Printronix P9000 Series manual Example 3 Characters with Extenders

Example 3: Characters with Extenders

											Column	Value
BIT #				ROW #							1	0000
											2	0028
		1	2	3 4 5		6 7	8	9 10 11 12		COLUMN #	3	0000
MSB	5	1	F		F	F	F		F		4	0028
	4	2				F					5	0000
	3	3	F		F	F	F		F		6	003F
	2	4				F					7	0000
	1	5				F					8	0028
LSB	0	6				F					9	0000
											10	0028
											11	0000
											12	0000

Empty columns (rows 1 and 3) eliminate adjacent dots and half-speed printing

Selected Print Mode and Pitch: HS 10 cpi

HS 10 cpi with extenders = 12 Columns x 6 bits per column (Table E-2)

Figure E-3. Characters with Extenders Layout

The BASIC program to generate this character and a print sample is provided below.

The command for the character shown in Figure E-3 is as follows:

ESC c {20}{1010E}{6};{0;8;0;8;0;F;0;8;0;8;0;0;}

where:

ESC c is the Serial Matrix Control Code Header introducing the Download a character command.

{20} is the selected print mode and pitch code from Table E-2 derived from Print Mode/Pitch Selection Table 6-7 on page 6-59 m = 2 representing HS mode; and n = 0 representing a pitch of 10 cpi.)

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