Printronix P9000 Series manual Print, Mode, Nlq Hsb Hsc Ocr-A Ocr-B

Print Mode/Pitch Selection (continued)

Table 6-7. Character Pitches Available by Print Mode

NOTE: The hex values shown (ie: 0 and 30) are equivalent.

Either value can be used in your program expression.

m (hex):	0(30)	1(31)	2(32)	3(33)	4(34)	5(35)	6(36)
PRINT	Data		High	High	High
MODE:	Processing	Correspondence	Speed	Speed B	Speed C
	(DP)	(NLQ)	(HS)	(HSB)	(HSC)	OCR-A	OCR-B
n (hex):		Characters per inch:
0(30)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
1(31)	12	12	12	12	12	-	-
2(32)	13.3	-	13.3	13.3	13.3	-	-
3(33)	15	15	15	15	15	-	-
4(34)	17.1	-	17.1	17.1	17.1	-	-

NOTE: The print mode (m) must be changed before the first printable symbol of a print line (spaces included) or the command sequence is deferred until the next line.

NOTE: When using the Multinational character set in OCR-A or OCR-B print mode, a unique character set is used. Refer to the Multinational Character Sets chapter for more information.

Example Any of the BASIC expressions listed below will select the Data Processing print mode at 17.1 cpi.

where: m (print mode) = 0 or 30 for Data Processing; and n (pitch) = 4 or 34 for 17.1 cpi.

CHR$(1);•X";CHR$(0);CHR$(4);

CHR$(1);•X";CHR$(30);CHR$(34);

CHR$(1);•X04";

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