, all of our examples have specified positions in terms of Cartesian ( X,Y) coor-
dinates. This example illustrates drawing lines of specified lengths and angles.
!R! RES; SPD 0.01;
MZP 5, 4;
DRPA 2, 149;
DRPA 2, 221;
DRPA 2, 293;
DRPA 2, 365; CMNT Equivalent to 5 degrees;
DRPA 2, 437; CMNT Equivalent to 77 degrees;
PAGE;
EXIT; 
Edge limits
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Figure 2. 4.  Result of Draw Commands: Lines in Angles   
The first two lines of this command sequence initiates the PRESCRIBE mode, resets 
printing system defaults to permanent settings, and sets the line width to 0.01 inches. 
Then the MZP command on line 3  moves the cursor to a point 5 inches to the right of the 
left edge limit and 4 inches below the top edge limit. 
Next, DRPA 2, 149; on line 4 draws a line two inches long at an angle of 149 degrees. 
The angle is measured clockw ise from the vertical axis. The subsequent DRPA com-
mands draw additional 2-inch lines at angles  that increase in increments of 72 degrees. 
As indicated by the CMNT (CoMmeNT) comman ds, angles that exceed 360 degrees are 
equivalent to the remainder of division of the angle by 360. 
Drawing Boxes and Circles 
PRESCRIBE provides two commands especial ly for drawing boxes (BOX command) 
and circles (CIR command). 
Drawing Boxes 
The BOX (draw box) command  draws a box of a specified width and height . As with the 
line drawing commands, the thickness of the line used to draw the box is determined by 
the SPD (set pen diameter) command. 
The following command sequence draws a box.
!R! RES; UNIT C;
SPD 0.1;
MZP 3, 3;
BOX 3, 4;
PAGE;
EXIT; 
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Figure 2. 5.  An Example of a Box   
Line 1 places the printing system in the PRESCRIBE mode and resets printing system 
parameters. The UNIT C; command on the second  line sets the unit of measurement to 
centimeters, and the SPD (Set Pen Diameter)  command on line 3 sets the line width to 
0.1 centimeters. (If you omit these two comma nds, the printing system will print using 
the default unit, inches; and the default line width, 3 dots.) 
Next, the MZP command on line four moves the cursor to the point that is 3 centimeters 
to the right of the left edge limit and 3 centimeters below the top edge limit. This is the 
starting point from which the box is drawn. 
On line 5, BOX 3, 4; draws a box with a width of 3 centimeters and a height of 4 centi-
meters. 
The position of the box with respect to the cursor depends on the positive or negative 
value specified for  width and height . The box is drawn to the right of the cursor if  width 
is positive, and to the left of the cursor if  width is negative. Similarly, the box is drawn 
below the cursor if  height is positive, and above the cursor if  height is negative. This 
relation is illustrated in the figure that follows. 
By default, the position of the cursor is not  affected by this command. However, you can 
also specify an  option parameter to make the cursor m ove to an adjacent or diagonally 
opposite corner of the box, down by one text line, or to the left margin on the next text 
line. The following figure shows some examples. 
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Figure 2. 6.  Cursor Positioning Options 
XBOX 4, 2, H; Moves the cursor to 
the horizontally adjacent corner
BOX 4, 2, V; Moves the cursor to 
the vertically adjacent corner
BOX 4, 2, E; Moves the cursor to 
the diagonally opposite corner
BOX 4, 2, L; Moves the cursor 
down one line
BOX 4, 2, N; Moves the cursor to 
the beginning of the next line (to 
the left margin)
Left margin
Cursor position 
-X
-Y
Y
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