PENMOUNTS

PENMOUNTS

Specifies the number of active pens or colors.

Used in: GOPTIONS statement

Default: device dependent

See also: MAXCOLORS

Syntax
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Syntax

PENMOUNTS=active-pen-mounts

active-pen-mounts: specifies the number of pens for a plotter with multiple pens. After the specified number of pens have been used, you are prompted to change the pens.

Details

For devices that are not pen plotters, PENMOUNTS= can be used to indicate the number of colors that can be displayed at one time. In this case, PENMOUNTS= performs the same function as the MAXCOLORS device parameter except that the value specified for MAXCOLORS includes the background color and PENMOUNTS only refers to foreground colors. Thus, PENMOUNTS=4 implies MAXCOLORS=5.

PENMOUNTS= overrides the value of the MAXCOLORS device parameter. You can specify MAXCOLORS= in a GOPTIONS statement as a synonym for PENMOUNTS=.

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Used in:	GOPTIONS statement
Default:	device dependent
See also:	MAXCOLORS