Lexmark 259x, 258x manual Control Codes, Second

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Control Codes

CHAPTER 2: IBM Emulation Mode Printer Commands

This section provides a detailed description of IBM emulation mode commands you can use with your printer.

Control Codes

Control codes are one-character printer commands that are used to:

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Manage the printing of a job.

Control the movement of the cursor, which changes the current print position. Control secondary font selection, such as condensed and double-wide.

The first 32 characters of the Standard ASCII table are control codes. This printer uses the following control codes.

Table 2-1: Control Codes

 

 

 

Value

Value

Code Name

Symbol

Description

(Dec)

(Hex)

 

 

Sounds the printer beeper for approximately 1

 

 

Beeper

BEL

second.

7

07

Backspace

BS

Causes the printer to move the current print position one

8

08

 

 

character position to the left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal Tab

HT

Moves the print head to the next horizontal tab position

9

09

 

 

specified by the ESC D command. If no tab position is

 

 

 

 

set or programmed, tabs are set by default to every 8th

 

 

 

 

column, beginning at column 9.

 

 

 

 

When no tab is set between the current position and the

 

 

 

 

right margin or if the tabs are all cleared, the code is

 

 

 

 

ignored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line Feed

LF

Advances the paper one line on the page. An automatic

10

0A

 

 

carriage return may be optionally disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Forms Printer 258x/259x Technical Reference Draft document Contents TOC-2 TOC-3 TOC-4 Set Initial Conditions Commands SIC Command Format Init ValuesInitial Values Id Values Id ValuesPrinter Dec Hex Parm 1 to parm 24 are valid with this id Ids Dec 3, 22, 35, 36, 177, 180 Hex 03, 16, 23, 24, B1, B4 Parm ValuesId Dec 182 Hex B6 Parm Bit Description OffOFF Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 1Font Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 2Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 3 Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 4 Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 5 Xnls = OKI Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 6Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 7 Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 8 Ids Dec 197, 198 Hex C5, C6 Sheet 9 Control Codes Control CodesSecond DC1 Command Structure Printer Command ParametersExample of IBM Emulation Mode Printer Command Escape SequencesControl Codes in ESC Sequence Format Printer Command Quick Reference IBM Emulation ModeEscape Sequence Equivalents to Control Codes Format Decimal Hexadecimal Code NemCancel Double-Wide Printing by Line General Printer Commands Set Print DirectionContinuous Double-Wide Printing Model Decimal Hexadecimal Pro-III Mode Setting in Setup Deselect PrinterStop Printing 259X only Relative Move Inline Forward n/120 Print Position CommandsAutomatic Line Feed LF Reverse Line FeedSet Vertical Units 259X only Select 7/72 Line Spacing Select 1/8 Line SpacingSet Vertical Unit m3 and m4 values Decimal Hexadecimal UnitStart Text Line Spacing Set Text Line Spacing n/72Page/Form Layout Commands Set All Tabs to Power On SettingSet Horizontal Tabs Set Horizontal Margins Set Vertical TabsCancel Automatic Perforation Skip Proportional Space ModeSet Automatic Perforation Skip Set Top of Form Set Form Length in InchesSet Form Length in Lines Character Commands Select Character SetDownload a Character Set Select Print Mode Print Mode ValuesPrinter Model Decimal Hexadecimal Print Mode Character Code Page Commands Continuously Print From All Character ChartSet Code Print One Character Set Print Quality Style CommandsSet Print Quality m parameter values Printer Model Decimal Hexadecimal QualitySelect Global Font Global Font Id Courier Global Font Id Prestige Global Font Id Gothic10 Global Font Id Orator Global Font Id Presentor11 Global Font Id Script 12 Global Font Size Parameters2580 2590 Decimal Hexadecimal Pitch Hs Ls Values Select Print Type Style Select 12 cpi 13 Select Print Type Style ValuesVariable Decimal Hexadecimal Description Select/Cancel Double-Strike Mode Select/Cancel Emphasized ModeCancel Superscript and Subscript Printing Start Superscript or Subscript PrintingScore Select 259X only Continuous Overscore Continuous Underscore14 Print Wire Mapping 258X only Graphics CommandsNormal Density Bit Image Graphics 60 dpi Dot Position Bit Number Decimal HexadecimalDual-Density Bit Image Graphics Half Speed 120 dpi 15 Print Wire Mapping 259X onlyHigh-Density Bit Image Graphics 240 dpi Dual-Density Bit Image Graphics Normal Speed 120 dpiHigh Resolution Graphics 259x only 16 High Resolution Graphics m parameter values Decimal Hexadecimal Horizontal Density Wire CommentsSet Graphics Line Spacing n/216 Graphics Variable Line Spacing n/216 Setup Barcode Parameter Bar Code Commands17 Barcode Types Decimal Hexadecimal Barcode18 Barcode Module Width Barcode Module Width20 Barcode Length 19 Barcode Space Width AdjustmentDecimal Hexadecimal Barcode TypeSetup Barcode Data 21 Barcode Control FlagsBit Description Decimal Hexadecimal Effect 22 Barcode Data n1, n2 values Character Control Panel Buttons Support on Printers Enabling code page character supportCode page samples Code page samplesCode Code Page 437G Code Page 449P Code Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code Page 850B Code page samples Code page samples Code Page 853T Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Code page samples Appendix a Code Page Table Decimal Hexadecimal Translations Menu Name Table A-1 Code Page Table Sheet 1Arabic Baltic European Levant Code Panel Std EasternTable A-1 Code Page Table Sheet 2 Character Set Decimal Hexadecimal TranslationsCode Panel Std Eastern Menu Name Table A-1 Code Page Table Sheet 3

258x, 259x specifications

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