Star Micronics XB-2420 Printer User Manual


 
Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphics
Mode
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Both
<ESC> “Z”
nl n2 27 90 n] &?
10 5A
nl d
ml d ...
ml ti .
ml ti .
Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 240dotsperinchhorizontally(maxi-
. mum1920dotswidefornonnalcarriageprinter,3264dotsforwide
carnage printer), skippingevery seconddot in the horizontaldi-
rection.See43SC> “K”for otherinformation.
Print hex-density24-bitgraphics
Mode
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
std.
<FS>
“Z” nl n2
28 90 nl n2
IC 5A nl n2
ml m2 m3 ...
ml m2 m3
ml m2 rrd ...
PrirAts
24-bit dot graphicsat 360 dots per inch horizontally.The
graphicsimageis24 dotshighandn] + n2x 256dotswide.Maxi-
mumwidthis 8 inches(2880dots)fornormalcarriageprinter,and
13.6inches(4896dots)forwidecarriageprinter.Inthedata
ml, m2,
m3 ...
each three bytes ~present 24 verticaldots. In the leftmost
position,themostsignificantbitof
ml is the top dot;theleastsig-
nificantbitof
ml isthe eighthdotfromthetop;themostsignificant
bitofm2istheninthdot;theleastsignificantbitofm2isthesixteenth
dotfromthetop;themostsignificantbitofti istheseventeenthdot
fromthetop;theleastsignificantbitofm3isthebottomdot.Therest
pf datais similar.Thenumberof databytesmustbe 3 x (nl + n2x
256).Dotsbeyondthe rightmarginareignored.At the endof dot
graphicsprinting,the printer returns automaticallyto character
mode.
Selectgraphicsmode
Mode
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
Both
<ESC> “*” nO nl
27 42 no rd
IB 2A nO nl
d
ml m2 ...
n2 ml m2 n2
ml m2 ...
Selectsoneof elevengraphicsmodesdependingonthevalueof nO
andprintsbit-imagegraphicsinthismode.SeecESC>“K”(for8-
bit graphics)or @S> “Z”(for24-bitgraphics)for informationon
nl, n2, ml, m2, ...
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