HP PCL/PJL reference (PCL 5 Printer Language) - Technical Reference Manual Part II

EN Drawing Rectangles 21-3
Drawing Rectangles
You can draw a rectangle by outlining (edging) the defined area using
the Edge Rectangle Absolute (EA) or Edge Rectangle Relative (ER)
commands.
To draw a rectangle, the printer uses the current pen location for one
corner; you give the coordinates for the diagonally opposite corner.
The printer draws the rectangle defined by these two points. The
following simple command sequence uses EA to draw a rectangle.
Table 21-3
Example: Drawing Rectangles
?E Reset the printer.
?%0B Enter HP-GL/2 mode.
IN; Initialize HP-GL/2 mode.
SP1; Select pen number 1 (black). You must select a
pen to print HP-GL/2 images.
PA10,10; Specify absolute plotting and move to (10,10).
EA2500,1500; Draw the outline of a rectangle, with the lower
left corner being the current pen location
(10,10) and the upper right corner being
(2500,1500).
?%0A Enter the PCL mode.
?E Send a reset to end the job and eject the page.