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MAG
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement for magnifying a font, barfont or image up to four times
separately in regard of height and width.
Syntax MAG,
1 2
1
2
Default value:
is the magnification in regard of height (1–4).
is the magnification in regard of width (1–4).
1,1
Reset to default by: PRINTFEED execution
Remarks Magnification makes the object grow in directions away from the selected
anchor point, see ALIGN statement.
The MAG statement has become more or less obsolete for fonts and bar fonts
with the implementation of scalable fonts. Even if MAG works for such fonts,
the printout quality will be much better by using a larger font size rather than
magnifying a smaller one. However, the MAG statement is retained to allow
compatibility with programs originally written for older Intermec Fingerprint
versions.
The MAG statement also works with images. However, since the MAG
statement simply enlarges the bitmap pattern of an image, it is to prefer to
download and use a larger version of an image rather than magnifying a
smaller one.
Note that the MAG statement cannot be used for bar code patterns (use
BARHEIGHT and BARMAG statement for that purpose).
Example This example illustrates how the image "GLOBE.1" is printed both with its
original size and magnified 4 times. Note the rough edges of the curves in the
enlarged image.
10 ALIGN 2
20 PRPOS 300,50
30 FONT "Swiss 721 BT"
40 PRTXT "Normal Size"
50 PRPOS 300,125
60 PRIMAGE "GLOBE.1"
70 PRPOS 300,300
80 PRTXT "Enlarged 4X"
90 PRPOS 300,375
100 MAG 4,4
110 PRIMAGE "GLOBE.1"
120
RUN
PRINTFEED
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