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Section 3: IBM Emulation Mode Printer Commands
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Mode and Horizontal Density (249x Only)
For 249x printers only.
Use this command to select the mode and horizontal density for dot matrix
graphics.
Usage Notes
• Ln and Hn identify the number of bytes in mode and data.
To print less than 256 bytes:
— Hn is 0.
— Ln is the number of bytes you want to print, plus 1 for the mode byte.
To print more than 256 bytes:
— Divide the number of bytes you want to print (plus 1 mode byte) by
256.
— The result is Hn.
— The remainder is Ln.
• mode is the vertical wire count and the horizontal density in dots per inch.
Select mode from the following table.
2 4
14, 15
1 2
16, 17
If dots 1 and 0 print, wire 18 is also used.
0 1
19, 20
Format ESC [ g Ln Hn mode data
Decimal 27 91 103 Ln Hn mode data
Hex 1B 5B 67 Ln Hn mode data
Mode
Horizontal Density WiresDec
Hex
0 00 60 8
1 01 120 8
2 02 120 8
3 03 240 8
Bit Number Binary Value Print Wires