Designing Your Own Graphics - Epson ActionPrinter 4500 User Manual

Type in and run the following program. Be especially careful to include
both semicolons. The program produces the printout you see below:
10 WIDTH "LPT1:",255
20 LPRINT
30 FOR X=1 TO 120
40 LPRINT CHR$(170);
50 NEXT X
Line 20 selects single-density 24-pin graphics mode (mode 32) and also
reserves 40 columns for graphics. Since 24-pin graphics requires three
bytes of data for each column, line 30 begins a loop to supply 120 bytes
of data. Line 40 contains the number 170, which produces the first pin
pattern shown in the section on pin labels, and line 50 ends the loop.

Designing Your Own Graphics

With what you know now, you can use the simplest application of
graphics-calculating by hand the data to print the graphic image.
While this method is the most tedious, it helps you understand dot
graphics. It is also useful for small graphic elements that are used many
times.
CHR$(27)"*"CHR$(32)CHR$(40)CHR$(0);
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