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ESC * m nL nH d1... dk Select bit-image mode
[Name]
Select bit-image mode
[Format]
ASCII
ESC
*
m nL nH d1...dk
Hex
1B
2A
m nL nH d1...dk
Decimal
27
42
m nL nH d1...dk
[Range]
m = 0, 1, 32, 33
0 ≤ nL ≤ 255
0 ≤ nH ≤ 3
0 ≤ d ≤255
[Description]
Select a bit-image mode using m for the number of dots specified by nL and nH,
as follows:
m
Mode
Vertical Direction
Horizontal Direction
Number
of
Dots
Dot Density
Dot
Density
Number of Data
(K)
0
8-dot
single-density
8
68 DPI
101 DPI
nL + nH × 256
1
8-dot
double-density
8
68 DPI
203 DPI
nL + nH × 256
32
24-dot
single-density
24
203 DPI
101 DPI
( nL + nH × 256) × 3
33
24-dot
double-density
24
203 DP
203 DPI
( nL + nH × 256) × 3
[Notes]
If the values of m is out of the specified range, nL and data following are processed as normal
data.
The nL and nH indicate the number of dots of the bit image in the horizontal direction. The
number of dots is calculated by nL + nH × 256.
If the bit-image data input exceeds the number of dots to be printed on a line, the excess data is
ignored.
d indicates the bit-image data. Set a corresponding bit to 1 to print a dot or to 0 to not print a
dot.
After printing a bit image, the printer returns to normal data processing mode.
This command is not affected by print modes (emphasized, double-strike, underline, character
size or white/black reverse printing), except upside-down printing mode.
The relationship between the image data and the dots to be printed is as follows:
When 8-dot bit image is selected:
