Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer Printer User Manual


 
3-33STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
3-3-7 Download
ESC & NUL n1 n2 [m d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 (d6 d7)] n2 - n1 + 1
[Name] Registerdownloadcharacters(vertical1bytefont)
[Code] ASCII ESC & NUL n1 n2 [m d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 (d6 d7)] n2 - n1 + 1
Hexadecimal 1B 26 00 n1 n2 [m d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 (d6 d7)] n2 - n1 + 1
Decimal 27 38 0 n1 n2 [m d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 (d6 d7)] n2 - n1 + 1
[DenedArea] 33 3333 n1 n2 127 (21h n1 n2 7Fh)
m = 0, 128 (00h, 80h)
00 d1 to d7 255
[Initial Value] ---
[Function] Registersdownloadcharacterstothespeciedcharactercode.
Amaximumof10downloadcharacterscanberegisteredfor7x9and5x9fonts.
Therangeofthelocationtowritedownloadcharactersisspeciedbyn1andn2.Whentheregistered
character is 1 character, n1 = n2.
Ifonehasbeenalreadyregisteredtoanaddress,itisoverwritten.
This command registers download characters independent to each font.
mindicatestherelationshipofthecharacterpatternandtheprinthead(seegurebelow).
Denitiondata(d1tod7)setthebitsthatcorrespondtothedotstoprintto“1,”andthebitsthatcorrespondto
thedotsthatarenotprintedto“0.”
Even if ESC @ (command initialization) is executed, the registered download character is not cleared.
ThiscommandiseffectiveonlyafontotherthantheThaifontisselectedasthecharactercodetable.
(Composedofvertical1byteexceptfortheThaifont.)
Relationship of character pattern data and print head.
1. When m = 0 (00h):
2. When m = 128 (80h):
Note • When registering 7 x 9 fonts, dots adjacent in the horizontal direction do not print.
• When character rotation is specied, 7 x 9 font registered characters cannot be printed. 5
x 9 font characters are always printed.
1
9
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pin Used
Unused
D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1
Upper Lower
1
9
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pin Used
Unused
D8 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1
Upper Lower