Epson￿

Commands￿

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Notes

Function

(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)

 

 

 

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n=2: Double speed, double density,

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quasi- 120 dpi (adjacent dots can not be

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printed)

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n=3: Quadruple density, quasi- 240 dpi

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(adjacent dots can not be printed)

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n=4: CRT I, 80 dpi

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n=6: CRRT II, 90 dpi

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n=38: CRT III, 90 dpi

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ASCII: ESC ! n

Calculate n as the sum of the values of

Composite Command￿

 

DEc: 27 33 n

the features to be activated. If a feature's

 

Hex: 1B 21 n

value is not included in the sum, it will

 

 

be deactivated.

 

 

n=0: 10 cpi

 

 

n=1: 12 cpi

 

 

n=2: Proportional spacing

 

 

n=4: Compressed

 

 

n=8: Emphasized

 

 

n=16: Enhanced

 

 

n=32: Double Width

 

 

n=64: Italics

 

 

n=128: Underlining

Miscellaneous

 

 

Select emulation mode

ASCII: ESC { n

OKI unique command. Switches printer

 

Dec: 27 123 n

emulation mode, copying the custom

 

Hex: 1B 7B n

character data in buffer and saving the

 

 

print and receive buffers.

 

 

MENU settings unaffected.

 

 

n=0: IBM mode (general)

 

 

n=2: IBM X24e PPR, XL24e PPR

 

 

n=3: IBM X24e AGM, XL24e AGM

 

 

n=64: Epson mode (general)

 

 

n=66: Epson LQ 850, LQ 1050

Initialize printer

ASCII: ESC @

Clears print buffer (receive buffer unaf-

 

Dec: 27 64

fected), resets printer to menu defaults,

 

Hex: 1B 40

current position becomes top of page.

 

 

Custom character data is not touched.

 

 

This command is acknowledged only if

 

 

Reset Inhibit in MENU is set to " No"

 

 

(factory default).

Cancel

ASCII: CAN

Clears print buffer (receive buffer unaf-

 

Dec: 24

fected) and executes carriage return;

 

Hex: 18

commands and custom character data

 

 

unaffected.

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Appendix C: Printer Commands