IBM TF7 Printer User Manual


 
Bit # Function Bit=0 Bit=1 Thermal Impact
4 Double-high Cancel Set yes yes
5 Double-wide Cancel Set yes yes
6 Inverted Mode Cancel Set yes no
MSB 7 Underlined Cancel Set yes no
Table 16. Fonts for Models TI5, TG5, TF7, and TM7
Bit 0 Bit 1 User-Defined Thermal
Code Page
User-Defined Impact Code
Page @ Density
Resident Thermal Resident
Impact
0 0 Code Page 1 Code Page 1 @ 150 half-dots
per inch
Font A Font A
1 0 Code Page 2 Code Page 1 @ 120 half-dots
per inch
Font B Font B
0 1 Code Page 3 Code Page 2 @ 150 half-dots
per inch
Font C Font A
1 1 Code Page 4 Code Page 2 @ 120 half-dots
per inch
Reserved Font B
Default:
n=00
Remarks:
v For thermal printing with resident character sets:
Font A = 10-dots (wide) × 20 dots (high) or 1.25 mm × 2.5 mm
Font B = 12-dots (wide) × 24 dots (high) or 1.5 mm × 3.0 mm
Font C = 8-dots (wide) × 16 dots (high) or 1.0 mm × 2.0 mm
v For impact printing:
Font A = dot density of 150 half-dots per inch (resident characters = 1.2
mm × 2.5 mm).
Font B = dot density of 120 half-dots per inch (resident characters = 1.5
mm × 2.5 mm).
Emphasized printing enable and disable, and font A or font B selection
must be at the beginning of a print line to be recognized.
User-defined characters greater than 9 dots high cannot be printed
double high in landscape mode.
Double-high and emphasized characters are not valid in landscape
mode.
v Invert cannot be used with overline or underline.
v See Character Fontson page 93, Download User-Defined Characters
on page 112, Set Print Stationon page 128, and Select User-Defined
or Resident Character Setson page 129 for related information.
Example:
Print mode set to font B, emphasized and underlined enabled (n = 89 hex).
Set or Cancel Double-Wide Mode
RS-232 Syntax:
ESC W n or X'1B;57;n'
where:
n=00 Cancel double-wide mode
updated March 18, 2002
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