Genicom LA36 manual IBM Proprinter X24E and XL24E Quick Reference Guide, Print Mode Control

Command Sets

IBM Proprinter X24E and XL24E Quick Reference Guide

This section describes the printer commands for the IBM Proprinter X24E and XL24E protocol. When there is a difference, it is identified by LA36N (X24E) and LA36W (XL24E). Asterisks in the “Function” column indicate extended commands that are not supported by the original printer.

Function				Command
Print Mode Control
Double-strike (bold) printing on				ESC G
Double-strike (bold) printing off				ESC H
Emphasized (shaded) printing on				ESC E
Emphasized (shaded) printing off				ESC F
Single-line double-width characters on				SO or ESC SO
Single-line double-width characters off				DC4
Double-width characters on/off				ESC W (n)
	(on: n = 1, off: n = 0)
Double-height/double-width characters				ESC [ @ (n1) (n2) (m1) ... (m4)
	n1 = 4, n2 = 0, m1 = 0, m2 = 0
	m3 controls character height and line spacing:
	m3	Height	Spacing
0		Unchanged	Unchanged
1		Normal	Unchanged
2		Double	Unchanged
16		Unchanged	Single
17		Normal	Single
18		Double	Single
32		Unchanged	Double
33		Normal	Double
34		Double	Double

m4 controls character width:

m4	Width
0	Unchanged
1	Normal
2	Double

Condensed characters on	SI or ESC SI
Condensed and elite characters off	DC2
Subscript or superscript printing on	ESC S (n)
(subscript: n = 1, superscript: n = 0)
Subscript and superscript printing off	ESC T
Underline on/off (on: n = 1, off: n = 0)	ESC - (n)
Overline on/off (on: n = 1, off: n = 0)	ESC (n)

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