Printronix P9000 Series - Manual (Page 318)

Appendix E-6
Example 2: Characters with Descenders
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2
LSB
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F F
F
1
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
F
Selected Print Mode and Pitch: DP 10 cpi
DP 10 cpi with descenders = 12 Columns x 9 bits per column (Table E-2)
BIT #
COLUMN #
ROW #
LSB
MSB
F F
F F
Value Column
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
0000
0000
0000
0072
0088
0007
0088
0072
0000
0000
0000
0000
Empty columns (rows 2 and 8) eliminate adjacent
dots and half-speed printing
Figure E-2. Characters with Descenders Layout
The BASIC program to generate this character and a print sample is provided below.
The command for the character shown in Figure E-2 is as follows:
ESC c {00}{90E}{2};{0;0;0;72;88;7;88;72;0;0;0;0;}
where:
ESC c is the Serial Matrix Control Code Header introducing the Download a
Character command.
{00} is the selected print mode and pitch code from Table E-2 derived from
Print Mode/Pitch Selection Table 6-7 on page 6-59 m = 0 representing
DP mode; and n = 0 representing a pitch of 10 cpi.)