Symbols, Creating Expanded User Defined - Printronix L7032 Programmer's Reference Manual

Chapter 2
Command Codes

Symbols, Creating Expanded User Defined

Purpose
Mode
Format
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To create specialized expanded symbols. An optional fill
command can define large expanded symbols.
Graphics with an Extended Graphics Command selected
(cc) z x ht wd data [f n pattern ] (cc)G
(cc) Represents the Special Function Control Code
(SFCC). Enter the specific SFCC for your VGL con-
figuration.
z The Create Symbol command. Enter lowercase z.
x Represents the symbol being defined. Enter an
uppercase character from A through F to specify
where your symbol is stored. (Make a note of this
character; you need it in your Print Symbols
command when you print the symbol as discussed
on page 150.)
ht Specifies the height of the symbol in dot rows from
001 through 108. If a value of 000 or greater than
108 is entered, it defaults to the maximum value of
108. You must include the leading zeros when
entering this data.
wd Specifies the width of the symbol in character cells
from 001 through 022. If a value of 000 or greater
than 022 is entered, it defaults to the maximum
value of 022. You must include the leading zeros
when entering this data.
data The data required to define the symbol. Enter a hex
value of 0 through F to define the dot pattern for
each character cell. (Each character cell is
comprised of 4 dots each.) See Table 20 to select
dot patterns. Since one character cell represents 4
dot columns, the smallest symbol you can create is
4 dot columns wide by 1 dot row high. You can
define up to 2,376 character cells (108 dot rows X
22 character cells per row).
If more than the total of 2,376 character cells are
defined, the extra data is ignored until a valid
terminator, such as (cc)G, (cc)-, or (cc)* is found.
f (Optional) Fills a specified number of character
cells with a repeated dot pattern. Enter lowercase f.
n
Specifies the number of character cells to fill. Enter
a decimal value from 0001 through 9999. A value of
0000 fills all remaining cells with a specified dot
pattern.
pattern
Specifies the fill dot pattern. Enter a value from 0
through F from Table 20 to describe the dot pattern.