Commands Arranged by Topic

 

Spacing

 

 

 

 

ASCII

Dec.

Hex. Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

Sl’n

32

20

Set Intercharacter Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

n = number of units of space added

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the space between characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1-127)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units are l/l20 inch (draft) and

 

 

 

 

 

 

l/180 inch (LQ and proportional)

 

ESC ( U nn

40 85 28 55

Define Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC ( U 1 0 n Define positioning unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

as n/3600 inch n = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

n = 10; default

 

ESC

c nl n2 9 9

63

Set Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change Pitch in n/360-inch units

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total units = nl + n2 X 256

 

 

Character handling

 

 

 

ASCII

Dec. Hex.

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC ( t nn 40 116 28 74 Assign Character Table ESC ( t 3 0 dl d2 d3

Assign Character Table set by d2 and d3 to dl

dl = 0, 1, 2, 3, “0”, “l”, “2”, or “3”

d2 d3 Character Table

0 0 Italic

1 0 PC 437 (USA)3 0 PC 850 (Multilingual)7 0 PC 860 (Portugal)

80 PC 8 6 3 (Canada-French)

90 PC 865 (Norway)

Command Summary 8-9