21 May
2001
21 May
'01
10:58 p.m.
> > The same mechanism was used by other
companies (Oric printer, Tandy
> > CGP115, Commodore 1520, and so on). Many of them (but not the Commodore)
> > used the same microcontroller chip to operate the mechanism, and they all
> > respond to the same commands.
> Not my Sharp - it works with some of the graphics commands (not AXIS or Text
> Rotation, though), but not others, and it needs an ESC b to put it into
> graphics mode.
In which case it's not the standard
microcontroller. Darn!
Well, this is standard for the Sharp plotters. And the 515/516
use this.
For the Commands:
(The one I remember)
ESC b -> Graphics
A -> Text Mode
Mx,y -> Move pen to x/y
I -> Set Orgin (Index)
H -> Back to Orgin (Home)
ESC 0 -> Black
ESC 1 -> Blue
ESC 2 -> Green (or Red, I don't remember)
ESC 3 -> Red (or Green)
Pxxx -> Print string xxx (until CR)
Lx -> Linetype (0..7 or so diferent styles, decimal number)
Dx,y -> Draw To x/y
All numbers are decimal integers and can have up to 5 digits
including leading zeros. Spaces may be inserted around under
some circumstances. IIRC commands can be chanined by ';' - not
shure about that. Move and Draw should also be able to have
several points to move to as a comma seperated list (x1,y1,x2,y2).
I can't tell about the other commands, because the above is all
I needed (or at least what I remember. There should be some
way for relative movement and relative drawing. Again, no Idea
about that.
Gruss
H.
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