Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density

ASCII Code ESC Z n1 n2

Hex Code

1B 5A n1 n2

Dec Code

27 90 n1 n2

Purpose

Selects Quadruple Density Bit Image graphics.

where:

(n1 + 256n2) define the number of data bytes to follow.

 

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes.

NOTE: The DATA can be expressed in a format with the appropriate decimal values of the ASCII characters supplied especially in cases where the dot patterns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment For detailed information, see the Bit Image section in Chapter 8.

The printed density in this mode is 120 dpi horizontal and 72 dpi vertical if selected when Letter Gothic print mode is active.

Example The following example produces quadruple density graphics of the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example. Note that the amount of data must be quadrupled for quadruple density (the data is used 108 times rather than 27).

Bold Print Set

ASCII Code ESC G

Hex Code

1B 47

Dec Code

27 71

Purpose

Selects bold character printing.

Comment

When the bold character printing control code is received, all

 

characters are printed in bold until reset by the bold print reset

 

control code or printer reset. Bold Print is the same as printing

 

double strike.

Example

The following sample illustrates bold character printing.

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IBM 4400 manual Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density, Bold Print Set, Ascii Code ESC Z n1 n2 Hex Code