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Re: line drawing characters
From:
Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]>
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Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:01:01 -0500
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From: "Tracy Pierce" <[log in to unmask]>


> I need to use a few line-drawing characters.
>
> With an HP264x terminal or HP256x printer, no sweat:
> ^N (ascii(14)"SO") == 'alternate character set'
> 5 (ascii(53)"5") == gives me a "tee" instead of a 5.
> ^O (ascii(15)"SI") == 'primary character set', all just as I want ;-).
>
> Is there a way to turn this on for an HP5siMX laserjet?  I tried using
PC-8
> and PC-850 character sets, but ^N and ^O don't seem to do their magic.

If your printer has the line draw character set, then you should be able to
select it for the secondary font with
Esc ) 0 B
Then you can SO/SI between your primary character set and the line draw set.

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