Commands by Function

The following list of commands is in the order used in the Command Summary (Appendix A). To find details of the command you want to use, refer to the page number in the right column.

ASCII Dec Hex Description

Page

 

 

 

ASCII Dec Hex Description

P a g e

ASCII Dec Hex Description

Page

Printer operation

E S C @

64

40

DC1

17

11

DC3

19

13

ESC s

115

73

ESC <

60

3C

ESC U

85

55

ESC 8

56

38

E S C 9

57

39

ESC EM

25

19

BEL

7

07

Initialize the printer

Select printer

Deselect printer

Half-speed mode on/off

Select unidirectional mode (1-line) Turn unidirectional mode on/off Disable paper-out sensor Enable paper-out sensor

Cut sheet feeder on/off Beeper

A-7 A-7 A-7 A-8 A-8 A-8 A-9 A-9 A-9

A-10

E S C b

98

62

Set vertical tabs in channels

E S C /

47

2F

Select vertical tab channel

E S C 1

108

6 C

Set left margin

E S C Q

81

51

Set right margin

B S

8

08

Backspace

E S C e

101

65

Set tab increments

E S C f

102

66

Horizontal/vertical skip

H T

9

09

Tab horizontally

E S C D

68

44

Set horizontal tabs

Overall printing style

A-16 A-16 A-16 A-17 A-17 A-17 A-18 A-18 A-18

E S C

H

72

48

Cancel double-strike mode

ESC

SO

83

53

Select superscript mode

ESC

S1

83

53

Select subscript mode

E S C T

84

54

Cancel superscript/subscript

E S C -

45

2D

Turn underlining on/off

Word processing

 

E S C a

97

61

NLQ justification

Character sets

A-24 A-24 A-25 A-25 A-25

A-26

Data control

CR

13

0D

Carriage return

A-10

CAN

24

18

Cancel line

A-10

DEL

127

7F

Delete character

A-11

Vertical/horizontal motion

FF

1 2 0 C F o r m f e e d

A-11

ESC C

67

43

Set page length in lines

A-11

ESC CO

67

43

Set page length in inches

A-12

ESC N

78

4E

Set skip-over-perforation

A-12

ESC O

79

4F

Cancel skip-over-perforation

A-12

ESC x

120

78

Select NLQ or draft

ESC k

107

6B

Select NLQ font

ESC !

33

21

Master select

Print

size

 

 

E S C P

80

50

Select pica pitch

ESC M

77

4D

Select elite pitch

SI

15

0F

Select condensed mode

ESC SI

15

0F

Select condensed mode

DC2

18

12

Cancel condensed mode

s o

14

0E

Select double-wide (1 line)

A-19 A-19 A-20

A-20 A-21 A-21 A-21 A-21 A-22 A-22

ESC t

116

74

Select character table

E S C 4

52

34

Select italic mode

E S C 5

53

35

Cancel italic mode

E S C R

82

52

Select international character set

E S C 6

54

36

Printable code expansion

E S C 7

55

37

Cancel ESC 6

User-defined characters

ESC

&

38

26

Define user-defined characters

ESC :

58

3A

Copy ROM into RAM

ESC

%

37

25

Select user-defined set

A-26 A-27 A-27 A-28 A-28 A-28

A-29 A-29 A-29

LF

10

0A

Line feed

A-13

ESC 0

48

30

Select l/-inch line spacing

A-13

ESC 1

49

31

Select 7/72-inch line spacing

A-13

ESC 2

50

32

Select 1/6-inch line spacing

A-14

ESC 3

51

33

Select n/216-inch line spacing

A-14

ESC A

65

41

Select n/72-inch line spacing

A-14

ESC J

74 4A Perform n/216-inch line feed

A-15

V T

11

0B

Tab vertically

A-15

ESC B

66

42

Set vertical tabs

A-15

ESC SO

14

0E

Select double-wide (1 line)

DC4

20

14

Cancel double-wide (1 line)

E S C W

87

57

Turn double-wide on/off

Print enhancement

E S C E

69

45

Select emphasized mode

E S C F

70

46

Cancel emphasized mode

E S C G

71

47

Select double-strike mode

A-22 A-23

A-23 A-23 A-24

Graphics

ESC K

75

4B

ESC L

76

4C

ESC Y

89

59

ESC Z

90

5A

ESC *

42

2A

ESC ?

63

3F

ESC ^

94

5E

Single-density graphics Double-density graphics High-speed dbl.-density graphics Quadruple-density graphics

Select graphics mode

Reassign graphics mode

Select nine-pin graphics

A-30 A-30 A-30 A-31 A-31 A-31 A-32