Paxar 9474 manual Dot count, Data Stream

The data stream uses letters to identify dot counts.

CAPITAL letters represent black dots.

lowercase letters represent white dots.

Using the chart below, the data stream for row 1 would be:

Dot count:

Row 1: 4 White, 8 Black, 19 White, 8 Black, 4 White

Data Stream:

dHsHd p

(4 white = d, 8 black = H, 19 white = s)

Use multiple letter codes to indicate strings of same-color dots. For example: 30 black dots = ZD

9 white dots = ccc

Coding Chart

	Black Dots				White Dots
#dots	Code	# dots	Code	# dots	Code	# dots	Code
1	A	14	N	1	a	14	n
2	B	15	O	2	b	15	o
3	C	16	P	3	c	16	p
4	D	17	Q	4	d	17	q
5	E	18	R	5	e	18	r
6	F	19	S	6	f	19	s
7	G	20	T	7	g	20	t
8	H	21	U	8	h	21	u
9	I	22	V	9	i	22	v
10	J	23	W	10	j	23	w
11	K	24	X	11	k	24	x
12	L	25	Y	12	l	25	y
13	M	26	Z	13	m	26	z

The graphic data stream contains a graphic header record followed by data streams for each row of dots in the image.

Using Graphics 4-3