Commands Arranged by Topic

Character Tables
ESC t

 

 

Select Character Table

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

t

n

Decimal:

27

116

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

74

n

Comments:

Selects the character table used by codes 128 to 255. Selecting Epson Extended Graphics characters does not disable italic printing. Italic printing can still be selected by ESC 4. The following values can be used for n:

0:Selects italics character table.

1:Selects Epson Extended Graphics character table.

2:Selects user-defined character table and remaps user-defined 0-127 to 128-255.

Overrides the function of DIP switch 1-7. Note that the value of n must equal 00 hex, 01 hex, or 02 hex.

ESC 4

 

Select Italic Mode
Format:

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

4

Decimal:

27

52

Hexadecimal:

1B

34

Comments:

Causes characters from the italic character table to be printed. This command is valid even if the Epson Extended Graphics character set has been selected by ESC t or by DIP switch 1-7, but the character graphics are not italicized.

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