
AppendixB
PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
This appendix describes the printer’s control commands. The commands are arranged by function. The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below:
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| <ESC> | “ 1” |
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| 27 | 120 | 49 |
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| 1B | 78 | 31 | |||
Both | <ESC> | “X” | Cl> |
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| 27 | 120 |
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| 1B | 78 | 01 | |
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| Mode: |
| Indicates | the | mode | in | which | the | command | is recognized. | ||||||
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| Standard | mode | (DIP switch | on) |
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| IBM | mode |
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| Both | Standard | and | IBM | modes |
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| ASCII: |
| Indicates | the | ASCII | coding | of | the | command. | Control | ||||||
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| < 1 > | means | character |
| code | 1. |
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| Decimal: |
| Gives | the | command |
| in | decimal | character | codes. | ||||||
| Hexadecimal: | Gives | the | command |
| in | hexadecimal |
| character | codes. |
Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n.
Many commands have alternative forms. Some commands use < ESC>
(character code 27) in Standard mode and < FS > (character code 28) in IBM
mode. Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character
codes or digit characters, like the parameter 1 in the sample command above.
FONT CONTROL COMMANDS
Select draft quality characters
Mode | ASCII |
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| <ESC> | “X” | “0” | 27 | 120 | 48 | 1B | 78 | 30 |
Both | < ESC > | “x” | co> | 27 | 120 | 0 | 1B | 78 | 00 |
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Changes from letter quality to draft quality. Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at
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