5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer Code V Programmer's Reference Manual

Plotting Graphics (Columns)
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Plotting Graphics (Columns)
Purpose Creates logos or other graphic patterns by plotting in dot-
addressable columns.
Plotting Graphics (Columns) replaces the “Logo” command from
IGP-110/210/410.
Do not confuse this graphics plot command, (cc)Q, with the odd
dot plot command, (cc)Q, discussed on page 107.The Graphics
Plot command is effective when an Extended Graphics
Command is selected and plots in vertical data bytes (columns).
Odd dot plot, described on page 107, plots in
horizontal data
bytes (rows) and is effective when a Standard Graphics
Command is selected.
Mode Graphics with an Extended Graphics Command selected
Format (cc) Q
data (cc) G (cc)-
(cc) Represents the Special Function Control Code
(SFCC). Enter the specific SFCC for your Code V
configuration.
Q The Logo command. Enter Q.
data The hexadecimal logo data. Each hexadecimal
value defines one 7-dot vertical data byte (column)
for each 0.1-inch row.
(cc)G Terminator. Enter the SFCC for your Code V
configuration immediately followed by G, the
universal terminator, to end the input of logo data.
(cc)- Graphics Mode CR used as a sequence terminator.
Enter the SFCC for your IGP configuration
immediately followed by - to end the command
sequence.
Comments Logos are positioned by the parameters or commands of an
alphanumerics command sequence (such as horizontal tabs, the
justification parameter, etc.) and can be created only from within
an alphanumeric command sequence. Consequently, an
alphanumeric command must precede a Logo command.
Any logo that can be designed using the rows of the 0.1-inch x
0.1-inch matrix grid can be produced with the Q command. The
form example in the “Exercises and Examples” chapter, page
224, illustrates how the hand logo was produced. An arrow
pattern is illustrated in the following example.
Graphics designed using this command can not be stored in
Code V memory for future use. Once your graphic pattern prints,
it is automatically purged from Code V working memory.
Example 1 The bottom-most bit of the data byte corresponds to the least
significant bit (LSB) of the data byte, which corresponds to the
bottom row (row #1); the data byte works up through the other
bits to the top-most significant bit of the data byte, which
corresponds to the top bit row (row #7).