Epson 4100 manual Download Characters

Operator’s Guide 153

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Using the download character command, SOH Az&, you can design special symbols or graphic patterns or create a custom alphabet. The following pages describe how to:

•Define and download characters of your own design

•Store the characters

•Select and accept the characters for printing

When you map a character, as shown earlier, you re-assign a printable character that is stored in the printer to a data byte value between 0 and

255.The printer supplies the character data—the shape, size, and style of the character, as well as the intercharacter space.

When you download a character, you supply the character data as well as map it to a specific data byte value. You are not limited to characters within the printer's character library. You can create whatever printable shape you want. If "Input Buffer Size" is set to "Minimum," you can download up to 128 different characters. Download characters cannot be remapped.