ESC 6

 

Printable Code Area Expansion

Format:

ESC

6

ASCII code:

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.

ESC 7

 

Cancel ESC 6

Format:

ESC

7

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

55

Hexadecimal:

1B

37

Comments:

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

ESC I

 

 

Printable Code Area Expansion

Format:

ESC

I

n

ASCII code:

Decimal:

27

73

n

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

49

n

Comments:

ASCII codes 0 to 31 and 128 to 159 are usually not printable. These codes become printable upon input of the ESC I code if n = 1, which allows the use of these codes for user-defined characters. If

n = 0, this command returns 0 to 31 and 128 to 159 to non- printable codes.

A-32

Command Summary