Selecting The Graphics Default Parameters - HP 262SA Reference Manual

Graphics
GRAPHICS TEXT STATUS. You can check the current text settings with a graphics text
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status request. Refer to the Graphics Status section in this appendix for additional information.
LABEL. This sequence is used to send a single record of graphics text to the terminal. The
characters are stored in the graphics memory using the current text size, angle, slant, "and
justification. The label is drawn beginning at the current pen position.
Graphics
Text Label:
Ec
*
I
<text string)
CRCLF)
The record must end with a CR, LF, or both. A CR moves the pen to its original position when
the label command was the first received. An LF moves the pen down one line (character
spacing). Note that the actual directions moved following a CR or LF depend on the text
orientation selected.
The maximum record length is 73 characters, not including the
Ec
*
I
preamble or the
CRCLF) .
Example:
Ec
*
I Thi s i s a sampl e label CR LF
Selecting The Graphics Default Parameters
Graphics parameters can be set to their default (power-on or full reset) values (see table D-5) by
issuing the following sequence:
Ec
*
m
1
r
It may be necessary to reselect graphics settings before sending graphics data to the terminal.
See the Graphics Status section in this appendix for further information on graphics status
requests.
Graphics Hard Reset
Graphics hard reset performs as if a hard reset were initiated for graphics only. It sets all
graphics parameters to their default values as specified for
Ec
*
mr
(see Table D-5) plus the
following:
1. Clears raster memory buffer
2. Drawing pen is positioned at location 0,0
A graphics hard reset can only be performed programmatically:
Ec
*
w
r
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