Select Unidirectional Printing

Escape sequence: ESC u

Hexadecimal: 1B 75

This command causes the printer to print subsequent characters in the forward (left-to-right) direction only.

Cancel Unidirectional Printing

Escape sequence: ESC b

Hexadecimal: 1B 62

Set Most Significant Bit

Escape sequence: ESC >

Hexadecimal: 1B 3E

This command sets the most significant bit of all received characters to one. This allows a host that can send only 7-bit data to access the GR side of an 8-bit character set.

Reset Most Significant Bit

Escape sequence: ESC =

Hexadecimal: 1B 3D

Form Format and Font Selection Commands

The form format commands let you select and set some form-related parameters. The font selection command lets you choose between the two standard fonts and any installed optional fonts.

The standard fonts for the Model 8900 Series Printer are Courier and Gothic. Residing in printer ROM, these fonts can be selected via the control panel or by the host computer. Optional fonts include Prestige Elite and Presentor. These optional fonts are available as ROMs that plug into sockets on the printer logic board. When installed, these fonts can also be selected via the control panel or by the host computer.

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Epson 8900 Series manual Escape sequence ESC b Hexadecimal 1B