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Bit image mode, double density double speed – Printronix P9000 Series User Manual

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Programming

Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed

ASCII

Hex

Decimal

P-Series

N/A

N/A

N/A

Serial

ESC Y

1B 59

27 89

Purpose

Prints graphics at twice the speed of Double Density (same speed as Single

Density) by ignoring adjacent dots.

Expression

CHR$(27);”Y”;CHR$(n1);CHR$(n2);”DATA”

where

n1 + 256 n2 define the number of data bytes to follow.

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes.

NOTE: The DATA can be expressed in a CHR$(DATA) format with the appropriate

decimal values of the ASCII characters supplied especially in cases where the dot patĆ

terns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment

For detailed information, refer to the Bit Image section in the Graphics chapĆ

ter.

Example

The following example produces Double Density Double Speed Bit Image

graphics of the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example.

Note that the amount of data must be doubled for double density (the data is

used 54 times rather than 27).

NOTE: Depending on the host computer system, it may be necessary to include a width

statement within the BASIC program.