APPENDIX H - CONTINUED
The remaining eleven bytes specified by “pi” through “pi 1” contain the data
which defines the character. Each dot location is assigned a decimal value as
shown below.
PRINTWIRE
NUMBER
1
---
^
2 ■>
3
-----
»>
4
-----
»•
5
-----
»>
6
------
►
7
-----
►
8
---
*•
9
--------
►
DECIMAL
VALUE
— 128
— 64
— 32
— 16
— 8
— 4
— 2
— 1
The decimal values for the printable dots ate added.
ESC \ nl n2 Select characters from the aU characters chart
This command allows the user to print any or all characters from the All
Characters Chart. IBM control characters defined in ASCII codes 1 through 31
and international characters defined in ASCII codes 128 throu^ 159 can be
printed with this command. No control codes are valid with this command. The
total number of characters to be printed is determined by the following equation:
nl + (n2 X 256)
Where:
nl Specifies the number of characters. Values for “nl” can range from 0
to 256.
n2 Specifies the number of 256-character blocks. Values for “n2” can range
from 0 to 255.
Thus, a maximum of 65,535 characters can be printed with this command.
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