Star Micronics NX-2420 Printer User Manual


 
Print hex-density 24-bit graphics
Mode
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
Std.
<FS> “Z” nl n2
28 90 nl ni?
1C 5A nl d
ml m2 m3 . . .
ml m2 m3 . ml m2 m3 . . .
Prints 24-bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally. The
graphics image is 24 dots high and nZ + 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
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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 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.
Se/ect graphics mode
Mode ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Std.
<ES&- ‘I*” n0 nl
27 42 no nl
IB 2A n0 nI
n2 ml m2 . . .
n2 ml m2 . . .
n2 ml m2 . . .
Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of nO
and prints bit-image graphics in this mode. See <ES0 “K” (for 8-
bit graphics) or <FS> “Z” (for 24-bit graphics) for information on
nl, n2, ml, m2, . . .
n0
Graphics mode
0 8-bit Normal-density
( 60 dots per inch)
1
8-bit Double-density
(120 dots per inch)
2 8-bit Double-density, double-speed (120 dots per inch)
3 8-bit Quadruple-density
(240 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 Normal-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 Triple-density
(180 dots per inch)
40 24-bit Hex-density
(360 dots per inch)
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