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EN Fill Rectangular Area Command 14-9
Fill Rectangular Area Command
This command fills (prints) a rectangular area of the specified width
and height with the specified area fill.
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* c # P
# =0 - Black fill (rule)
1 - Erase (white) fill
2 - Shaded fill
3 - Cross-hatch fill
4 - User-defined pattern fill
5 - Current pattern fill
Default = 0
Range = 0 - 5 (values outside the range are ignored)
Black fill — fills the rectangular area with black fill.
White fill — erases any fill in the rectangular area (it fills the
rectangular area with white fill).
Shaded fill — fills the rectangular area with one of the eight shading
patterns as specified by the Pattern ID command.
Cross-Hatch fill — fills the rectangular area with one of the six
cross-hatched patterns as specified by the Pattern ID command.
User-defined fill — fills the rectangular area with custom pattern
data as specified by the Pattern ID command and downloaded by the
User-Defined Pattern command.
Current Pattern — fills the rectangular area with the current pattern.
Notes The order in which data (patterns/rules, text, raster) is received is the
order in which it is processed during the rasterization of the page.
The current pattern is not applied to a rectangular area unless
specified by this command.
The fill or pattern used as the current pattern is selected using the
Select Current Pattern (
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*v#T) command. For a detailed description
of the Select Current Pattern command refer to Chapter 13, The PCL
Print Model.
Black fill (value field 0), also known as black rule, and the white fill
(value field of 1) “patterns” do not have a choice of different patterns,
and thus do not require a pattern specification using the Pattern ID
command.