ESC Dec Hex Symbol

Function

ESC

102

66

f

Prints spaces or line feeds without

 

 

 

 

carriage

returns.

 

 

 

 

Horizontal format:

 

 

 

 

ESC “f0” n

 

 

 

 

where n is the number of spaces and

 

 

 

 

equals 0-127.

 

 

 

 

Vertical

format:

 

 

 

 

ESC “f1” n

 

 

 

 

where n is the number of line feeds

 

 

 

 

and equals 0-127.

ESC

108

6C

1

Sets the left margin. Format:

 

 

 

 

ESC

“l”CHR$(n)

 

 

 

 

where n ranges from:

 

 

 

 

0-78

in pica

 

 

 

 

0-93

in elite

 

 

 

 

0-133

in compressed

 

 

 

 

0-156

in compressed elite.

ESC

109

6D

m

Makes available the graphics charac-

 

 

 

 

ter set, which is stored behind the

 

 

 

 

control codes at ASCII positions 128

 

 

 

 

to 159. Format:

 

 

 

 

ESC “m” n

 

 

 

 

where n toggles the character set on

 

 

 

 

and off: 4 turns the graphics charac-

 

 

 

 

ters ON, 0 turns them OFF.

ESC

115

73

S

Selects

the print speed. Half-speed

 

 

 

 

mode can be employed to reduce

 

 

 

 

noise. Format:

 

 

 

 

ESC “s” n

 

 

 

 

where n toggles half-speed on and

 

 

 

 

off, so that 1 produces 50 cps, while 0

ESC

120

78

 

produces 100 cps.

X

Selects draft or NLQ mode. ESC “x”

 

 

 

 

0 selects draft. ESC “x” 1 selects

 

 

 

 

NLQ. ESC “x0” and ESC “xl” will

 

 

 

 

also work.

 

127

7F

DEL

Deletes

the last text character in the

 

 

 

 

print buffer but does not affect con-

 

 

 

 

trol codes.

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