Tally Genicom Matrix Printer - Manual (Page 163)

Download Characters
ESC &
The sequence for the definition of download characters receives different parameters for
9 needle and 24 needle printers. Use the data structure available for your printer.
Definition of Draft Characters (9 Needle Printer)
Data Structure ASCII ESC & NUL <x> <y> <A> <n
1
> <n
2
> <n
3
>...<n
11
> define
hex. 1B 26 00 ... download
dec. 27 38 0 ... characters
Description x first character to be redefined
y last character to be redefined
A an attribute which consists of descending data and proportional data
(see “Computing the Attribute”)
n
1
needle information for column 1
n
2
needle information for column 2
n
3
needle information for column 3
.
.
.
n
11
needle information for column 11
This code sequence assigns the character pattern defined by n
1
, n
2
, n
3
to n
11
as down-
load character to ASCII codes x to y. If the download character is only being assigned to
one character code, specify x = y. "A" determines the descender and proportional print
attributes.
80 Download Character Generator