More About The Table Data Record; The Start-Of Record; The Record-Type Indicator - Xerox 4213 Programmer's Reference Manual

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More about the table data record

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The table load terminator, which is the XL part of the
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command. It signals to the printer that all data records have
been sent.
The data record tells the printer how a new table is to translate
incoming data. The format of the table data is very specific and
must be followed carefully. The data may be grouped either in
one long record or in a series of records.
Each record consists of six elements:
1 The start-of-record indicator
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2. The record-type indicator

3. Byte count
4. Load address
5. Table entries
6. Record terminator.
Note: In the descriptions that follow, hexadecimal values are
expressed as two alphanumeric characters followed by H. For
example, if a field contains a hexadecimal value with a length of
two bytes, the field will consist of the two characters used to
represent that value
alphanumeric characters are indicated, they are enclosed in
double quotes, for example "OB".
1. The start-of-record indicator
This is always the letter "S."
2. The record-type indicator
This is a "2," "3," or "4." Each number has a significance:
2 alters the U.S. English table for use with any non-ISO font
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when language H has been specified. (Language H is
specified automatically
download.)
3 and 4 alter only the ISO table. The ISO table serves as a
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base for both ASCII and EBCDIC multinational mappings.
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