Star Micronics 8 Series - Macros

You always send the followingPrint Pattern commandafter a Specify
Patterncommand.ThisPrintPatterncommandidentitieswhetherthearea
youhavedefinedistobefilledwitharule,dottedgray-scalepattern,orlinear
pattern:
<ESC>
*C n P
Forn entera valuefromthefollowingtable.(If youselecta linearpattern
here, but a dottedpatternin the previousSpecifyPatterncommand,the
printerwillignorethisPrintPatterncommand.)
n VALUE PAITERN
O(zero)
solidblack
2
dottedgray-scale
3
linear
Examples: Pattern graphics
Tospecifyablockfiveincheswideyoucoulduscahorizontaldimensionof
1500dots(5 inchestimes300dots).Thatcommandwouldlooklikethis:
<ESC>
*C 1500A
To printthatareawitha 25percentgray-scalepattern,thecommandsyou
sendwouldbe:
<ESC>
*C 25G
<ESC>
*C 2p
Buttoprintanareafilledwiththehorizontalbarpattern,thecommandsyou
sendwouldbe:
<ESC>
*C IG
<ESC>
*C 3p
(Youcouldcombinethesecommandsas <ESC>*c lg 3P .)
MACROS
Using macros
There’sagreatshortcutthatsimplifiesthetaskofsendingcommandstoyour
LascrPnntcr8:usemacros.Amacroisasinglecontrolcode,whichyoucan
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