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Shift In | SI | (15) | Selects printing in condensed characters | |
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Shift Out | SO | (14) | Selects printing in double wide characters |
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| (refer to description of ESC 6 and |
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| Configuration 20.X) until reset by DC4 or |
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| by printing the line. Same as ESC SO. |
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Vertical Tab | (11) | Same as Line Feed (LF). | ||
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Escape, “Cancel” | ESC CAN | (27) (24) | Exit hex dump feature (option code 31.0). | |
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| (See ESC ! Configuration 31.X). | |
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Escape, “Exclamation” | (27) (33) | Set Hex dump feature (option code 31.0). |
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| See ESC CAN. See alternate, ESC [ |
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Escape, “Equal” | (27) (61) | Resets MSB to 0. Refer to ESC >. |
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Escape, minus | ESC – n | (27) (45) (n) | • n= 1 (or 49) sets underline feature. |
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| • n=) (or 48) resets underline feature. |
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| ESC > |
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Escape, | (27) (62) | a) Sets MSB as 1. When this code is |
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“Greater Than” |
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| This allows computers with seven data |
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| b) ESC > does not allow access to address |
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| can be accessed only using ESC 6. |
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| ESC @ |
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Escape, “At” | (27) (64) | General Printer Reset Command | ||
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| a) Clear horizontal tabs to default values. | |
b) Clear underlines, clear emphasis, clear double strike.
c) Reset print mode to current default. d) Reset SO or ESC SO if pending. e) Reset TOF to current location
f) Clears hex dump.
g) Reset line length, forms length, script, and Data Bit 8 to
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