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Graphics

5–10

Plotting a Bit Image Pattern

You can produce a a bit image pattern in four steps:

1.

Lay out the graphic(s) pattern you want to print, on a quadrille pad or

graph paper.

2.

Determine the decimal equivalent of each bit image data byte required

to produce your pattern (Figure 5–3).

3.

Write a program to generate the complete pattern.

4.

Enter and run the program on the host computer.

1st Bit Image Data Byte

2nd Bit Image Data Byte

7th Bit Image Data Byte

Decimal
Weights

73

36

36

73

146

255

146

Decimal
Values

128

64
32
16

8
4
2
1

Figure 5–3. Bit Image Pattern Plan