Epson LQ-800 Decimal:LPRINT CHR$(27) CHR$(81) CHR$(60), Hex:LPRINT CHR$(&H1B) CHR$(&H51) CHR$(&H3C), Decimal with quotes: LPRINT CHR$(27) "Q" CHR$(60), Page, Word, Print

Commands by Function

This section describes all the LQ control codes. They are divided in the following way:

Print Quality		Graphics
Character Width		User-Defined Characters
Print	Enhancement	MSB Control
Page	Formatting	Other Codes
Word	Processing

Each command has a format section and a comment section. The format section gives the ASCII, decimal, and hexadecimal codes for the command. In some cases there is also a control key code because some commercial software programs can use a control key for a code between 0 and 27 (decimal). In this section, CTRL O for example, means hold down the control key while you press O.

Letters in parentheses, such as (n) or (d), are variables, which are explained in the comments sections.

In BASIC you can use either decimal or hexadecimal numbers, and if there is a single letter in the second ASCII code column, you can use that letter in quotation marks instead of the number below it. For example, the format section for the right margin command is as fol-

lows:
ASCII code:	ESC	Q	(n)
Decimal:	27	81	( n )
Hexadecimal:	1B	51	(n)

In BASIC you can send the command to set the right margin to 60 in three ways:

Decimal:LPRINT CHR$(27) CHR$(81) CHR$(60)

Hex:LPRINT CHR$(&H1B) CHR$(&H51) CHR$(&H3C)

Decimal with quotes: LPRINT CHR$(27) "Q" CHR$(60)

ESCape sequences that require a 0 or 1 with a letter, such as ESC ‘Wl” to turn on double-width, can use either the ASCII code or the numeral in quotation marks for the 0 or 1. For example, in BASIC you can turn on double-width with either of the formats below:

LPRINT CHR$(27)"Wl" or LPRINT CHR$(27)"W"CHR$(l)

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