Commands Arranged by Topic

ESC 6

 

Printable Code Area Expansion

Format:

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

6

Decimal:

27

54

Hexadecimal:

1B

36

Comments:

Enables the printing of codes 128 through 159 (decimal)

as characters, not control codes. This allows the use of these characters for user-defined characters. See the Appendix for characters printed.

ESC 7

 

Enable Upper Control Codes

Format:

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

7

Decimal:

27

55

H e x a d e c i m a l : 1 B

37

Comments:

This code caused codes 128 through 159 to be treated as control codes. This is the default.

User-defined characters

ESC &

 

Define

User-defined Characters

(draft mode)

Format:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASCII code:

ESC

&

0

n1

n2

a1 d1 d2 . . .

.

.

dn

Decimal:

27

38

0

n1

n2

a1 d1 d2 . . .

.

.

dn

Hexadecimal:

1B

26

00

n1

n2

a1 d1 d2 . . .

.

.

dn

Comments:

This command allows characters to be redefined in ‘the draft mode. The variables n1 and n2 must be between 58 and 63 (3A through 3F hex).

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