Bit image mode, double density – Printronix P9000 Series User Manual

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Programming

6-10

Bit Image Mode, Double Density

ASCII

Hex

Decimal

P-Series

N/A

N/A

N/A

Serial

ESC L

1B 4C

27 76

Purpose

Selects Double Density Bit Image graphics.

Expression

CHR$(27);”L”;CHR$(n1);CHR$(n2);”DATA”

where

n1 + 256 n2 define the number of data bytes to follow.

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes.

NOTE: The DATA can be expressed in a CHR$(DATA) format with the appropriate

decimal values of the ASCII characters supplied especially in cases where the dot patĆ

terns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment

Double Density printing may reduce print speed to half. For detailed inforĆ

mation, refer to the Bit Image section in the Graphics chapter.

Example

The following example produces Double Density Bit Image graphics of the

pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example. Note that the

amount of data must be doubled for double density (the data is used 54 times

rather than 27).

NOTE: Depending on the host computer system, it may be necessary to include a width

statement within the BASIC program.

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