Most printer commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. Some examples are:
<ESC>Wl
<ESC>WO Normal width
<ESC>4 Italic
<ESC>5 Upright
Two lines with these commands embedded are shown below, together with the printed result.
File:
<ESC>WlPRINTER COMMANDS<ESC>WO
can help you to use <ESC>4italic<ESC>5 print.
Printout:
PRINTERCOMMANDS
can help you to use italic print.
You will probably not see the symbol < ESC > on the screen, but a different symbol such as * E or, A[ or perhaps no symbol at all. This depends on your software.
After printing the first page of a long job, you may want to pause to check that the printing is correctly formatted. Press the On Line switch, setting the printer
If you need to abandon a printing job before it is finished, your software should provide a command for this purpose. Another simple expedient is to switch the printer’s power off.