Epson Y465ss127mo 160 DATA 4,0,0~,0,0,~0,0, 140 DATA 1,0,0,2,0,0,4,0,0, 150 DATA 8,0,0,23,255,240,8,0,0, one

the character. By varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it, you can create proportional-width characters that print at draft speed.

The table below shows the maximum values for these bytes.

The last part of the character definition is the actual data that defines the dot patterns for each character. Since it takes three bytes to specify the dots in one vertical column of dots, your printer expects dl x 3 bytes of data to follow dz.

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$(l)CHR$(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 1,0,0,2,0,0,4,0,0150 DATA 8,0,0,23,255,240,8,0,0160 DATA 4,0,0~,0,0,~0,0

In line 10, the ESC x0 command selects draft style printing.

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