Accessing Characters And Character Sets; Data Bit; Power-Up Character Set Selection; Building A Character Translation Table - Printronix L7032 Programmer's Reference Manual

Accessing Characters And Character Sets

Data Bit 8

You can access individual characters using data bit 8 addressing. The
primary character set is ASCII. These character values reside at hex
addresses 20 through 7F. The Multinational or extended character sets reside
at hex addresses 80 through FF and are accessible without reconfiguration.
NOTE: Data bit 8 must be set high so that Multinational or extended

Power-Up Character Set Selection

You can select any one of the twelve resident multinational character sets
shown in Table 69 (0 through 11) or any of the International Sets shown in
Table 74 as the default character set at printer power-up. VGL configuration
settings determine which character set is the default character set at power-
up. Refer to your user's manual to configure VGL for a specific character set.
(See Select Font in the configuration menu.)
OCR and user-definable character sets cannot be configured as the default
character set at printer power-up.
NOTE: Each Multinational Character Set, including the power-up default,

Building A Character Translation Table

The character set for resident fonts on the Graphics Controller contains
special characters in hex values. These characters are not directly accessible
from the keyboard. As an example, the tilde (~) may not have a corresponding
key on the keyboard. There are three choices available if characters such as
this are required on a regular basis.
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A character translation table reassigns keys to the hex value of special
characters you want to print. Use the ^ITRANS command to build a character
translation table.
Mode
Format
character sets are accessible without reconfiguration.
must be accessed through the Graphics Mode.
Select an ISO character set that contains the character as one of the
substitutions. See "Selecting An ISO Character Set" on page 346.
Use the ^IHEX command to transmit the character hex value to the
printer.
Build a character translation table.
Standard Graphics or Graphics with an Extended Graphics
Command selected
(cc) ITRANS,D,xxvv,xxvv,xxvv,xxvv, ... ,xxvv (cc) G (cc) -
(cc) Represents the Special Function Control Character
(SFCC). Enter the specific SFCC for your VGL
configuration.
Data Bit 8
339