Star Micronics lC-10 user manual Define NLQ download characters, M3... m46

Define NLQ download characters

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ASCII				Decimal			Hexadecimal
<ESC>	“&”	CO>	nl	27 38	0	nl	1B 26	00	nl
n2	m0 ml		m2	n2 m0	ml	m2	n2 m0	ml	m2
	m3...	m46		m3... m46			m3... m46

Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use. DIP switch 2-l must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selected before

this command is executed. The parameters are the same as for the draft download character command except that the attribute byte specifies right space instead of character width and the dot density is doubled in each

direction, so each character consists of 16 dots vertically and 23 dots

horizontally and requires 46 data bytes. Dots defined by ml to m23 are printed on the first pass of the head. Dots defined by m24 to m46 are printed on the second pass, the paper being scrolled up half a dot between the

two passes. For further details, please refer to the Appendix C.

Define	download		characters
Modt ?	ASCII					Decimal			Hexadecimal
	<ESC>	“=I’		nl	n2	21	38 nl	n2	1B 26	nl	n2
IBM		<DC4>	a0	al	a2	20	a0 al	a2	14	a0 al	a2
t		ml		m2 ...mll		ml m2 ...mll			ml m2 ...mll

Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use. Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed.

nl and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will follow. a0 is the character code of the first character defined. al and a2 are at- tributes bytes. ml to ml1 are the character data, and are the same as in

<ESC > “&.” The attribute byte al indicates whether the character is an ascender (not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots) or a descender (not using the highest dot) and whether it has a downward extension to 12 dots.

The	attribute		byte a2 gives		proportional-spacing		information.			Bit	7 is
ignored.		Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed (0 to 7),
enabling		leading		spaces in the character to		be ignored.		Bits	0	to 3 specify
the	width	of	the	character	cell (maximum	11	dots).	The	character		will
be	followed		by a	mandatory	blank dot column		which	is not		included	in
this	width.

Characters defined by this command can be selected by < ESC > “%” 1, < ESC > “I” 4, < ESC > “I” 5, or < ESC > “I” 6. This command is ignored when DIP switch 2-l is ON.