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IBM Proprinter Control Commands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC W

 

 

Set/Cancel Enlarged Pitch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASCII:

ESC

W

(n)

 

 

 

Control:

CTRL [

W

(n)

 

 

 

Decimal:

27

87

(n)

 

 

 

Hexadecimal:

1B

57

(n)

 

Sets and cancels enlarged pitch. n specifies whether the function is set or cancelled:

n = 1 or 49: Set enlarged pitch

n = 0 or 48: Cancel enlarged pitch

Setting enlarged pitch causes the currently selected pitch to become enlarged as follows:

Current

After ESC

Previous

After ESC W

Pitch

W (1)

Pitch

(0)

18.2

9.1

9.1

18.2

17.14

8.57

8.57

17.14

16.67

8.33

8.33

16.67

15.0

7.5

7.5

15.0

12.0

6.0

6.0

12.0

10.0

5.0

5.0

10.0

ESC W (1) or ESC W (49) causes enlarged pitch to remain in effect until changed by one of the following:

ESC W (0) ESC A z ! (n)

ESC W (48) SOH A z ! (n)

Note: Enlarged pitch is called "Double Wide Printing" by some manufacturers. This command is not valid when NLQ printing is selected.

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