Character Tables

ESC t

Select Character Table

Format:

ASCII code: ESC t n

Decimal: 27 116 n

Hexadecimal: 1B 74 n

Comments:

Selects the character table used by codes 128-255. Selecting Epson Character Graphics does not disable italic printing. Italic printing can still be selected by ESC 4. The following values can be used for n:

0:Selects Italics character table.

1:Selects Epson Graphic character table.

2:See below.

Duplicates the function of DIP switch l-4. Note that the value of n must equal 00 hex or 01 hex.

The value 2 re-maps any downloaded characters from the positions 0-127 to the positions 128-255.

ESC 6

Enable Printable Characters

Format:

ASCII code: ESC 6

Decimal: 27 54

Hexadecimal: 1B 36

Comments:

When the Graphic character table is selected, this code enables the printing of codes 128 through 159 (decimal) as characters, not control codes.

ESC 7

Enable Upper Control Codes

Format:

ASCII code: ESC 7

Decimal: 27 55

Hexadecimal: 1B 37

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