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characters or simply supplies you with sets of characters already created.
Also, some popular commercial software programs take advantage of
the printer’s user-defined character function to
enhance
printouts. These
characters are sometimes called download characters.
Defining your own characters
The printout below displays a few such characters to give you an idea of
what can be done, but remember
that
since these characters are truly
user-defined, you can create whatever you need or want.
DIP switch l-l must be off before you can create a user-defined
character. The procedure for designing a character is a simple three-step
process:
1.
Plan your character.
2. Run a program to test your work and calculate the required DATA
numbers.
3. Run another program to put the character in your printer’s memory
for use whenever you need it.
Once you define a character, you can print it in either draft or NLQ. If
you print it in NLQ, the printer adds dots to make the character more
fully formed.
After you have created your own characters with these programs, certain
keys that you seldom use generate the user-defined characters. For
example, you
can
press
the
( key to print
.
You
can
create any type of character. The only restriction is that the
characters you define must follow the same rules that govern the rest of
the characters printed by the FX. They must fit into an
11
x 9 matrix, no
dot can overlap another (in draft mode), and either the top or the
bottom row must be empty.
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