Tally Genicom Matrix Printer manual Activation of Characters

Activation of Characters

SO

SI

Data Structure ASCII	SO	[B]	ZG single shift SS2	➊
hex.	8E
dec.	142
ASCII	SI	[B]	ZG single shift SS3	➋
hex.	8F
dec.	143

Description ➊ Activation of one single character from G2 (“single shift 2”).

➋Activation of one single character from G3 (“single shift 3”).

The functions SO and SI each activate one single character of the graphic character set into the codes 21 - 7E.

The character following the code for the changeover is replaced once.

The graphic character set activated by the locking shift function (page 81, “Activation of Character Sets”) will not be changed with this function.

Example	10	open "lpt1:" as #1
	20	width #1,32000
	30		’Example "Single Shift"
	40	t1$=" French a accent is printed"
	50	t2$=" funny a is printed"
	60	print #1,chr$(27),"+R"	’Designate G3 <— French Substitution
	70		’Table
	80	print #1,chr$(143);	’Single Shift 3
	90	print #1,"@",t1$	’Transfer And Print:
	100		’Code 40hex (French substitute)
	110	print #1,"@",t2$	’Transfer And Print:
	120		’Code 40hex (default character)
	130	end

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