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DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM
MODE
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when printing a character. Index Table data is placed in a “lookup
table” that provides information on where Dot Pattern data is stored in
memory and defines certain attributes of the character.
Assigning the download character set
You can define one or more download character sets for later use in IBM
mode.
Before you start to design your characters, you must define what character
set(s) you want to download.
The character width on which you design the characters depends upon the
character set as shown below:
Character set
Character width Character ID
Draft characters
9
0
LQ pica characters
35 1
elite characters 29
2
LQ proportional
17 to 41
3
Afteryouhavedecided yourdownload character set,you must telltheprinter
where the download character data ii”tobe stored, and how many download
character sets you will define.
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This Format byte indicates to the printer that the RAM is to store the
download character set.
Following the format byte, you must enter the Character ID data. If you want
to define more character sets, add 128to the Character ID data.
The second area startsfrom <8911>h, thethirdarea startsfrom <92 12>h,and
the last area starts from <9B13>h.But you need not enter a Format byte for
these areas.