Star Micronics RS232 manual Commands to Print Dot Graphics, DOT Position, Image data

Commands to Print Dot Graphics
	Print normal density graphics
FUNCTION
	<ESC>	“K”	n	<0>	m1	m2 ...
CODE
	1B	4B	n	00	m1	m2 ...
HEX

REMARKS Prints normal density dot graphics. The graphics image is 24 dots high and n × 3 dots wide. Maximum width is 576 dots.

m1, m2, ... are the dot data, each a 1-byte value from 0 to 255 representing 24 vertical dots, with the most significant bit repre- senting the top three and the least significant bit representing the bottom three.

The number of data bytes must be n. Dots beyond the right margin are ignored.

Relationship between image data and print dots

STAR MODE

DOT Position

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MSB			Image data					LSB
D8	D7	D6		D5	D4	D3	D2	D1

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