Enter – Epson Apex-80 User Manual

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To see program 1 produce the character in Figure 5-3, run the

program and follow these instructions:

1. When the screen message asks what rows have dots in column 1,

press

Enter

to indicate that no dots go in that column.

2. For column 2 (the vertical line) press 7,

Enter,

5, and

Enter

again

to indicate that you want dots in rows 7 and 5. Then press

Enter

alone to indicate that no more dots go in column 2.

3. For column 3 press 8, 6, 4, and 2, and

Enter

after each of them.

Press

Enter

to finish with column 3 and go on to column 4.

4. For column 4 press

Enter

only (The. rest of the directions assume

that you know to press

Enter

after each number and one extra

time to end the entries for each column.)

5. For column 5 enter 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

6. For column 6 press

Enter

only.

7. For column 7 enter 8, 6, 4, and 2.

8. For column 8 enter 7 and 5.

9. For column 9 press

Enter

only.

Now wait a moment for your computer to calculate the dot patterns

and your LX-800 to print the new character in two different typestyles.

Your printout also gives you nine numbers, which you use in the next

program. You should get the printout you see below:

When you get to this point with a character of your own, you see

how it looks. If you want to make any changes, move the dots as

needed and re-run the program.

If you want to put dots in the bottom row, change the number in

line 190 from 128 to 0. Then the usable rows are those shown in Figure

5-4

below.

User-defined Characters

5.5

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