Star Micronics NX-2400 Printer User Manual


 
Print M-bit hex-density graphics
Mode ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
<FS> “Z” nl n2 28 90 nl n2 1C 5A nl n2
Both
ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3
ml m2 m3 .._
Prints 24-bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally. The graphic
image is 24 dots high and nl + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is
8 inches (2880 dots). In the data ml, m2, m3 ,.. each three bytes represent
24 vertical dots. In the leftmost position, the most significant bit of ml
is the top dot; the least significant bit of ml is the eighth dot from the
top: the most significant bit of m2 is the ninth dot; the least significant
bit of m2 is the sixteenth dot from the top; the most significant bit of
m3 is the seventeenth dot from the top; the least significant bit of m3 is
-
the bottom dot. The rest of the data is similar. The number of data bytes
must be 3 x (nl + n2 x 256). Dots beyond the right margin are ignored.
At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to
character mode.
Select graphics mode
(Model ASCII
I
Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1
< ESC > “*” n0 nl
27 42 n0 nl 1B 2A n0 nl
Both
1~2 ml m2
n2 ml m2 .._ n2 ml m2
Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and
prints dot graphics in this mode. See < ESC > “K” (for 8-bit graphics)
or < FS > “2” (for 24-bit graphics) for information on nl, n2, ml, m2,
.
n0
Graphics mode
0
8-bit Single-density
( 60 dots per inch)
1
8-bit Double-density (120 dots per inch)
2 8-bit Double-density, double-speed
3
8-bit Quadruple-density
Q40 dots per inch)
4 8-bit CRT graphics, mode I
( 80 dots per inch)
6
8-bit CRT graphics, mode II
( 90 dots per inch)
32
24-bit Single-density ( 60 dots per inch)
33
24-bit Double-density
(120 dots per inch)
38
24-bit CRT graphics ( 90 dots per inch)
39
24-bit Tripple-density
(180 dots per inch)
40
24-bit Hex-density (360 dots per inch)
80