Printronix P3000 Series Print Mode/Pitch Selection MVP, Expression Series, Serial Matrix, 553 535

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 Table 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 before the first printable symbol of a print line or the command sequence is deferred until the next line.

Table 6–8. Print Mode/Pitch Codes

	PRINT	Data		High
	MODE:	Processing	Correspondence	Speed A	Barcode	Barcode
		(DP)	(NLQ)	(HS)	145	160
n (dec):	n (hex):		Characters per inch (cpi):
1(49)	1(31)	–	10	–	–	–
2(50)	2(32)	10	–	–	–	–
3(51)	3(33)	–	–	12	–	–
4(52)	4(34)	–	–	–	12.1	–
5(53)	5(35)	–	–	–	–	13.3

Programming 6–59