Prnting Fold Marks with PCL 1

Use the rectangle draw command...

Position the cursor, say...

<esc>*p0x1000Y

then draw the rectangle

<esc>*c75a3b0P

The value before the "a" is the width and the value before the "b" is the depth. The "0P" specifies a black fill.

This will draw a rectangle that is 75 dots wide by 3 dots high at location 0,1000

Adjust location and size parameters to suit.


Jim Asman

Jim:

I work with your solution and now my reports have his "folder insertion marks".

I´m going to use it at the end of the current month.

Thanks ..

>> This will draw a rectangle that is 75 dots wide by 3
>> dots high at location 0,1000

Just for completeness (and, I guess, because I'm a bit of a pedant):

(a) The location is relative to the logical page, rather than the physical page.
On most LaserJet devices, the top-left corner (0.000,0.000)of the logical page is located at approximately (0.237,0.000) relative to the physical page (for A4 portrait pages).


(b) The units used in the {esc}*p#x#Y 'set cursor' sequences are relative to the current 'PCL unit of measure'; unless a 'Unit of Measure' sequence ({esc}&u#D) specifies otherwise, these units default to 300-per-inch.

You could instead use the {esc}&a#h#V 'set cursor' sequences, for which the units (decipoints) are absolute.


(c) The units used in the {esc}*c#a#B 'set rectangle size' sequences are (similarly) relative to the current PCL unit of measure.

You could instead use the {esc}*c#h#V 'set rectangle size' sequences, for which the units (decipoints) are absolute.