Chapter6 Dot Graphit"S in Commodore Mode Introduction to Dot Graphics Your MPS 1000 handles dot graphics differently in Commodore and IBM modes. This chapter explains dot graphics in Commodore mode, including creating your own graphic characters and combining lines to form more substantial graphic patterns in bit image graphics. The fol- lowing chapter reviews comparable graphic topics for IBM mode. The graphics modes on your printer are different than the text modes. Instead of sending codes for letters and printing functions, you send codes for dot patterns, one number for each column in a line.
So rather than utilize the standard letters, numerals and graphic symbols stored in the MPS 1000 ROM (Read Only Memory), the MPS 1000 prints out patterns of dots, column-by-column and line-by-line, in graphics mode. You can plan where you want the dots to appear, and then use a program to have your MPS 1 OOO print them how and where you planned. This is basically how dot graphics allow your printer co produce pictures, graphs, charts and almost any other illustrations or designs you create. Because many programs use dot graphics, you can print out many illustrations, charts and designs with your MPS 1000 without any pro- gramming, just by following the software instructions.
The picture below was created by a graphic software program and printed out with an MPS 1000. 73