6–59Programming
Print Mode/Pitch Selection (MVP)ASCII Hex Decimal
P–Series SFCC [ nq
SFCC 5B nq
SFCC 91 nq
Serial ESC [ nq
1B 5B nq
27 91 nq
Purpose: Selects
the print mode (Data Processing, Correspondence, or High Speed) and
se
-
lected character pitches in characters per inch (cpi).
Expression:P–Series CHR$(1);”[”;CHR$(n);”q”;
Serial Matrix CHR$(27);”[”;CHR$(n);”q”;
where:
n =
Print Mode/Pitch code
(Values other than shown in Table 6–8 below are ignored.)
q =
Command sequence terminator
Comment: Refer
to T
able 6–8 to identify
Print Mode/Pitch selections allowed. A complete ta
-
ble
identifying print rates, pitch, and dot densities for all print modes is located in the
Appendix
B.
You
can also select print mode
and pitch from the control panel. When the MODE
switch
is pressed, the print mode/pitch change control code from the host computer
overrides
the control panel print mode setting, and the print mode and pitch selec
-
tion
is reflected on the message display
.
NOTE:
The print mode must be changed befor
e the first printable symbol of a print line or
the
command sequence is deferr
ed until the next line.
Table 6–8. Print Mode/Pitch Codes
PRINT Data
Processing Correspondence High
Speed
AMODE:
10
–
10
–
n (hex):
5(35)
1(31)
2(32)
3(33)
4(34)
Characters per
inch (cpi):
–
–
–
(DP) (NLQ) (HS)
n (dec):
5(53)
1(49)
2(50)
3(51)
4(52) –
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–
–
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