Epson LQ-1000 - Impact Printer, User Manual

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This manual uses decimal numbers because the example programs
in this manual are written in BASIC and everyone is familiar with
decimals. The data you send to the LQ, however, can be in any form
(binary, decimal, hexadecimal) that you can use with your program-
ming language.
Figure
6-7.
Calculating the data
You’ve seen how to design a character by placing dots on a grid and
translated the dots to decimal equivalents. The last step in defining a
character is to send this information to the printer.
Sending information to the LQ
The printer loads characters in the print style (Letter Quality, draft,
or proportional) that the printer is currently using. It also records
whether italic or script (either superscript or subscript) is turned on.
This means that if you want to print a character in the italic mode, for
example, you must have the italic mode turned on when you define
the character.
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