DefineNLQ downloadcharacters
Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
<EsC> “&” <O> nl 27 38 0 nl IB 26 00 d
Std. n2 aO al a2 d aO al a2 d aO al a2
ml d... m69 ml d...m69 ml d...m69
Definesoneormore newNLQcharactersand storestheminRAM
forlateruse. EDSswitchA-2must beOFF.NLQmode mustbese-
lectedbeforethiscommandis executed.Theparametersarediffer-
entfromthedraftcharactercommand.aOspecifiestheleftspace,al
specifiesthecharacterwidth, anda2 specifiesthe rightspace.
The dot densityis doubled in each direction,so each character
consistsof 18dotsverticallyand 23dotshorizontallyandrequires
69databytes.Sincetheverticaldefinitionofthecharacters 18dots,
eachbyte representsathirdof verticaldefinition.
Fordetails,please referto Chapter5.
Definedraft downloadcharacters
Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
<ESC> “=” nl n2 <DC4> 27 61 nl d20 IB 3D nl n2 14
IBM aO al a2 ml aO al a2 ml aO al a2 mI
d.mll d...mll d... mll
Definesoneor morenewdraft charactersandstoresthem inRAM
forlater use.Draft modemustbe selectedbefore thiscommandis
executed.n] andn2givethe numberofbytes ofcharacterdatathat
willfollow.aOisthecharactercodeofthefirstcharacterdefined.aZ
anda2are attributesbytes.mltomll are thecharacterdata,andare
thesameas in<ESG “&”. Theattributebyteal indicateswhether
thecharacters anascender(notusingthelowestof theninevertical
dots)or adescender(notusing thehighestdot) andwhetherit has
adownwardextensionto 12dots.
Theattributebytea2gives proportional-spacinginformation.Bit7
isignored. Bits4to 6specifythe offsetto the firstbyte printed(O
to7), enablingleadingspacesin thecharacterto beignored.Bits O
to3specifythe widthofthe charactercell(maximum11dots).The
characterwillbefollowedby amandatoryblankdotcolumnwhich
isnot includedin thiswidth.
Charactersdefinedbythiscommandcanbeselectedby <ESO “I”
4or cESC> “I” 5. This commandis ignored whenEDS switch
A-2is ON.