Star Micronics NB24-10/15 user manual Values of mixing print styles for Master Print

your printer is set for normal printing.

Look closely at the different lines of printing. In the line of boldface printing each character has been printed twice, and the paper was moved up slightly the second time they were printed.

In emphasized printing, the characters are moved slightly to the right the second time the printer prints. The second line combin- ed both of these so that each character was printed 4 times.

MIXING PRINT MODES

We have learned how to use the various print modes in- dividually and together. Now we’ll see how to combine them more efficiently.

You have at your disposal a unique command that lets you choose any valid combination of print modes and pitch. This is the Master Print mode command. It looks like this:

(ESC) “!” n

Here, the value of n defines the print style to be selected. The value of n can range from 0 to 255, which is the range of values that can be stored in one eight-bit byte. If you look at each bit in this byte, you’ll find that each one represents a printing style variation. Adding the binary values of the selected bits gives the value of ti for a particular combination of print styles.

Table 4-11 shows the decimal values of the bits in the Master Print byte. To calculate the value n for a particular combination of printing styles, just add the decimal values of the features that you want to combine.

Table 4- 11

Values of mixing print styles for Master Print