Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer Printer User Manual


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3-36STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
ESC & m n1 n2 [d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9 d10 .... ak dk] n2 - n1 + 1
[Name] Denedownloadcharacters(vertical2bytefont)
[Code] ASCII ESC & m n1 n2 [d1 d2 d3 d4.........dk-1 dk..] n2 - n1 + 1
Hexadecimal 1B 26 m n1 n2 [d1 d2 d3 d4 .........dk-1 dk] n2 - n1 + 1
Decimal 27 38 m n1 n2 [d1 d2 d3 d4 .........dk-1 dk] n2 - n1 + 1
[DenedArea] • 7 x 9 Mode • 7 x 9 Mode• 7 x 9 Mode
m = 1
33 ≤ n1 ≤ n2 ≤ 127 (21h ≤ n1 ≤ n2 ≤ 7Fh)
0 ≤ 1 to 8 pins (d1 d3 d5 d7 … dk -1) ≤ 255
9 pin (d2 d4 d6 … dk) = 0, 128 (00h, 80h)
k = 14
• 9 x 9 Mode• 9 x 9 Mode
m = 2
33 ≤ n1 ≤ n2 ≤ 127 (21h ≤ n1 ≤ n2 ≤ 7Fh)
0 ≤ 1 to 8 pins (d1 d3 d5 d7 … dk -1) ≤ 255
9 pin (d2 d4 d6 … dk) = 0, 128 (00h, 80h)
k = 18
[Initial Value] --- ---
[Function]
Registersdownloadcharacterstothespeciedcharactercode.
Specify1rowofdatawith1byteof1to8pins,and1byteof9pin.
ItispossibletospecifytheONdotupto1to9pinsintheverticaldirection.However,itisprohibitedtospecify
the ON dot continuously in the horizontal direction.
Amaximumof10downloadcharacterscanberegisteredfor7x9and9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.
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2bytewhenusingtheThaifont.)
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