User`s manual

7–124 Digital Emulation

Setting Block Character Parameters (DECBCS) (continued)

• P5 specifies the block character’s orientation.

P5 Function

Same as current orientation

0/missing

Landscape (90 degree rotation)

Portrait (0 degree rotation 1

Reverse landscape (270 degree rotation)

Portrait upside down (180 degree rotation)

NOTE: When the sequence selects character rotation, each character is

rotated around its axis by the above specified degree.

Start Block Character Mode (DECBLOCKC)

ASCII Code ESC % SP 1

Hex Code 1B 25 20 31

Dec Code 27 37 32 49

Purpose Generates the block characters from the characters that follow the

sequence.

Discussion The block characters inherit the last set of parameters defined. If no prior

sequence exists, the block characters are printed with:

• 0 degree rotation

• In the U. S. ASCII character set

• With a horizontal and vertical magnification factor of 2

• With a white background