Dot Matrix - Hitachi IJ RX2-SD160 Instruction Manual

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Dot matrix

● Sets the character size.
4×5,
10×12,
5×3 (chimney), 5×5 (chimney), 7×5(chimney) (RX2-S only)
● See "6.1 Set the user environment" for 5×8, 5×7 and 9×8, 9×7 switching. However, for special charac-
ters, accent characters, Russian characters, Arabic numbers, and Arabic letters, select character size with
vertical 8 dots since the pattern is designed with vertical 8 dots.
● The kinds of characters which can be input are defined for each character size. A space is entered when
there is no corresponding character for the changed character size.
Character kind
Chinese character
Kana
Alphabet letters,
numeric, symbols
Space
User pattern
Punct. character
Dedicated character
Accent character
Greek character
Russian character
Arabic numeric
Arabic letter
● Communication is unsupported for Russian characters of 5
● Multiple character sizes can be freely combined. However, there is a limit on the total number of vertical
dots.
Total vertical dots
Character sizes having 8 or less vertical dots are calculated as 8 dots.
● Chimney characters consist of characters which can be written vertically.
4-19 ●Set the print format (Fixed layout)
Settable sizes (horizontal dots × vertical dots)
5×5, 5×8(5×7),
11×11, 12×16,
Kinds of characters which can be input by character size
5×8 9×8
4×5 5×5 7×10 10×12 11×11 12×16 18×24 24×32
(5×7) (9×7)
X X X X
X X X
X X X
X X
X X
X
X
X X X
Total vertical dots limit
RX2-B
30 dots
Line direction
Chimney printing example
9×8(9×7), 7×10,
18×24, 24×32,
X X
X
X
X
X
X X X
X
X
X
X
X X
5, 5
×
RX2-S
30 dots
(Option : Up to 32 dots)
Chimney Chimney
5×3 5×5
X X X
X X X
X X
X X X X
X X
X X
X
X X
X X
5(chimney) and 7 5(chimney).
× ×
Chimney
7×5
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X