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Section 7: Downloading Characters and Fonts
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The Lookup Table
• ASCII character 255, xFF, cannot be defined. It is a mandatory space and is
the same size as ASCII character 32, x20.
• ASCII Character 0, x00, is the zero slash. Any character downloaded to 0,
x00 replaces the zero. If the zero slash is selected from the operator panel,
the download character is printed instead of ASCII character 48, x30.
• All block graphic characters are 30 dots high, even though only 24 dots are
defined for each column.
An underscore character is defined as a blank-block graphic character (all
zeros). The underscore is generated by the printer during the second pass.
A shading-block graphic character repeats dots 1-6 of each column as dots
25 through 30, respectively.
A line-drawing-block graphic character repeats dots 23 and 24 as the pairs
25/26, 27/28, and 29/30.
• An entry can point to any character data image whether resident or down-
loaded. Multiple entries can point to the same image. The address of an
undefined entry should be zero. An undefined entry is printed as a space.
Managing the Download Area
If you are downloading and know the status of preceding downloaded
information, you should not have any conflicts in character management. If,
however, there is previously downloaded information in the download area
and you are not sure of its status, you can write over the download area with
the resident lookup tables for the currently selected code page. To write over
any existing download data, send the printer command ESC = 0 0. Sending
ESC = 0 0 clears the existing download data and copies the resident lookup
tables to the download area.
5-9
Used for the compression mask. There is
one bit per dot column with bit 7 of byte 5
mapping to the leftmost column. For a
character with 36 dot columns when
decompressed, bit 4 of byte 9 would map to
the rightmost column.
All zeros indicate that a character is not
compressed.
If a proportional character has more dot
columns than compression mask bits, the
remaining dot columns must be stored
without compression.
Only 39 dot columns can be compressed.
Bit 40 of the compression mask is reserved.
Bit Bit Values Functions