Star Micronics SP300 Series manual Definition of download characters, When the 5 × 9 font is set

7-5. Control Codes Used for Download Characters

FUNCTION

CODE

DEFINITION RANGE

OUTLINE

Definition of download characters

When the 7 × 9 (half dot) font is set (default setting): <ESC> “&” <0> n1 n2 [m0 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7]

n2 –n1 + 1

(1B)H (26)H (00)H n1 n2 [m0 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7]

n2 –n1 + 1

When the 5 × 9 font is set:

<ESC> “&” <0> n1 n2 [m0 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5] n2 –n1+ 1 (1B)H (26)H (00)H n1 n2 [m0 m1 m2 m3 m4 m5] n2 –n1+ 1

(21)H n1 n2 (7F)H, m0 = (00)H or m0 = (80)H

Defines download characters

Up to 10 download characters can be defined and the defined character patterns can be stored in the printer’s RAM. Defining of download characters begins with character code n1 and completes with n2. When only one character is defined, n1 = n2.

m0 indicates the relationship between the character pattern and print head.

m1 = m2...Indicate the character pattern

		When m0=(00)H											When m0=(80)H
		MSB							LSB				MSB							LSB
Pin No.		D8	D7	D6	D5	D4	D3	D2		D1	Pin No.		D8	D7	D6	D5	D4	D3	D2		D1
1	(Not Used)										1
2											2
3											3
4											4
5											5
6											6
7											7
8											8
9											9	(Not Used)

NOTE

When the 7 × 9 (half dot) font is set (the default setting), printing of adjacent horizontal dots is not allowed.

Printing possible Printing not possible

m2 m4 m6

m1 m3 m5 m7

D8

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

		m2		m4		m6
	m1		m3		m5		m7	Over lapping
D8
								horizontally
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2								Over lapping
D1
								horizontally

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