Oki MICROLINE 385/6 Handbook

Custom CharactersYour printer's custom (downloadable) character feature enables you to desigrcharacters and symbols, even entire charactersets if you choose, and downloadyour computer to the printer. You can design and store up to 96 characters. Yccharacters are assigned to keys of your choice on your keyboard. Then, wheneed a particular character, all you have to do is invoke the custom character setthe key assigned to your character. The actual designing of these charactersome work on your part and can become tedious. Once again, we strongly reusing a commercial software package to help you create new characters andthem to your printer. There are also packages that provide character sets that habeen designed for you.Epson Custom CharactersThe technique of designing your own custom characters is much like that of dgraphic image, but on a much smaller scale. You can design characters in eithiLQ mode. Simply activate the desired mode before you download the charactBegin by designing your character on a grid or matrix. The height of the grid is 24corresponding to a pin on the printer's printhead. The width of the grid, as well a:of the character itself, depends on the print mode.Custom Character WidthsPrint mode Matrix width in dots Character width10 CPI utility 12 912 CPI utility 10 910 CPI LQ 36 2912 CPI LQ 30 29Proportional 42 (maximum) 37 (maximuiKeep the intended use of your character in mind. If it is to be included with texttop row and bottom two rows of the matrix blank, in keeping with general fcstandards. The character's baseline occurs at the sixth dot from the bottom. Thof the matrix to the left and right of your character affect where it will appear inthe characters on either side of it. If you do not leave blank columns, adjacent сmay appear to run right into your character.Your arrangement of dots is translated into code that tells your printer the exaof each dot within each column. The following example illustrates how this wo