Star Micronics NX-I 00011 Define ML2 download characters, N2 mO ml N2 mO ml m2 N2 mOml m2 M46

The most significant bit of the attribute byte is 1 if the character is an ascender (positioned entirely above the baseline) or Oif it is a descender (descending below the baseline). The attribute byte also indicates the amount of white space to the left of the character (Oto 7 dots, specified by bits 4 to 6), and the width of the character cell, including this space (4 to 15 dots, specified by bita O to 3). The left space and cell width at- tributes are used only in proportional spacing.

Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots, with the MSB being the top dot and the LSB the bottom dot. These correspond to pins 1 to 8 or 2 to 9 of the print head, depending on whether the character is an ascender or descender.

For further details, please refer to the Appendix C.

Define ML(2 download characters

Mode	ASCII			Decimal		Hexadecimal
	< ESC> “&”	<0>	nl	27 38	0 nl	IB 26	00 nl
Both	n2 mO ml		m2	n2 mO ml m2		n2 mOml m2
	m3...	m46		m3...	m46	m3	...m46

Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use. DIP switch 2-1must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selectedbefore this command is executed. The parameters are the same as for the draft download character command except that the attribute byte specifiesright space instead of character width and the dot density is doubled in each direction, so each character consists of 16 dots vertically and 23 dots horizontally and requires 46 data bytes. Dots defined by ml to m23 are printed on the first pass of the head. Dots detined by m24to m46are printed on the second pass, the paper being scrolled up half a dot between the two passes. For further details, please refer to the Appendix C.

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