Miscellaneous Commands (continued)

Function:

Enable paper-out detector

Format:

 

 

ASCII

(ESC) “9”

Decimal

27

57

Hexadecimal

1B

39

Remarks:

Turns the paper detector on so that it will report when the printer runs out of paper.

Function:

Return print head to home position (one-line unidirectional print-
ing)

 

 

Format:

<ESC> “<”

ASCII

Decimal

27

60

Hexadecimal

1B

3C

Remarks :

Returns the print head to the left side of the printer.

Function:

Unidirectional printing on/off

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII

(ESC)

“U”

n

Decimal

27

85

n

Hexadecimal

1B

55

n

Remarks:

Selects unidirectional printing (n = 1) or returns the printer to bidirectional printing (n = 0).

Function:

Half-speed printing on/off

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII

(ESC)

“s”

n

Decimal

27

115

n

Hexadecimal

1B

73

n

Remarks:

Either selects half-speed printing (n = 1) or returns the printer to full-speed printing (n = 0).

68