to specify the dots in one vertical column of dots, the LQ expects dl x 3 bytes of data to follow d2.

An example character definition program should make this clear:

10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"x0"

20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"&"CHR$(0);

30 LPRINT "@@";

40 LPRINT CHR$(1)CHR$(9)CHR$(l);

50 FOR I=1 TO 27

60 READ A: LPRINT CHR$(A);

70 NEXT I

80 LPRINT "@@@@@"

90 LPRINT CHR$(27)"%"CHR$(l);

100 LPRINT "@@@@@"

110 LPRINT CHR$(27)"%"CHR$(0);

120 LPRINT "@@@@@"

130END

140

DATA

1,0,0,2,0,0,4,0,0

150

DATA

8,0,0,23,255,240,8,0,0

160

DATA

4,0,0,2,0,0,1,0,0

In line 10, the ESCape “x” command selects draft style printing.

The actual character definition starts in line 20. The two at signs

(@)in line 30 represent nl and n2, the range of characters being defined (in this case, a range of one). Line 40 contains d0, dl, and d2.

The information about the actual character design (which is contained in the data statements at the end of the program) is sent to the printer in the loop between lines 50 and 70.

Note

When defining Letter Quality or proportional characters, put a WIDTH statement in your program to prevent carriage return and line feed codes from interfering with your definitions .

Printing User-Defined Characters

If you entered the example program above, you defined an arrow and placed it in the RAM location for ASCII code 64 (replacing the at sign). You can now print out a three line sample of your work. The

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