Appendix c: custom characters and graphics – SATO CT410 User Manual

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3. Transfer the image into two bit map representations and then into hexadecimal or

binary format.

4. To store the custom designed character in memory using a hexadecimal data
stream, the command would be:

<ESC>A
<ESC>T1H3F0100038007C00FE01FF03FF87FFCFFFE07C007C007C007C007C007C007C007C0
<ESC>Z

Note: This should be a continuous data string without any CR or LF characters.

5. To recall the custom character from memory, send the following code to the
printer. Note that you can print other data as well. Also note how the character size
was expanded using the <ESC>L command.

<ESC>A
<ESC>L0505<ESC>H0150<ESC>V100<ESC>K1H903F
<ESC>L0505<ESC>H0600<ESC>V100<ESC>K1H903F
<ESC>L0303<ESC>H0125<ESC>V0250<ESC>MTHIS SIDE UP !
<ESC>Q1
<ESC>Z

6. To store the custom designed character in memory using a binary data stream, the

command would be:

<ESC>A
<ESC>T1B3F 01

H

00

H

03

H

80

H

07

H

C0

H

0F

H

E0

H

1F

H

F0

H

3F

H

F8

H

7F

H

FC

H

FF

H

FE

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

07

H

C0

H

<ESC>Z

NOTE: Spaces are shown between hexidecimal values in the above example for clarity only and
are not included in the data string.

Note that the data stream is only half as long as the hexadecimal format. This is because
we can send the binary equivalent of “11111111” (represented above in its
hexidecimal value of FF

0

), for example, using one eight bit word while it takes two

eight bit words to transmit the hexadecimal equivalent “F” and “F”. To send binary
characters using BASIC, the expression “CHR (&HFF) will send the binary equivalent
of FF (i.e., 11111111).

ROW

BIT MAP

HEX

1

0000 0001 0000 0000

01 00

2

0000 0011 1000 0000

03 80

3

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

4

0000 1111 1110 0000

0F E0

5

0001 1111 1111 0000

1F F0

6

0011 1111 1111 1000

3F F8

7

0111 1111 1111 1100

7F FC

8

1111 1111 1111 1110

FF FE

9

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

10

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

11

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

12

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

13

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

14

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

15

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

16

0000 0111 1100 0000

07 C0

Appendix C: Custom Characters and Graphics

Page C-2

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