Star Micronics NX-2415II User Manual page 110

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With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their
dot data, and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regular
character set. Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple
but useful symbols like the check mark through to complex Chinese or
Japanese characters.
Regular characters are permanently stored in the printer's ROM, but charac-
ters you design are downloaded and stored in RAM for use.
Before you start to define your own characters, you must set the EDS switch
A-3 to the OFF position. Otherwise, the RAM is used to store the input buffer,
and the download commands are ignored.
DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH
STANDARD MODE
Designing and printing your own characters has two requirements: first,
designing the shape of the character, calculating the data necessary to make
the shape, and sending that data to the printer, and secondly, sending the
command to print the downloaded characters instead of the regular charac-
ters. There are a number of design constraints for download characters:
The matrix or grid on which you design the characters depends upon the
print mode as
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The minimum width of a character is five dots.
Dots cannot overlap.
You may define any position in the ASCII table.