IBM￿

Commands￿

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Notes

 

Function

(ASCII, Decimal, Hexadecimal)

 

 

 

 

 

Proportional Spacing￿

ASCII: ESC P n￿

Engages/ cancels proportional spacing￿

 

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Dec: 27 80 n￿

n=0 to 255:￿

 

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Hex: 1B 50 n￿

n is odd number: start proportional

 

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spacing￿

 

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n is even number: stop proportional

 

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spacing ￿

 

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When printer is in utility mode, this

 

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command will switch it to LQ propor-

 

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tional until it is canceled.￿

 

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Set 10 Cpi Pitch￿

ASCII: DC2￿

This is standard pica typewriter size.￿

 

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Dec: 18￿

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Hex: 12￿

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Set 12 Cpi Pitch￿

ASCII: ESC :￿

Changes to 12 cpi except if Menu item

 

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Dec: 27 58￿

"SI Select (12 CPI)" is set to "20", then

 

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Hex: 1B 3A￿

ESC: will change 17.1 cpi to 20 cpi and

 

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will not change 20 cpi.￿

 

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Set 15 Cpi Pitch￿

ASCII: ESC g￿

OKI unique command. Sets 15 cpi.￿

 

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Dec: 27 103￿

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Hex: 1B 67￿

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Set Compressed Pitch￿

ASCII: SI￿

Condenses cpi as follows (depending on

 

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Dec: 15￿

MENU setting for SI Select Pitch): ￿

 

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hex: 0F￿

10 cpi: 15 cpi for SI=10; 17.1 cpi for SI=12￿

 

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12 cpi: 12 cpi for SI=10; 20 cpi for SI=12￿

 

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15 cpi: 15 cpi for SI=10; 17.1 cpi for SI=12￿

 

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17.1 cpi: 15 cpi for SI=10; 17.1 cpi for

 

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SI=12￿

 

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20 cpi: 15 cpi for SI=10;17.1 cpi or 20 cpi

 

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for SI=12￿

 

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Set 20 Cpi Pitch￿

ASCII: ESC SI￿

OKI unique command.￿

 

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Dec: 27 15￿

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Hex: 1B 0F￿

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Select pitch printer mode,

ASCII: ESC I n￿

Selects character font according to the

 

and ROM versus RAM

Dec: 27 73 n￿

value of n:￿

 

character generator.

Hex: 1B 49 n￿

n=0: 10 cpi, utility (UTL), ROM￿

 

 

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n=2: 10 cpi, letter quality (LQ), ROM￿

 

 

 

n=3: Proportional, LQ, ROM￿

 

 

 

n=8: 12 cpi, UTL, ROM￿

 

 

 

n=10: 12 cpi, LQ, ROM￿

 

 

 

n=12: 12 cpi, LQ, ROM￿

 

 

 

n=16: 17 cpi, UTL, ROM￿

 

 

 

n=18: 17 cpi, LQ, ROM

 

 

 

 

 

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