User-defined characters:

ASCII

Dec.

Hex.

Description

 

ESC & nn

38

26

Define User-Defined Characters

 

 

 

ESC & 0n1 n2 a1 dd

 

 

 

n1 = Code for first character

 

 

 

n2 = Code for last character

 

 

 

al = Use top (128) or bottom (0) 8 pins

 

 

 

of print head

 

 

 

dd = In draft mode, 1 byte is required

 

 

 

for each of the 11 columns of each

 

 

 

character being defined. In NLQ

 

 

 

mode, 3 bytes area required for

 

 

 

each of the 11 columns of each

 

 

 

character being defined.

ESC: 0 n 0

58

3 A

Copy ROM to RAM

 

 

 

n = 0: Roman

 

 

 

1: Sans Serif

ESC % n

37

25

Select User-Defined Set

 

 

 

n = 0: Normal set

 

 

 

1: User-defined set

ESC I

73

49

Printable Code Area Expansion

 

 

 

Codes 0 to 31 and 128 to 159 decimal

 

 

 

n = 0: Non-printable codes

 

 

 

1: Printable codes for userdefined

 

 

 

characters

Graphics:

ASCII

Dec.

Hex.

Description

ESC K n1 n2

75

4B

Select Single-Density Graphics Mode

 

 

 

Total columns = n1 + (n2 x 256)

ESC L n1 n2

76

4C

Select Double-Density Graphics Mode

 

 

 

Total columns = n1 + (n2 x 256)

ESC Y n1 n2

89

59

Select High-Speed Double-Density

 

 

 

Graphics Mode

 

 

 

Total columns = n1 + (n2 x 256)

B - 8 Printer Commands and Character Tables