Dots Into Data; Incorrectly Designed E - Epson FX Series User Manual

To be consistent with the ROM characters, we use only
character would normally go in the top 8 rows, but we shift all the
dots down one row so that 7-bit systems can stay with the program.
Also note that two adjacent dots cannot be printed in the
Even in Half-Speed Mode, the printer simply refuses to print two
overlapping dots. Figure 15-3 illustrates
designed because it uses overlapping dots:

Dots into DATA

The data numbers for each column of Figure
the same manner as the data for Graphics Mode. And the appropriate
numbers can just as easily be stored in DATA statements. Type in the
READ routine and data for the character in Figure
150
FOR X=1 TO 11: READ C:
LPRINT CHR$(C);: NEXT X
1170 DATA
Notice that the DATA statement contains 11 numbers even though the
design uses only 9 of the 11 columns. Unused columns must be coded
as 0.
202
Will not print
128
64
32
16
8
4
2
1
Will not print
Figure 75-3. Incorrectly designed E
62,65,8,65,8,65,28,65,34,0,0:
rows. The
7
same
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an
are calculated in
15-2
15-2:
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row.