IBM Proprinter Emulation

Escape Sequence:

ESC

6

Hexadecimal:

1B

36

Print Single Character

 

ESC ^ n

Prints the character n from the all characters chart. This sequence may be used to print a character that is normally treated as a control code.

Example: The following escape sequence will print a left arrow. This character is normally not printable, since it is treated as the ESC control code.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

^

ESC

Hexadecimal:

1B

5E

1B

Print Characters

 

 

ESC \ n1 n2

Prints the next n1 + (n2 x 256) characters from the all characters chart. This sequence may be used to print characters that are normally treated as a control codes.

Example: The following escape sequence will print an up arrow, a down arrow, a right arrow, and a left arrow.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

\

4

0

CAN

EM

SUB

ESC

Hexadecimal:

1B

5C

04

00

18

19

1A

1B

Select Print Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC I n

Selects print mode n according to the following chart. Overrides the “Font” value in the forms menu.

nPrint Mode

0Draft

1Fast Draft 12 cpi

2Letter Quality

3Letter Quality

Example: The following escape sequence will select the IBM Proprinter letter quality font.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

I

3

Hexadecimal:

1B

49

03

Line Pitch

Select 8 LPI

ESC 0

Sets the line spacing to 1/8 of an inch per line (8 lpi). Overrides the “Lines/Inch” value in the forms menu.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

0

Hexadecimal:

1B

30

51

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