GraphicsPrintingAppendix —C
68 PK80Series 80-Column PrinterUser’s Manual
The remaining bytes (d1–d11) are the data that comprises the dot image
pattern of the defined character. Since a character can use up to 11 col-
umns, you mustsupply 11 data numbers for each character even if some
ofthecolumnsareblank.Thesearespecifiedliketheotherprintmodes,
left to right, with MSB as the top pin.
When printable codeexpansion is enabled via ESC I, and the user-defined
character set is selected with ESC %, the following codes less than 20h
may be defined for use andare printable:
Hexadecimal Format
1b 26 00 k1 k2 s1 d1 .. d11
PrintableCode Expansion Characters
Hex ASCII Hex ASCII
0NUL 11 DC1
1SOH 15 NAK
2STX 16 SYN
3ETX 17 ETB
4EOT 1c FS
5ENQ 1d GS
6ACK 1e RS
10 DLE 1f US
Note: This commandis only availablewhen the default SBCS character
set is selected.
ESC% — SelectUser-Defined Set
This command sequence selectsthe user-defined character set when the
variablen=1andESC & defines the character set. A value of n= 0 selects
the normal character set.
Hexadecimal Format
1b 25 n
Note: This commandis only availablewhen the default SBCS character
set is selected.
ESC6 — Enable Printing of Codes 128–159
This command is allowed for compatibility with the 6820 Printer but
causes no actionon the PK80 Printer. The default behavior for the PK80
Printer is that codes 128–159 are printable characters rather than control
codes.
Hexadecimal Format
1b 25 n
Note: This commandis only availablewhen the default SBCS character
set is selected.