Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer - Manual (Page 69)

3-61 STAR Command Specifications
Rev. 0.70
ESC r c1 c2 d1...dk
[Name] Register Chinese download characters
[Code] ASCII ESC r c1 c2 d1 .. dk
Hexadecimal 1B 72 c1 c2 d1 .. dk
Decimal 27 114 c1 c2 d1 .. dk
[Defined Area] 0 ≤ d ≤ 255
k = 32
c1 and c2 differ according to specifications and code type (see table below).
[Initial Value] All spaces
[Function] Registers Japanese download characters to c1 and c2 addresses, but the following shows the possible code
range.
If one has been already registered to an address, it is overwritten.
Chinese download characters once defined are valid until redefined or the power is turned OFF.
The definition range varies according to model. (Below: Specs. 1, 2, and 3)
Spec. 1
Specifications c1 c2 Registration count
Japanese Language Characters c1 = 77h 20h ≤ c2 ≤ 29h 10 Characters
Kanji Characters c1 = F8h 21h ≤ c2 ≤ 2Ah 10 Characters
Taiwan Characters c1 = FEh F0h ≤ c2 ≤ F9h 10 Characters
Spec. 2
Specifications c1 c2 Registration count
Japanese Language Characters c1 = 77h 20h ≤ c2 ≤ 29h 10 Characters
Kanji Characters c1 = FAh 21h ≤ c2 ≤ 2Ah 10 Characters
Taiwan Characters c1 = FEh F0h ≤ c2 ≤ F9h 10 Characters
Spec. 3
Specifications c1 c2 Registration count
Japanese Language Characters c1 = 77h 20h ≤ c2 ≤ 7Dh 94 Characters
Kanji Characters FEh ≤ c1 ≤ FFh A1h ≤ c2 ≤ FEh 94 Characters
Taiwan Characters FEh ≤ c1 ≤ FFh A1h ≤ c2 ≤ FEh 94 Characters
Defined Japanese download characters are accessed with two-bytes, in the same way as other Kanji
characters.At that time, c1 is the first byte, c2 is the second byte.
d1, d2 • • • d32 are character data.