Compressed Print - Printronix L7032 Programmer's Reference Manual

NOTE: Due to different printing technologies and dot sizes, some printers
may not be capable of printing small characters clearly.
Example The following example illustrates changing character type from
the standard characters to 17.65 cpi characters.
^PY^-
Standard Characters in the Graphics Mode
^@C17^*Compressed 17.65 cpi characters after the Character Type
command^*
^@C10^-
^PN^-
NOTE: The second character type is sent to return VGL to standard 10 cpi
print.

Compressed Print

Purpose Selects a compressed print font.
Mode Graphics with a Standard Graphic Command selected
Format (cc) # x (cc)- data (cc)*
(cc) #0 (cc)-
(cc)
# x
Table 5. Compressed Print Fonts
Selection
Code ( x )
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Represents the Special Function Control Code
(SFCC). Enter the specific SFCC for your VGL
configuration.
Specifies the compressed print font to use. The
values for x and the corresponding compression
are shown in Table 5.
Compressed Print Font
Characters per Inch (cpi)
Terminate compressed print
10 cpi
12 cpi
13.33 cpi
15 cpi
17.65 cpi
OCR-A
OCR-B
12 cpi
15 cpi
Compressed Print
47