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Star Micronics NX-10 user manual Defining NLQ Download Characters

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character width is five dots (so you could not, for instance, specify a starting column of 6 and an ending column of 8, even though those are both within the acceptable range). If you in- advertantly give an incorrect width value, however, your printer is forgiving: it will automatically revert to the default width of eleven dot columns.

Just as there was an easy trick for figuring the attribute byte earlier, you still don’t need to know a thing about binary arithmetic. Merely multiply the starting column by 16, add the ending coulmn number, and add 128 if the character is not a descender. If you prefer a formula: (descender * 128)+(start * 16)+ end.

One thing to remember about defining proportional characters: a character cannot be wider than the specified width. That seems obvious enough! For example, if you specify a width of 6 for a character (starting in column 1 and ending in column 6), the seventh through eleventh of dots (if you specified any) will not print. You must, however, send information (even if it is 0) for those columns when you defined a character; your printer expects eleven characters following the (ESC)“&” CHR$(O) nl n2 m0 sequence.

In most cases, the width you select should actually be one dot wider than the number of columns that the character actually oc- cupies. This is so that there will be a space (of one dot) between

3characters when you print them. If you specify a width which is exactly the same as the number of columns in the character definition, the characters will touch when they print (this is sometimes desirable - for border characters or for large download characters that are more than eleven dots wide).

DEFINING NLQ DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

In the previous sections, we have learned how to define and print the draft download characters.

As you’ve learned in Chapter 3, you can print NLQ characters. You can also define the download characters with NLQ mode. Since NLQ characters use many more dots than draft characters, defining NLQ download characters is more complex than designing draft ones. If you use the grid and the program in this section, however, you will be able to design your own NLQ characters.

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NX-10 specifications

The Star Micronics NX-10 is a cutting-edge receipt printer designed for modern business environments. Known for its sleek design and outstanding performance, the NX-10 is ideal for retail, hospitality, and other service-oriented industries. One of its standout features is its fast printing speed, capable of producing receipts at an impressive rate of 300 mm per second. This speed ensures that customers do not have to wait long, enhancing service efficiency and customer satisfaction.

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