Draw_box – CognitiveTPG DLXi User Manual
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S T A N D A R D P R I N T E R C O M M A N D S
DRAW_BOX
Function
Draws a hollow rectangle on the label.
Explicit Form
DRAW_BOX x y w h
t
Implicit Form
D x y w h
t
Parameters
x
X coordinate of upper left corner of box
y
Y coordinate of upper left corner of box
w
Box width, measured in dot columns. Must
be greater than zero.
h
Box height, measured in dot rows. Must be
greater than zero.
t
Optional; specifies line thickness in dots. The
default is 1. If t is greater than 1, the x, y, w,
and h parameters refer to the box outside
dimensions.
Comments
DRAW_BOX
can draw horizontal and vertical lines on labels if
you set t and h or w equal to 1, but the lines are two dots
wide. Boxes drawn with this command may not print well at
200 DPI or higher resolution unless the t parameter is 2 or
more. Some early printers do not support the t parameter, in
which case we suggest using multiple FILL_BOX commands
to create boxes with thicker lines.
See also
NOTE:
Avoid drawing boxes around bar codes. Vertical lines
near the bar code edge may be confused by scanners as being
part of the code.
Example
DRAW_BOX 5 5 100 50
DRAW_BOX 10 10 90 40
DRAW_BOX 20 30 70 1
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Revision F, January 2012, CognitiveTPG