IBM Emulation Mode Commands Arranged by Topic

ESC A

 

Print One Character from Symbol Set

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

A

c

Decimal:

27

94

c

Hexadecimal:

1B

5E

c

Comments:

Prints a single character (c) from the symbol set. See the Appendix for the symbol set and the codes to use for c.

ESC =

 

 

 

Define User-defined Characters

Format:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

=

nl

n2

. .

.

.

.

nk

Decimal:

27

61

nl

n2

. .

.

.

.

nk

Hexadecimal:

1B

3D

nl

n2

. .

.

.

.

nk

Comments:

If C is the total number of characters to be defined,

B - (C x 13) + 2

nl = BMOD256 n2= INT(B/256)n3 = 20 in all cases

n4 = the codt of the first character to be defined

n5 = 0 if the top 8 pins are used; n5 = 128 for the bottom 8 @ns

n6==Oinallcases

The values n7 through nk are the data numbers that define the characters, with 11 data numbers for each character.

You determine the data numbers for each character as shown on the first grid for Epson ESUP mode in tht section on ustrdtfimd characters irt Chqttr 4. To print a user-definedcharacter, you need to use the ESC I command, which is described on page 9-46.

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