Plotting The Data - Printronix P6000L User's Reference Manual

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Plotting the Data

P-Series Plot mode plots the image from the horizontal bit pattern. Figure 4-10 repeats the
pattern shown in Figure 4-4 but referenced for odd dot plot. Eight vertical rows are required,
two characters per row, six columns per character. The characters required to produce the pat
tern were found in Table 4-2.
1
2
3
4
DOT
ROW
5
6
7
8
The following program uses the odd dot plot control code to produce the image. The image is
printed 25 times as shown in Figure 4-11. An entire dot row is plotted in one printing pass.
Consequently, the first row of all 25 images is printed in one pass, followed by the second row,
etc, until all rows have been printed. Notice the difference between the image printed from Bit
Image graphics shown in Figure 4-5 and the image printed from odd dot plot shown in
Figure 4-11. In the odd dot plot, the second character required to produce the complete im
age contains blank spaces that cause the apparent gaps between images.
10 LPRINT "Odd Dot Plot"
20 FOR I=1 TO 8
30 READ R1
40 READ R2
50 LPRINT CHR$(5);
60 FOR N=1 TO 25
70 LPRINT CHR$(R1);CHR$(R2);
80 NEXT N
90 LPRINT
100 NEXT I
110 DATA 42, 64, 73, 65, 92, 64, 42, 64, 73, 65, 92, 64, 42, 64, 73, 65
120 LPRINT
Graphics
1st
CHARACTER
CHARACTER
ODD COLUMNS
ODD COLUMNS
1
3
5
7
9
11
1
3
Figure 4-10. Odd Dot Plot Pattern Plan
2nd
1st
CHARACTER
ASCII DECIMAL
5
7
9
11
*
42
|
73
\
92
*
42
|
73
\
92
*
42
|
73
2nd
CHARACTER
ASCII DECIMAL
@
64
A
65
@
64
@
64
A
65
@
64
@
64
A
65
4-11

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