Printronix ANSI Printer Private Mode, Disable, Private Mode, Enable, Proportional Print Mode

Chapter 2 Configuring The ANSI Emulation

Private Mode, Disable

ASCII Code ESC [>5l (lowercase “L”)

Hex Code 1B 5B 3E 35 6C

Dec Code 27 91 62 53 108

Expression CHR$(27); “[>5l”;

Purpose Disables private mode.

Discussion Selects character set 1 of the selected 8 bit international character set. With non-ISO character sets, hex codes 20-7F and A0-FF are printable. Hex codes 80-9F are duplicates of 00- 1F. For ISO character sets hex codes 80-9F are treated as Nulls.

Private Mode, Enable

ASCII Code ESC [>5h

Hex Code 1B 5B 3E 35 68

Dec Code 27 91 62 53 104

Expression CHR$(27): “[>5h”;

Purpose Enables private mode.

Discussion Selects character set 2 of the selected 8 bit international character set. Allows printing of hex codes 15, 20-7E and 80-FF.

Proportional Print Mode

ASCII Code ESC [6 m

Hex Code	1B 5B 36 6D
Dec Code	27 91 54 109
Expression CHR$(27);“[6m”;
Purpose	Sets proportional printing where each character has its own
	width.

Discussion All fonts and modes allow proportional printing. The proportionalized character graphics font, however, is the same as the normal character graphics font.

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