ESC

Dec

Hex

Symbol

Function

 

10

O A

LF

Line feed. Empties the printer buffer,

 

 

 

 

performs a line feed at the current

 

 

 

 

line spacing, and resets the buffer

 

 

 

 

character count to 0.

 

11

0B

VT

Vertical tab. Empties the printer buf-

 

 

 

 

fer, then advances the paper to the

 

 

 

 

next vertical tab stop.

 

12

0C

FF

Form feed. Empties the printer buf-

 

 

 

 

fer, then advances the paper to the

 

 

 

 

next top of form.

 

13

OD

CR

Carriage return. Prints the contents

 

 

 

 

of the buffer and resets the buffer

 

 

 

 

character count to 0.

 

14

OE

SO

Shift out. Turns expanded mode ON

 

 

 

 

for the length of the line. Can be can-

 

 

 

 

celled by ASCII 20 or ESC “W0”.

 

 

 

 

Works with pica, elite, or compress-

 

 

 

 

ed mode.

 

15

OF

SI

Shift in. Empties buffer and turns

 

 

 

 

compressed (17.16 cpi) ON. Cannot

 

 

 

 

mix with emphasized or pica.

 

 

 

 

Can also use DIP switch l-l.

 

17

11

DC1

When DIP switch 2-2is OFF, places

 

 

 

 

printer in the active state.

 

18

12

DC2

Device control 2. Turns compressed

 

 

 

 

mode OFF.

 

19

13

DC3

Device control 3. When DIP switch

 

 

 

 

2-2 is OFF, places printer in the inac-

 

 

 

 

tive state until a DC1 code is re-

 

 

 

 

ceived.

 

20

14

DC4

Device control 4. Turns the ex-

 

24

 

 

panded mode set by ASCII 14 OFF.

 

18

C A N

Cancels all text but not control codes

 

 

 

 

in the print buffer.

ESC

2 5

19

EM

Sets the optional cut-sheet feeder.

 

 

 

 

Format:

 

 

 

 

ESC 25 n

 

 

 

 

where n toggles the cut-sheet feeder:

 

 

 

 

n=0 turns it OFF and n=4 turns it

ON. You cannot use “EM” in place of 25. Can also use DIP switch l-3.

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