Epson 4100 manual Print One Character From All Character Set

228 IBM Proprinter Control Commands

An All Character Character Set includes printable characters for data byte values from 0 to 31 and 128 to 159 decimal (00 to 1F hex and 80 to 9F hex). No control code functions are performed when ESC \ is in effect.

Example

REM PRINT NEXT 130 CHARACTERS FROM ALL CHARACTERS SET LPRINT CHR$(27);"\";CHR$(130);CHR$(0);

ESC ^		Print One Character From All Character Set*
ASCII:	ESC	^
Control:	CTRL [	^
Decimal:	27	94
Hexadecimal:	1B	5E

Prints the next character from an All Character Character Set, then returns to the character set in use prior to receipt of the ESC ^ command.

Example

REM PRINT NEXT CHARACTERS FROM ALL CHARACTERS SET

LPRINT CHR$(27);"^";CHR$(206);

RESULTS:PRINTS ö

*ESC \ enables you to print continuously from an All Characters Character Set. ESC ^ is valid for printing one character only. Both commands enable printing of characters for data bytes normally recognized as control codes. See Appendix D for charts of character sets.