Star Micronics 150 User Manual

Character Sets and Code Pages

Page 28

Rev G

12/14/99

For example, to redefine the character map for the 35th character and replace it
with internal master character 346, the “Redefine Character Set” command is
used as follows:

[ESC] [ S <3> <0> <35> <90> <1>

^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^

     |  |   +-    346

th

 Character in the Master set

     |  |         [(1*256) + 90]

     |  +-------  35

th

 Character

     +----------- 3

 

 Bytes to follow [(0*256) + 3]

The new map will remain until the printer is power cycled or the character set
is redefined. The code page and character set commands completely redefine
the table.

[ESC] = <n1> <n2> <start code> <data>

1BH 3DH <n1> <n2> <start code> <data>

<27> <61> <n1> <n2> <start code> <data>

none

none

This command allows custom characters to be downloaded. The total count is
[(number of characters x 9) + 1] = (n1 + 256 * n2). The start code is the
starting character where the download is to start.

[ESC] $

1BH 24H <n>

<27> <36>

none

none

This command copies the internal ROM character set to the RAM character set.

[ESC] > <n>

1BH 3EH <1>

<27> <62> <1>

none

none

This selects the custom character set contained in the RAM font buffer.