gen_string
This variable is described for two types of printers:
Character printers
For character printers, <gen_string> is a combination of the following
in any order:
- string, for example, "abc"
- integer, for example, 10
- dec(decimal_number), for example, dec(10)
- octal(octal_number), for example, octal(10)
- hex(hex_number), for example, hex(1A)
- ^control_character, for example, ^L
- control(control_character), for example, control(L)
- esc escape_string, for example, esc "abc"
PostScript printers
For PostScript printers, <gen_string> is a combination of the
following, in any order, that must be surrounded by double quotes:
- BOLD, that is, switches to bold
- BOLDFONT, that is, switches to bold font
- BOLDOBLIQUE, that is, switches to bold italics
- BOLDOBLIQUEFONT, that is, switches to bold italic
font
- BOTTOMMARGIN, that is, switches the bottom margin
- BOX, that is, switches to box font
- FONTSIZE, that is, switches the font size
- LANDSCAPE, that is, switches to landscape mode
- LEFTMARGIN, that is, sets the size of the non-printable
margin
- MONOSPACE, that is, switches to monospace spacing
(enforce character matrix)
- NORMAL, that is, switches to normal
- NORMALFONT, that is, switches to normal font
- OBLIQUE, that is, switches to italics
- OBLIQUEFONT, that is, switches to italic font
- PAGEHT, that is, sets the number of characters to
be fitted on the page vertically
- PAGEWD, that is, sets the number of characters to
be fitted on the page horizontally
- PAPERHT, that is, sets the paper height in inches
- PAPERWD, that is, sets the paper width in inches
- PORTRAIT, that is, switches to portrait mode
- PROPORTIONAL, that is, switches to proportional spacing
(don't enforce character matrix)
- RIGHTMARGIN, that is, sets the width of the right
margin
- ROTATE2, that is, prints two pages per page rotated
- TOPMARGIN, that is, sets width of top margins
- UNDERLINE, that is, switches to underlining
- UNDERLINESTOP, that is, switches off underlining
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