Homelite 2400C, HL-P2500 EscH 2772, EscWn 2787n, SO 27 0Eh, EscSO 2714, DC4 20 14h, Esc4 2752

10/10/03

Cancel double-strike mode

EscH (27)(72) <1Bh><48h>

This command turns double-strike mode off. Subsequent text is printed with a medium stroke width.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(72); 'Turn double-strike printing mode off

Select / cancel double-width printing

EscWn (27)(87)n <1Bh><57h>n

•This command turns double-width printing on or off.

•If n is set to 1 subsequent text is printed using double-width characters. The line spacing setting is doubled.

•If n is set to 0 subsequent text is printed using normal sized characters. The previous character pitch setting is restored.

•When you specify a value for n you may also use the character codes for ‘0’ and ‘1’ (48 and 49) instead of 0 and 1.

•Only Esc W 0 can be used to cancel double-width printing mode set using the Esc W 1 instruction.

•Esc W 0 cancels double-width printing mode set using the Esc W 1 instruction, the SO control code or the Esc SO instruction.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(87); CHR$(1); 'Set double-width printing mode

Select single-line double-width printing (I)

SO (27) <0Eh>

•This command turns double-width printing mode on for one line only. The subsequent line of text is printed using double-width characters and with the line spacing setting doubled.

•The following commands cancel double-width printing mode set using the SO control code: LF, FF, VT, Esc W 0, DC4, and ESC @.

•If the “auto LF” (automatic line feed) function has been turned on from the control panel, the carriage return control code, CR, will also cancel double-width printing mode selected with the SO control code.

LPRINT CHR$(14); 'Set double-width printing mode for one line

Select single-line double-width printing (II)

EscSO (27)(14) <1Bh><03h>

•This command turns double-width printing mode on for one line only. The subsequent line of text is printed using double-width characters and with the line spacing setting doubled.

•The following commands cancel double-width printing mode set using the SO escape sequence: LF, FF, VT, Esc W 0, DC4, and ESC @.

•If the “auto LF” (automatic line feed) function has been turned on from the control panel, the carriage return control code, CR, will also cancel double-width printing mode selected with the Esc SO escape sequence.

•This command functions exactly like the SO control code.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(14); 'Set double-width printing mode for one line

Cancel single-line double-width printing

DC4 (20) <14h>

•This control code cancels single-line double-width mode set with the SO control code or with the Esc SO escape sequence. Subsequent text is printed using normal sized characters.

•The previous character pitch is restored.

LPRINT CHR$(20); 'Cancel enlarged character mode set with SO

Select italic mode

Esc4 (27)(52) <1Bh><34h>

•This command enables the italic printing mode. Subsequent text is printed in italic style.

•You can still use italic text even after selecting the extended character set with the Esc t command.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(52); 'Italic mode

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