Star Micronics NX-2400 user manual Increase character Spacing, Select double or quadruple size

Increase character			spacing
Mode	ASCII			Decimal	Hexadecimal
Std.	<ESC>	“”	n	27 32 n	IB 20 n

Increases the space between characters by n dots, where n is a number from 0 to 127. Used in microjustification.

Select double or quadruple size

Mode	ASCII			Decimal	Hexadecimal
Both	<ESC>	“h”	n	27 104 n	1B 68	n

Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below. Extra-high characters align along the cap-line of normal characters, with the base line temporarily moving down. Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n = 1 and quadrupled when n = 2.

n Effect

0 Normal size

1 Double-high, double-wide

2 Quadruple-high, quadruple-wide

Print double-height characters

Mode		ASCII				Decimal			Hexadecimal
Both		<ESC’	“W”	“ 1”	27	119	49	1B	77	31
		<ESC>	“W”	<I>	27	119	1	1B	77	01
1	r-	< FS >	“V”	“1”	1 28	86	49	IlC	56	31	I
OLU.
		<FS>	“V”	<I>	1 28	86	1	1C	56	01	1

Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line, and without changing the line spacing.

Return to normal		height
Mode 1 ASCII				Decimal			Hexadecimal
<ESC>	“W”	“0”	27	119	48	1B	77	30
Both		co>	27	119	0	1B	77	00
<ESC>	“W”
<FS>	“V”	“0”	28	86	48	1C	56	30
Std.	“V”	co>	28	86	0	1C	56	00
<FS>

Terminates double-height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height.

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