Star Micronics LC-20 Printer User Manual


 
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Theminimumwidthof a characteris fivedots.
Theuser-definedcharactersmayuse eightdotsvertically.
Dotscannotoverlap— thatis, youmaynothavea dotinsidea boxnext
to onethatis on a line.
Youmay defineanypositionin theASCIItable.
PhotocopythegridinFigure5-2tohelpdesignyournewcharacters.Wewill
use a tiny-rep=sentationof a car-shapedsymbolfor ourexample.
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m2 m4 m6 m8 m10
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16
8
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ASCII Code:
Descender:
Left space:
Last column:
mO= Descender x 128
+ (Left x 16)
+ Last
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Flgutw5-2 Usethisgrid(oronesimilarto it)todefineyourowndraftcharacters
Definingtheattributedata
Beforeyoustartthedefinition,youwillneedtodecideexactlywherein the
mgularASCIIsetyouwanttoplaceyourcharacters.Atlerdownloading,you
access your new character by sending the code for the character you
replaced.
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