Star Micronics LC24-200 user manual Print hex-density 24-bit graphics, Select graphics mode

Print hex-density 24-bit graphics

Mode ‘ASCII					Decimal			Hexadecimal
Std.	<FS>	“Z” nl		d	28	90 nl	nl	1C	5A n]	n2
	ml	d	m3	..	ml	d	d ...	ml	ml	m3 ...

Prints 24-bit dot graphicsat 360 dots per inch horizontally.The graphics image is 24 dots high and n] + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximumwidthis 8 inches(2880dots).In the dataml, m2,m3 ...

eachthreebytesrepresent24 verticaldots.In theleftmostposition, the most significantbit of ml is the top dot;the least significantbit of m1is the eighthdot from the top;the most significantbit of m2 is the ninth dot; the least significantbit of m2 is the sixteenthdot from the top; the most significantbit of m3 is the seventeenthdot fromthetop;theleastsignificantbitofm3isthebottomdot.Therest of data is similar.The numberof databytesmustbe 3 x (nl + n2 x 256). Dots beyondthe rightmargin are ignored.At the end of dot graphics printing, the printer returns automaticallyto character mode.

Select graphics mode

Mode

Std.

ASCII			Decimal	Hexadecimal
<ESC>	“*”	nO nl	27 42 nO nl	IB 2A nO nl
&	ml	ml ...	n2 ml d ...	n2 ml d ...

Selectsoneof elevengraphicsmodesdependingon the valueof nO andprintsbit-imagegraphicsin thismode. See<ESC>“K” (for 8- bit graphics)or <FS>“Z” (for 24-bitgraphics)for informationon n], n2, ml, m2, ...

nO	Graphicsmode
O	8-bitNormal-density	(60 dots per inch)
1	8-bit Double-density	(120 dots per inch)
2	8-bit Double-density,double-speed (120 dots per inch)
3	8-bit Quadruple-density	(240 dots per inch)

48-bitCRT graphics,mode I (80 dotsper inch)

6 8-bit CRTgraphics,mode II (90 dots per inch)

32	24-bitNormal-density	(60 dots per inch)
33	24-bit Double-density	(120 dots per inch)
38	24-bitCRT graphics	(90 dots per inch)
39	24-bitTriple-density	(180 dots per inch)
40	24-bitHex-density	(360 dots per inch)

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