Epson 4100 manual Esc =, Esc #

		Operator’s Guide 203
ESC =		Clear MSB
ASCII:	ESC	=
Control:	CTRL [	=
Decimal:	27	61
Hexadecimal:	1B	3D

Forces the most significant bit (MSB) of character codes to logic 0 so that characters are printed from the lower half of Epson character sets (as non-italic characters). Overrides the logic of the MSB in data sent from the host. ESC = is cancelled by ESC #.

ESC >		Set MSB
ASCII:	ESC	>
Control:	CTRL [	>
Decimal:	27	62
Hexadecimal:	1B	3E

Forces the most significant bit (MSB) of character codes to logic 1 so that characters are printed from the upper half of Epson character sets (as italic characters). Overrides the logic of the MSB in data sent from the host. ESC > is cancelled by ESC #.

ESC #		Cancel MSB Control
ASCII:	ESC	#
Control:	CTRL [	#
Decimal:	27	35
Hexadecimal:	1B	23

Cancels MSB control enforced by ESC = or ESC >. Causes the printer to return to the left margin, then print from left to right for one line only.