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Appendix C

Contents

Main Page Page Trademark Acknowledgements Table of Contents 1 Introduction...........................................................9 2 ANSI Emulation .................................................. 23 3 Vertical Page Formatting .................................... 59 A Standard ASCII Character Set ...........................75 Page Page 1 About This Manual WARNI NG Audience Warnings and Special Information Installing Printer Emulations Downloading Software Through the Serial or Parallel Port Page Page Downloading Software Through the Network Interface Card (NIC) Page Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory Page Page Flash Memory Message Guide Page Page Page 2 Overview ANSI Emulation Default Settings Chapter 2 Page Configuring The ANSI Emulation Control Codes ACK (Acknowledge 06H) BEL (Bell 07H) BS (Backspace 08H) DC3 (Device Control-3 13H) DEL (Delete 7FH) ESC (Escape 1BH) FF (Form Feed 0CH) HT (Horizontal Tab 09H) Format For Control Code Descriptions Escape Control Codes Overview 30 Control Codes Index Character Sets, International 32 Table 3. ANSI International Character Sets (continued) p1 Country Expanded Mode Forms Length, Top Margin, Bottom Margin Graphic Rendition Line Spacing Margins, Left and Right Private Mode, Disable Private Mode, Enable Proportional Print Mode Resetting 39 Resetting ASCII Code ESC c Hex Code 1B 63 Dec Code 27 99 Expression CHR$(27);c; Table 7. Hardcoded Reset Values Subscript Superscript Tab, Cle ar Tab Set, Multiple Horizontal Terminate Loading of Data Vertical Position Absolute Vertical Position Relative Graphics Dot Patterns And Densities Chapter 2 Horizontal Format Vertical Format Chapter 2 Other Graphics Considerations Dot Graphics Repeat Graphics Character Select Graphics Mode Bar Codes Entering And Exiting Bar Codes Setting Bar Code Parameters p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 Page Human Readable Line (HRL) Spacing Between Bar Codes Examples Bar Code Readers Test Program Vertical Bar Codes Page Chapter 2 Oversize Character Font Option Entering And Exiting Oversize Selecting Size Size Parameters for Rotation Spacing Between Characters Page 3 Overview Planning A Vertical Page Format Chapter 3 VFU Characteristics Proprinter And Epson Vertical Tab Table Executing Vertical Tabs Vertical Tab Positions Page Chapter 3 P-Series EVFU Start Load Code - 1E or 6E Hex Channel Assignment End Load - 1F or 6F Hex Using The EVFU Chapter 3 Clearing The EVFU Memory Relative Line Slewing ANSI EVFU Loading the Table Page The Default The Skip to Channel Command Downloading The EVFU (Using The PI Line) Page The Skip to Channel Command Slew N Lines Page A Set * ^ KEY Page B Page Page Page Page Page Page Page C A B C Page D E F Page G H I L M N O P point type. R S A seri f T U V W X Page Index A B C D F G H I L M P R S T Page Page '#! "('