ANSI X3.64 Emulation

Example: The following escape sequence will print six bytes of graphics data at 240 dpi. The resulting figure will resemble a backslash character, “\”.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

Z

6

0

128

64

32

16

8

4

Hexadecimal:

1B

5A

06

00

80

40

20

10

08

04

m DPI Graphics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC * m n1 n2 data

Selects eight wire graphics of density m as listed in the following table for n1 + (n2 x 256) columns of data.

m

Density

_______

060 dpi (same as ESC K)

1120 dpi (same as ESC L)

2120 dpi high speed (same as ESC Y)

3240 dpi high speed (same as ESC Z)

480 dpi

572 dpi

690 dpi

7144 dpi

Example: The following escape sequence will print four bytes of graphics data at 72 x 72 dpi. The resulting figure will resemble a square, since the horizontal and vertical density are the same. If some other density is chosen, the figure will resemble a rectangle.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

*

5

4

0

<

<

<

<

Hexadecimal:

1B

2A

05

04

00

3C

3C

3C

3C

Printer Controls

Bell

 

BEL

Causes the printer's bell to sound.

 

Control code:

BEL

Hexadecimal:

 

07

Unidirectional Mode (one line)

ESC <

Selects unidirectional mode for the current line (until a carriage return is received). This will force the line to print from left to right.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

<

Hexadecimal:

1B

3C

Unidirectional Mode

 

ESC U n

Selects unidirectional mode for n=1, or bidirectional mode for n=0. Printing is normally bidirectional. Unidirectional printing provides more accurate positioning, but causes lower throughput.

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Printek PrintMaster 850 Series, FormsPro 4000se Series manual Hexadecimal Unidirectional Mode one line, Esc

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