ESC D

 

 

 

 

Set Horizontal Tabs

Format:

ESC

D

n1

n2 . .

. N U

L

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

68

 

n1 n2

. . .

0

Hexadecimal: 1 B

44

n1

n2

. . .

00

Comments:

This command allows setting of up to 32 horizontal tabs, which are entered as n1, n2, n3, etc. (in the range 1 to 137) with the NUL character terminating the command. The tab settings must be entered in ascending order. ESC D NUL clears all tabs. The settings on power up are every eight characters. The tab settings change if the character pitch is changed, except that double-wide has no effect on the tab positions.

ESC R

 

Restore Default Tab Settings

Format:

ESC

R

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

82

Hexadecimal:

1B

52

Comments:

Resets all vertical and horizontal tab settings (set by ESC B and ESC D) to their defaults.

Overall Printing Style

 

 

ESC I

 

 

Select Font

Format:

ESC

I

n

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

73

n

Hexadecimal: 1 B

49

n

Comments:

When n=0, the standard draft font is selected; when n=2, the standard NLQ font is selected. When n=4, a user-defined font is selected; when n=6, a user-defined NLQ font is selected.

A-40

Command Summary