Command Sets

Function

 

Command

 

 

Select printing style

ESC ! (n)

This command allows you to combine various

 

printing styles. The value of n is the sum of the

 

values of the styles you want to combine.

 

n = 0:

Pica pitch

 

1:

Elite pitch

 

2:

Proportional spacing

 

4: Condensed

8: Shadow

16: Bold

32: Double-width

64: Italics

128: Underline

Horizontal Control

 

 

Space

 

SP

Backspace

 

BS

Carriage return

 

CR

Set elite pitch

 

ESC M

Set pica pitch

 

ESC P

Set 15 CPI

 

ESC g

Proportionally spaced characters on/off

ESC p (n)

(on: n = 1, off: n = 0)

 

Set inter-character space to n/120 inch (for draft)

ESC SP (n)

or n/180 inch (for letter and proportional)

 

(0 £ n £ 127)

 

 

Set character pitch to (n1

+ n2 X 256)/360 inch

ESC c (n1) (n2)

(0 £ n1 £ 255) (0 £ n2

£ 4)

 

Select character pitch (specify unit of pitch)

ESC ( U (n1) (n2) (d)

n1 = 1, n2 = 0

 

 

d = 10 to 19: 10/3600 inch = 1/360 inch

 

d = 20 to 29:

20/3600 inch = 1/180 inch

d = 30 to 39:

30/3600 inch = 1/120 inch

d = 40 to 49:

40/3600 inch = 1/90 inch

d = 50 to 59:

50/3600 inch = 1/72 inch

d = 60 to 69:

60/3600 inch = 1/60 inch

 

 

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