ESC^

 

 

Print One Character from Symbol Set

Format:

ESC

^

c

ASCII code:

Decimal :

27

94

c

Hexadecimal:

1B

5E

c

Comments:

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

for c.
User-Defined Characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC =

 

 

 

Define User-Defined Characters

Format:

 

 

nl

n2 ...

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

=

n

k

Decimal:

27

61

 

nl

n2 ...

n

k

Hexadecimal:

1B

3D

 

nl

n2 ...

n

k

Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

B = (C x 13)

+ 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

nl = B MOD 256

 

 

 

 

 

 

n2 = INT(B/256)

 

 

 

 

 

 

n3 = 20 in all casesn4 = the code of the first character to be defined

n5 = 0 if the top 8 pins are used; n5 = 128 for the bottom 8 n6 = 0 in all cases

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

The data numbers for each character are determined as shown on the first grid for the Epson mode in the section on user-defined characters in Chapter 4. To print a user-defined character, you must use ESC I, which is described on page 8-46.

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Command Summary