Printer User Manual

Font design Epson LQ-2550 emulation
Programmer Reference Guide U26169-J-Z716-1-7600
© Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG 1995 Pfad: D:\SNI\Mackwitz\u26169\o26169e\26169e.k05
Example
To load this character (in DRAFT and 10 cpi) in code location X’21 (decimal 33), the
following control characters have to be sent to the printer:
–ESC x 0 Set draft mode.
–ESC P Set 10 cpi.
– ESC & NUL X’33 X’33
X’01 X’09 X’02
X’FFFF07 X’000000 X’010204
X’000000 X’010704 X’000000
X’010004 X’000000 X’010004
Define character (from code location 33 (X’21) to
code location 33 (X’21), i.e. one character in this
code location.
1 leading blank column, 9 dot columns and
2 trailing blank columns.
Data containing the dot information.
(Hex.) In this representation, three bytes of a dot
column are combined for clarity.
Leading Dot columns Trailing
blank columns of the character blank columns
P
3
P
4
P
5
1 123456789 12
o. o. o. o. o . .
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o...o.... ..
o. o. o. . . . . .
o...o.... ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o........ ..
o. o. o. o. o . .
......... ..
......... ..
......... ..
......... ..
......... ..
Byte values FF 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 First byte
for dot columns FF 00 02 00 07 00 00 00 00 Second byte
(Hex.) 07 00 04 00 04 00 04 00 04 Third byte
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