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chapter 5

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Withthisprinteryoucancreatenewcharactersandsymbols,downloadtheir dot data, and have themprintedin placeof selectedcharactersin the regu- lar characterset. Charactersthat can be generatedin this way range from simplebutusefulsymbolslikethecheckmarkthroughcomplexChineseor Japanesecharacters.

Regular characters are permanently stored in the printer’s ROM, but charactersyou designare downloadedand storedin RAM for use.

DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS

Designingand printing your own charactemhas two requirements:first, designingthe shapeof thecharacter,calculatingthe datanecessaryto make the shape, and sendingthat data to the printer, and secondly,sendingthe commandto printthe downloadedcharactersinsteadof the regularcharac- ters. There are a numberof designconstraintsfor downloaddraft quality characters:

●The matrix or grid on whichyou designthe charactersis six boxeswide by nine boxeshigh.

●Horizontally,dotsmaybecenteredinabox, ormaystraddlealine,making he actualcharactergrid 11dots wideby 9 dotshigh.Vertically,dotscan only be centeredin a box. See Figure5-1.

Figure 5-1. Ootscan be inside boxes or straddle the vertitil lines of the grid

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Star Micronics LC-200 user manual Download Characters, Designing Your OWN Draft Characters

Contents

LC-200 LC-200 Page HOW to USE this Manual Page Features of the Printer Table of Contents Printer Control Commands Download Characters 113 Chapter Locating the Printer Checkingthe carton contents Identifyingprinterparts Printer’s external parts Install the ribboncartridgeand the roller unit Mountingtheplaten knobSeiting UP ~~cketson the cartridge itself Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield Figur@1-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer Connectingtheprinter to your computer Connecting the interface cable Automaticloading Loading Single Sheets Lever Manualloading Loadingthepaper from the rear of theprinter Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms 73.Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units Cover Loadingthepaper from the bottomof theprinter 75. Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding Paperparking Paper unparking Loading MULTI-PART Forms Adjusting the Printing GAP 17. Location of the adjustment lever Single Buttons and Indicators Control Panel Operations Online button Paperfeed button SET/EJECT/PARKbutton Pitch button Font button Short test mode POWER-UP Functions Long test mode Long self-test Stay in Panel Font Print area test modeStay in Panel Pitch Stay in Panel Pitch and Font Hexadecimaldump Next Lprint Return Figura 2-6.Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC Switch Combination Functions Form feedTopof form Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feedChangingthe auto loading value Clearingthe buffer/Allreset Selectingtheprint color StoreMacroDefinition Page Default Settings HOW to SET the EDS Mode Functions of the EDS Settings OFFStandard IBM Page OFF On on on On on OFF Bidirectional TEST/ADJUSTMENT Mode Printer Control Commands Ascii Font Control Commands Select draft quality charactersSelect AU characters Select Sanserlfcharacters Select NLQ fontSelect Couriercharacters Select Script characters Select NLQ italic characters Select OratorcharactersSelect italic characters Select uprightcharacters Double-strikeprinting CancelemphasizedprintingCanceldouble-strikeprinting Start underlining Superscript Stop underliningStop werlining Subscript Select IBM characterset Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptSelectstandardcharacterset Select characterset #1 Select internationalcharacterset Select IBM codepageS.A Select slashzero Enableprinting of all charactercodesEnable printing of all character codes on next character Select normalzero Character Size and Pitch Commands ElitepitchCondensedprinting Cancelcondensedprinting CancelexpandedprintingExpandedprinting Selectproportionalspacing Cancelone-lineexpandedprintingSelect masterprint mode Select fixed spacing Increasecharacterspacing Select doubleor quadruplesize Select charactersize Print double-heightcharactersReturn to normalheight Vertical Position Commands Select characterheight, width,and line spacingSet line spacingto 1/8inch Set line spacingto n/216 inch Set line spacing to 7~2 inchSet line spacing to 1/6inch Set line spacing to n/72 inch Reverseline feed ExecuteESC aLine feed Performone n/216-inchline feed Set top of page at currentposition Performone n/216-inchreverseline feedFeedpaper n lines Setpage length ton lines Cancelbottommargin Set page length ton inchesSet bottommargin Returnto top of currentpage Disablepaper-outdetectorEnablepaper-outdetector Set verticaltab stops Select verticaltab channel Set verticaltab stopseveryn linesSet verticaltab stops in channel Verticaltab Horizontal Position Commands Set left marginSet right margin Carriagereturn Cancelautomaticine feedSet left and right margins Set automaticline feed Rightjustify LeftjustifyCentertext Fulljustify Set horizontaltab stopsevery n columns Reset all tab stopsSet horizontaltab stops Horizontaltab Relativehorizontal Absolutehorizontaltab in inchesAbsolutehorizontaltab in columns Print double-density8-bitgraphics Graphics CommandsPrint normal-density8-bitgraphics Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphics SelectgraphicsmodeConvertgraphicsdensity Print 9-pingraphics Download Character Commands Definedraft downloadcharacters DefineNLQ downloadcharacters Define draft downloadcharacters Copy characterset from ROM into RAM Select downloadcharactersetShift downloadcharacterarea Select NLQ downloadcharacterset Select draft downloadcharactersetSelect draft elite downloadcharacterset Select NLQ italic downloadcharacterset Wect Black Color Selection CommandsSelectprint color Select magenta Select yellow Select cyanViolet Select orange Set MSB to O Cancellast lineSet MSB to Accept MSB as is Set printer off-line Cancelauiet mintQuietprint Setprinter on-line Unidirectionalprinting BellBidimctiona!printing One-lineunidirectionalprinting Ejecfpaper fromASF ResetprinterAuto feed Set print startposition onASF Memo Download Characters Designing Your OWN Draft Characters Definingthe attributedata Assigningthe characterdata Sampleprogram Lprint U.S. Exportsm Lprint SCALE$ NextLprint CHR$27 UT Assigningthe characterdata with the Standard mode Defining Your OWN NLQ Characters 128 Reaii MM Lprint H U.S. ExportsvLprint AUTOSUCHR$9 Next 1410 Assigningthe characterdata with the IBM mode Readmm Lprint CHR$MM Lprint U S . Exports Nexti Lprint Lprint GUNS’’CHR$9 Lprint AUTOS’’CHR$9Nexti Lprint Nexti AP . Exports Page Installing Application Software with Your Printer MS-DOS and Your Printer Embedding Printer Commands CPI Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands XlV !VA Acopy Nlqelite .DAT PFfN Aprint Readme .DOc Programming with Basic ‘Escape code Iolo E$=CHR27$ 1520 2330 How theprogram works ~ = 1-1d e- d .Dwble+ieight, 10uk1e-5ized 106 Maintenance Troubleshooting Powersupply Printing If dots are missingin the printing,checkthe following Paper feeding Is thepapertoothick? Is there toomuchpaperinthe paperfeedhopperorstacker? 112 Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Hea Specifications NLQ T m 117 B d A e Chapter Standard Character SET #1 Page Standard Character SET #2 International Character Sets IBM Character SET #2 125 Code Page #850 Multi-1ingual Llm Page Re#863 Canadian Fre\ ch Code Page #865 Nordic IBM Character SET #1 IBM Special Character SET Index Page Page Command Summary 137 138 IBM Mode 140 141