Compuprint MDP40B Programmer Manual User Manual

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Start_code_point

Is the code point of the first character representation to be
downloaded and it must be a value in the range 00H to FFH.

Slice_image_info

Is a list of 38-byte entries (one entry for each character
representation) having the following format:

Attribute X 00H Slice1 Byte1, Slice2 Byte2… Slice12, Byte12

Attribute

Indicates the physical attributes of the character representation with
the following bit information:

Bit 7-3

Are reserved

Bits 2

Defines horizontal box, character expansion.

B 0 = indicates no horizontal expansion.

B 1 = indicates that the first and last slices are

expanded horizontally to fill the character
box on each side of the character

Bit 1 - 0

Defines vertical box character expansion.

B 00 = indicates no vertical expansion

B 01 = indicates that bottom two rows of slice

information are expanded three times
downward at the bottom of the character.

B 10 = indicates that top six rows of slice

information are expanded downward at
the bottom of the character.

B 11 = indicates no vertical expansion.

Using the attribute' expansion information box, characters in
adjacent positions can be made to touch each other vertically at 6
lines per inch and horizontally at any character pitch.

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