Entering escape characters

Printer commands always begin with the escape character (?).

The following table shows how the escape character can be entered in various MS-DOS®programs.

DOS program

Entry

What appears

 

 

 

Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony

Type \027

027

 

 

 

Microsoft Word for DOS

Hold down ALT and type 027 on the numeric

￿

 

keypad

 

 

 

 

WordPerfect for DOS

Type <27>

<27>

 

 

 

MS-DOS Edit

Hold down CTRL+P, and press ESC

￿

 

 

 

MS-DOS Edlin

Hold down CTRL+V, and press [

^[

 

 

 

dBase

?? CHR(27)+"command"

?? CHR(27)+" "

 

 

 

Selecting PCL 6 and PCL 5e fonts

The printer font list provides PCL 6 and PCL 5e printer commands for selecting fonts. (See “PS or PCL font list” on page 86 for information about how to print the list.) A sample section is shown below.

There is one variable box for entering symbol sets and one for entering point size. These variables must be filled in, or the printer will use defaults. For example, if you want a symbol set that contains line-draw characters, select the 10U (PC-8) or 12U (PC-850) symbol set. Other common symbol set codes are listed in the table beginning on the next page.

Font list

1 2

1Symbol set

2Point size

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