Configuration and Data Connectivity
Programming Information
This section lists the printer control command strings. Refer to the Mt Series Programmer’s Manual for complete details. Further information for developers is available on the Mt Series Developers
ASCII Control Characters
Character | Hex / Dec | CONTROL ACTION |
EOT | 04 / 04 | End Of Text |
BS | 08 / 08 | Back Space |
HT | 09 / 09 | Horizontal Tab |
LF | 0A / 10 | Line Feed |
VT | 0B / 11 | Vertical Tab |
FF | 0C / 12 | Form Feed |
CR | 0D / 13 | Carriage Return |
SO | 0E / 14 | Shift Out |
SI | 0F / 15 | Shift In |
XON | 11 / 17 | Transmitter On. |
AUXON | 12 / 18 | Printer on. |
XOFF | 13 / 19 | Printer receiver is off |
NORM | 14 / 20 | Return to default 42 column mode |
AUXOFF | 15 / 21 | Printer to Host: printer is off |
CANCEL | 18 / 24 | Cancel and reset printer BUFFER |
ESC | 1B / 27 | Escape |
EXTEND | 1C / 28 | Extended print |
EXTEND OFF | 1D / 29 | Extended print off/Normal print |
Printer Font Commands – Courier Character Set
Font Name | Character size (WxH) | Command String |
24 CPI normal | 8x21 | ESC k 5 |
21 CPI normal | 9x21 | ESC k 4 |
19 CPI normal | 10x21 | ESC k 3 |
16 CPI normal | 12x21 | ESC k 2 |
12 CPI normal | 16x21 | ESC k 1 |
13 CPI rotated | 14x16 | ESC k 0 |
Printer Font Commands
Command String | Printer Action |
ESC F 1 | Selects “International” character set |
ESC F 2 | Selects “PC Line Draw” character set |
ESC U 1 | Enable emphasized print |
ESC U 0 | Disable emphasized print |
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