Star Micronics NX-10 user manual 000 1011 = lldecimal

0	000	1011	= ll(decimal)
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Figure 6-10.	The attribute	byte-(M)	for our flask character.

You’ll probably recognize ml ...mll from the top of our layout grid. That’s right, each column is described by one byte. Now we’ve got everything we need to download one character to the printer. The complete command for our flask character is shown below:

CHR$(27);CHR$(38);CHR$(O);CHR$(GO);CHR$(6O);CHR$(l39) ;CHR$(2);CHR$(5);CHR$(8);CHR$(241);CHR$(O);CHR$(O) ;CHR$(241);CHR$@);CHR$(5);CHR$(2);CHR$(O)

Now let’s send the information to the printer. The following program will send the character definitions for all three characters to the printer. Turn off the printer and set DIP switch 2-l off. Then turn on the printer. Enter the program and run it.

10 LCRINT CHR$(27);"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(60);CHR$(62); 20 FOR N=60 TO 62

30 FOR M=O TO 11

40 READ MM

50 LPRINT CHR$(MM);

60 NEXT M

70 NEXT N

80LPRINT

90END

100	DATA	139,	2,	5,	8,241,		0,	0,241,		8,	5,
	2,	0				4,	64,	36,	16,	2,	16,
110	DATA	139,124,		0,	66,
	12,	0
120	"@A	139,	46,	16,	2,	60,	0,	48,	0,	48,	0,
	9	0

When you run this program, it looks like nothing happens. That’s OK. We’ll see why in just a moment. Save this program. We’ll need it again shortly.