APPENDIX 5 Control Codes

Control

 

Hex.

 

 

Dec.

 

Function

 

Ref.

 

code

 

 

 

 

 

page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F;LJL; Ends tab setting. Follows ESC B and

 

 

 

 

NUL

 

00

 

 

0

 

 

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BEL

 

07

 

 

7

 

BELL. Sounds buzzer for about 1 seconds.

 

66

 

BS

1

08

 

1

8

1

Back space. Cancels a last character input.

1

67

 

HT

1

09

1

9

1

Horizontal Tabulation.

1

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Device Control 2. Turns off the condensed

Device Control 3. Deselects printer. Not ready to

Device Control 4. Turns off the enlarged character

Escape. ASCII code for Escape. Precedes numbers

 

IP

L,

and alphabets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC 0

30

48

Sets a ‘line spacing to 8

lines per inch.

61

 

ESC 2

32

50

Sets a line spacing to 6

lines per inch.

61

 

ESC 8

38

56

Deselects paper end detector.

66

 

ESC 0

4F

79

Releases skip-over perforation.

63

ESC Q

51

81

Sets a column length.

59

ESC R

52

82

Selects an international character set from among

65