Operator’s Guide 215
ESC S Set Subscript/Superscript
ASCII: ESC S (n)
Control: CTRL [S (n)
Decimal: 27 83 (n)
Hexadecimal: 1B 53 (n)
Prints characters following this control command as subscript or
superscript characters. n specifies which is selected as follows:
• n = 1 or 49: Select subscript
• n = 0 or 48: Select superscript
Subscript or superscript characters are printed at normal height. ESC S
remains in effect until ESC T is received. Multiple ESC S (n) commands
may be sent prior to an ESC T.
Note: This function works only if Sub/Superscript is enabled from the
configuration menu .
ESC T Cancel Subscript/Superscript
ASCII: ESC T
Control: CTRL [T
Decimal: 27 84
Hexadecimal: 1B 54
Cancels subscript/superscript set by ESC S.
ESC 4 Set Italics
ASCII: ESC 4
Control: CTRL [4
Decimal: 27 52
Hexadecimal: 1B 34
Allows most upright draft quality or NLQ style (condensed, bold, enlarged,
single/double strike) to be printed in italics.
Epson italic characters reside in the upper half of the Epson character
sets. ESC 4 causes this upper half to be mapped to the lower bytes.
ESC 5 Cancel Italics