User guide

Fonts and Character Attributes on the LA75 Plus Companion Printer
5.7 Download Font (DECDLD)
• If the input buffer size is configured to extended size by the setup facility,
the LA75 Plus has no download capability. As a result, any DECDLD
sequence is ignored.
5.8 Slant
The LA75 Plus supports the Select Graphic Rendition (SGR) attribute for
slant by algorithmically slanting the characters. See SGR in the Command
Dictionary.
5.9 Bar Code Printing
The LA75 Plus Companion Printer supports built-in bar code 3 of 9 through
the DECBAR and DECSBCA commands.
5.9.1 Select Bar Code Attributes (DECSBCA)
Table 5–7 shows the bar code attributes supported by the LA75 Plus
Companion Printer.
Table 5–7 Bar Code Attributes
Parameter Description Supported Values
Default if
Zero
Pn2 Narrow bars and spaces 9 (0.0125 inch, 4.7 pitch)
18 (0.025 inch, 2.3 pitch)
9
Pn3 Quiet zone 180 (0.25 inch, leading and
trailing edges)
180
Pn4 Wide bars and spaces 27 (0.0375 inch, 4.7 pitch)
54 (0.075 inch, 2.3 pitch)
27
Pn5 Intercharacter gap 18 (0.025 inch, 4.7 pitch)
36 (0.050 inch, 2.3 pitch)
18
Pn6 Height of bars 96 (0.133 inch) 96
Ps7 Control characters None (parameter is ignored)
Ps8 Orientation None (parameter is ignored)
Ps9 Human-readable
characters
All Ps9 values for DECSBCA in
the Command Dictionary
The LA75 Plus Companion Printer ignores the following values:
• Received values for Pn3 and Pn6. The printer always used the value given
in Table 5–7.
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