Lexmark 248X, 249X manual Control Codes, Code Symbol Description Value Name Dec Hex

IBM Emulation

Mode Printer

Commands

Section 3

This section provides a detailed description of IBM emulation mode commands you can use with your printer.

Control Codes

Control codes are one-character printer commands that are used to:

•Manage the printing of a job.

•Control the movement of the cursor, which changes the current print position.

•Control primary and secondary font selection.

The first 32 characters of the Standard ASCII table are control codes. This printer uses the following control codes.

Code	Symbol	Description	Value	Value
Name			(Dec)	(Hex)
Null	NUL	Null character.	0	00
Sound	BEL	Sounds the printer beeper for	7	07
Beeper		approximately 1 second.
Backspace	BS	Causes the printer to move the current	8	08
		print position one character position to the
		left.
Horizontal	HT	Moves the printhead to the horizontal	9	09
Tab		tabulation stops.
Line Feed	LF	Advances the paper one line on the page.	10	0A
Vertical Tab	VT	Moves the paper to the next vertical	11	0B
		tabulation stop set with the printer
		command Set Vertical Tabulation Stops
		(ESC B).
Form Feed	FF	Advances the paper to the top of the next	12	0C
		page and does a carriage return.

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