Commands Arranged by Topic

ESC D

 

 

 

Set Horizontal Tabs

Format:

ESC

D

n1

 

 

 

ASCII code:

n2

0

Decimal:

27

68

n1

n2

0

Hexadecimal:

1B

44

 

n1 n2

00

Comments:

This command allows setting of up to 32 horizontal tabs, which are entered as n1, n2, n3, etc. (from 1 to 255), with the number 0 terminating the command. The tab settings must be entered in ascending order. ESC D 0 clears all tabs. The default settings, when power is turned on or after an ESC @ command, are at every eight characters. The tab settings are not affected by changes in cpi. The tab positions in proportional printing are determined by the 10 cpi character size.

Overall

Printing

Style

 

 

ESC x

 

 

 

Select Letter Quality or Draft

 

 

 

 

 

Format:

 

 

 

n

ASCII

code:

ESC

x

Decimal:

27

120

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

78

n

Comments:

The following values can be used for n:

0:Selects draft mode.

1:Selects Letter Quality (LQ) mode.

Overrides the SelecType panel setting.

ESC k

 

 

Select Typestyle Family

Format:

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

k

n

Decimal:

27

107

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

6B

n

9-22 Command Summary