Star Micronics LC-200 Printer User Manual


 
DefineNLQ downloadcharacters
Model ASCII Decimal
Hexadecimal
<EsC> “&” <O> nl
27 38 0 nl
IB 26 00 d
Std. n2
aO
al a2 d aO al a2 d aO al a2
ml d ... m69
ml d ...m69 ml d ...m69
DefinesoneormorenewNLQcharactersandstorestheminRAM
forlateruse.EDSswitchA-2mustbeOFF.NLQmodemustbese-
lectedbeforethiscommandisexecuted.Theparametersarediffer-
entfromthedraftcharactercommand.aOspecifiestheleftspace,al
specifiesthe characterwidth,anda2 specifiestherightspace.
The dot density is doubledin each direction,so each character
consistsof 18dotsverticallyand23 dotshorizontallyandrequires
69databytes.Sincetheverticaldefinitionofthecharacters 18dots,
eachbyte representsa thirdof verticaldefinition.
For details,pleasereferto Chapter5.
Definedraft downloadcharacters
Mode ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
<ESC> “=” nl n2 <DC4>
27 61 nl d 20 IB 3D nl n2 14
IBM aO
al a2 ml
aO al a2 ml aO al a2 mI
d . mll
d ... mll d ... mll
Definesoneormorenewdraftcharactersandstoresthemin RAM
for lateruse. Draftmodemustbe selectedbeforethiscommandis
executed.n] andn2givethenumberofbytesof characterdatathat
willfollow.aOisthecharactercodeofthefirstcharacterdefined.aZ
anda2areattributesbytes.ml tomll arethecharacterdata,andare
thesameasin<ESG “&”.Theattributebyteal indicateswhether
thecharacters anascender(notusingthelowestoftheninevertical
dots)or a descender(notusingthehighestdot)and whetherit has
a downwardextensionto 12dots.
Theattributebytea2givesproportional-spacinginformation.Bit7
is ignored.Bits4 to 6 specifythe offsetto the firstbyteprinted(O
to 7),enablingleadingspacesin thecharacterto beignored.BitsO
to 3specifythewidthofthecharactercell(maximum11dots).The
characterwillbefollowedby a mandatoryblankdotcolumnwhich
is notincludedin thiswidth.
Charactersdefinedbythiscommandcanbeselectedby<ESO “I”
4 or cESC> “I” 5. This commandis ignoredwhen EDS switch
A-2 is ON.