Assigningthe Characterdotpattern - Star Micronics XB-2425 User Manual

Assigningthe characterdotpattern
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Afteryouhavedesignedthecharacterpattern,youneedto compresstheDot
Pattern.
Data compressionallows you to store more download characters than
withoutcompassion. It is a moreefllcientuse of memory.The printerwill
repeatthepreviousdotcolumnwhenthecurrentcolumncompressionmask
bit is set to" l".
Fillup theadjacentdoteventheydonotprint,thencomparetheeachvertical
line to the left line. If the line is the same as the left one, write "l" in the
columnof the "compressionmaskbit". If it is not, write"O".