Operation Manual
Programming
graphics
Your
printer
prints
images in successive columns
of
eight dots. The
LPRINT
statement
that
tells the
printer
to
do
this
has
three
com
ponents:
1.
The control
code
sequence that
puts
the
printer
into graphics
mode,
2.
The
number
of
co
lumn
s
of
graphics
to
be printed,
and
3.
The
coded
information that tells the
printer
which
dots
to
print
in each co
lumn
.
There are four
modes
of
GRAPHICS available
in
IBM Modes. They
differ in horizontal resolution,
or
density, which indicates
how
close toge
ther
the
dots
are
and
is
measured
by
the
number
of
dots
per
inch. All
modes
have
a vertical resolution of
72
DPI. For
reference, the
diameter
of
a
dot
is 0.4
mm
(1/72
inch). The
modes
are
discussed in
more
detail
in
the
next section
on
control codes.
The
maximum
width
of a graphics
image
is 345.4mm (13.6 inches)
for
th
e ML3410.
1.
Control
Codes
A graphics LPRINT
statement
begins with a control
code
that tells
the
printer
to
print
a
dot
image. Each graphics
mode
has a different
control code.
Graphics
Resolution Decimal Hex. ASCII
Comp.
Si
ngle
d~nsity
graphics 27
75
nl
n2
1B4Bnln2
ESC
K
nl
n2
PF
Double-density
half
-sp~ed
27 76
nl
n2
lB4C
nl
n2
ESC
Lnl
n2
PF
graphics
Double-d~nsity
normal-speed
2789nl
n2
1859
nl
n2
ESC
Y
nl
n2
PF
graphics
Quadruple
densitv graphics
27
90
nl
n2
lB
'iA
nl
n2
ESC?nl
n2
PF
where
and
n2
=total
number
of graphics characters/256
nl
=
total-
(n2 x
256)
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odes
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