Commands Arranged by Topic

Spacing

 

 

 

 

 

ASCII

Dec.

Hex.

Description

 

 

 

 

ESC SP n

32

20

Set Intercharacter Space

 

 

 

 

n = number of units of space added

 

 

 

 

to the space between characters (1-127)

 

 

 

 

Units are 1/120 inch (draft) and 1/180

 

 

 

 

inch (LQ and proportional)

ESC ( U nn 40 85

28 55

Define Unit

 

 

 

 

ESC ( U 10 n

 

 

 

 

Define positioning unit as n/3600 inch

 

 

 

 

n = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60

 

 

 

 

n = 10; default

 

ESC c n1 n2

99

63

Set Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)

 

 

 

 

Change Pitch in n/360-inch units

 

 

 

 

Total

units = n1 + n2 x 2 5 6

 

Character handling

 

 

 

 

 

ASCII

Dec.

Hex.

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC ( t nn

40

28

Assign Character Table

 

 

 

 

ESC ( t 3 0 d1 d2 d3

 

 

 

 

Assign Character Table set by d2 and

 

 

 

 

d3 to d1

 

 

 

 

d1

=

0, 1, 2, 3, “0”, “1”, “2”, or “3”

 

 

 

 

d2 d3 Character Table

 

 

 

 

0

0

Italic

 

 

 

 

1

0

PC 437 (USA)

 

 

 

 

3

0

PC 850 (Multilingual)

 

 

 

 

7

0

PC 860 (Portugal)

 

 

 

 

8

0

PC 863 (Canada-French)

 

 

 

 

9

0

PC 865 (Norway)

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