Miscellaneous Commands (continued)

Function:

Backspace

Format:

ASCII< B S>

Decimal8

Hexadecimal 8

Remarks:

Moves the print head one character to the left. This allows you to overstrike characters. (Note that the print head doesn’t actually move to the left, the SQ-2000 combines the two characters and prints them as one.)

Function:

 

 

Initialize

printer

 

Format:

< E S C >

“ @ ”

ASCII

Decimal

27

64

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

40

Remarks:

Resets the printer to the power-on state, including top of form.

Function:

Return print head to home position (one-line unidirectional printing)

Format:

<ESC>

" < "

ASCII

Decimal

27

60

Hexadecimal

1B

3C

Remarks:

Returns the print head to the left side of the printer.

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