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Define NLQ download characters

Mode

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “&” CO> nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl

Both

n2 m0 ml m2

n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml 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-l must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selected before

this command is executed. The parameters are the same as for the draft

download character command except that the attribute byte specifies right

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 defined by m24 to m46 are 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.

Define download characters

Modt

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IBM

? ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “=I’ nl n2 21 38 nl n2

1B 26 nl n2

<DC4> a0 al a2 20 a0 al a2 14 a0 al a2

ml

m2 . ..mll

ml m2 . ..mll

Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for

later use. Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed.

nl and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will follow.

a0 is the character code of the first character defined. al and a2 are at-

tributes bytes. ml to ml1 are the character data, and are the same as in

< ESC > “&.” The attribute byte al indicates whether the character is

an ascender (not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots) or a descender

(not using the highest dot) and whether it has a downward extension to

12 dots.

The attribute byte a2 gives proportional-spacing information. Bit 7 is

ignored. Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed (0 to 7),

enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored. Bits 0 to 3 specify

the width of the character cell (maximum 11 dots). The character will

be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in

this width.

Characters defined by this command can be selected by < ESC > “%”

1, < ESC > “I” 4, < ESC > “I” 5, or < ESC > “I” 6. This command is

ignored when DIP switch 2-l is ON.