96
IBM Proprinter III Custom Fonts Command
ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal
ESC = c
1
c
2
m n a
1
a
2
d
1
...d
11
1B 3D c
1
c
2
m n a
1
a
2
d
1
...d
11
27 61 c
1
c
2
m n a
1
a
2
d
1
...d
11
This command is used to define up to 256 character patterns and store the patterns in
RAM.
Dot Columns
Print Quality Horizontal Vertical
Utility 11 8
NLQ (Near Letter Quality) 23 8
The first portion of this command—ESC = c
1
c
2
m n—is used once to set up the printer
for the characters to be stored.
The second portion of this command—a
1
a
2
d
1
...d
11
—is used repeatedly, once for each
character to be defined and stored.
Parameter c
1
Parameter c
1
is used to define the low byte of the total data count.
•c
1
= 0 to 255 decimal
Paramter c
2
Parameter c
2
is used to define the high byte of the total data count.
•c
2
= 0 to 255 decimal
Parameter m
Parameter m is used to set the print quality.
• m = 20: UTL
• m = 21: NLQ II/Alternate NLQ II
Parameter n
Parameter n sets the starting character in RAM to be defined as custom characters.
• n = 0 to 255 decimal