Lexmark 249X Printer User Manual


 
Section 3: IBM Emulation Mode Printer Commands
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the code page number, then divide by 256.
Code page information begins on page 188.
Print From Code Page
Continuously Print Characters from a Code Page
Use this command to print characters from the all Characters Chart of a Code
Page (see “Printing a Code Page” on page 204).
Ln Hn
Ln (low number) and Hn (high number) identify the number of characters that
you want to print.
See below for ways to calculate this variable.
n1 n2 n3......nn
The variables, n1 n2 n3 and so on, are the number of characters that you want to
print. For example, for each character, n1 n2 n3...., that you want to print, you
substitute the decimal or hexadecimal digit for that character.
Use the code page tables for the decimal or the hexadecimal digit (see “Code
Pages” on page 187).
Locate the character on the code page table.
Use the decimal or hexadecimal digit for that character in the printer com-
mand format.
Usage Notes
To print less than 256 characters:
Hn is 0.
Ln is the number of characters you want to print.
To print more than 256 characters:
Divide the number of characters you want to print by 256.
The result is Hn.
The remainder is Ln.
You must input a decimal or hexadecimal digit for each character
(n1.....nn) you want to print. The decimal and hexadecimal digits are
Format ESC \ Ln Hn n1.....nn
Decimal 27 92 Ln Hn n1.....nn
Hex 1B 5C Ln Hn n1.....nn