Command Sets

Function

 

Command

 

 

Vertical tab execution

VT

Set vertical tabs

ESC B (n1) ... (nk) NUL

The values of n1to nk in this command are the

 

ASCII values of the lines (at the current line

 

spacing) at which tabs are to be set.

 

(1 £ n £ 255) (1 £ k £ 64)

 

Clear all vertical tabs

ESC B NUL

Reset tabs to default values

ESC R

 

 

Page Formatting

 

Set left margin at column n and right

ESC X (n) (m)

margin at column m (0 £ n, m £ 255)

 

Set perforation skip by n lines

ESC N (n)

(1 £ n £ 255)

 

Perforation skip off

ESC O

Set page length to n lines (1 £ n £ 255)

ESC C (n)

Set page length to n inches (1 £ n £ 22)

ESC C NUL (n)

Set top of form

ESC 4

 

 

Color Selection*

 

Select print color*

ESC r (n)

n = 0:

Black

 

1:

Magenta (red)

 

2:

Cyan (blue)

 

3:

Violet

 

4:

Yellow

 

5:

Orange

 

6:

Green

 

 

 

Character Set Control

 

Select character set 1

ESC 7

Select character set 2

ESC 6

Print n1 + n2 X 256 characters from all-character set

ESC \ (n1) (n2) (chars.)

(chars.: codes of characters to print,

 

0 £ chars. £ 255)

 

Print a character from all-character set

ESC ^ (char.)

(char.: a code of character to print,

 

0 £ char. £ 255)

 

 

 

 

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