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

EN IW, Input Window 19-31
SP1;
Select pen number 1. Even though there
is no physical pen, the SP command must
be used to enable printing.
SI.2,.35; Set Absolute Character Size to .2 x .35 cm.
PA2000,3200; Specify absolute plotting and move to
location (2000,3200) (plotter units).
DT@,1; Define label terminator to be the “@”
character, without printing the character.
LBTHIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF IW@;
Print a label beginning at (2000,3200).
(The label on the left is shown on two
lines —with a Carriage Return in the
middle of the text— for convenience in
this example. In an actual command
sequence, this label text should be all on
one line to print as shown in the plot at
the end of this example.)
IW3000,1300,4500,3700; Specify a soft-clip window (in plotter units).
PD2000,1700 Pen Down; print a line from the current
pen position to (2000,1700). Current pen
position at start of command is at the
letter W baseline.
LBTHIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF IW@;
Print the same label at (2000,1700). (This
label should not contain carriage returns
to print as shown in the plot for this
example.)
PU3000,1300; Pen Up and move to position (3000,1300).
PD4500,1300,4500,3700; Pen Down and begin drawing box
indicating the soft-clip window.
PD3000,3700,3000,1300; Finish drawing the soft-clip window box
PU; Pen Up
E
C
%0A Enter PCL Mode.
E
C
E Reset the printer to end the job and eject
the page.
Table 19-15 Example: The IW Command (continued)