I-Data 5250 ALLY User Manual

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APPENDIX B — SCS/DCA COMMAND SUMMARY

Command:

Set Character Density (SCD)

Format:

2B D2 nn 29 00 cp

Printers:

3812, 4214, 5219, 5224, 5225

Action:

Specifies the character density in characters per inch

(CPI) for subsequent text.
The cp parameter specifies CPI.
For the 4214, values of 00h (no change), 05h (5CPI),

0Ah (10CPI), 0Ch (12 CPI) and 10h (16.7 CPI) are valid.
For the 3812 and 5219, values of 00h (no change), 0Ah

(10 CPI), 0Bh (proportional spacing), 0Ch (12 CPI) and

0Fh (15 CPI) are valid.
For the 3812 and 5219, the value 0Bh (proportional

spacing) is effectively the same as setting the ps

parameter value of the Set FID through GFID (FSG)

command to 02h. For the 5224 and 5225, values of 00h

(no change), 0Ah (10 CPI), 0Ch (12 CPI) and 0Fh (15

CPI) are valid.
This command recalculates the horizontal Maximum

Print Position (MPP). If the newly calculated MPP is less

than the current MPP, it overrides the old MPP setting.

IBMEMUL:

Same as IBM.
The 5250 ALLY supports all CPI values for all IBM

printer emulations.
The 5250 ALLY, in addition to all of the above values of

the cp parameter, supports values of 08h (8.6 CPI) and

11h (17.1 CPI).
If the current orientation is portrait, one of the following

PFSs will be sent to the target printer to invoke the

appropriate CPI value: 10 — P 5CPI (CPI

5), 11 —

P 8CPI (CPI

8>5), 12 — P 10CPI (CPI

10>8), 13 —

P PSCPI (proportional spacing), 14 — P 12CPI

(CPI

12>10), 15 — P 15CPI (CPI

15>12), 16 — P

16CPI (CPI

16>15) or 17 — P 17CPI (CPI>16).

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