PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

This appendix describes the printer’s control commands. The commands are

arranged by function. The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below:

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “X”

Both

<ESC> “X”

 

 

Decimal

 

 

Hexadecimal

I‘1”

27

120

49

1B

78

31

Cl>

27

120

I

IB

78

01

Mode:

Indicates

the

mode

in which

the

command

is recognized.

 

Std.

 

Standard

mode

(DIP

switch

1-6

on)

 

 

IBM

 

IBM

mode

(DIP switch

 

1-6 off)

 

 

 

Both

 

Both

standard

and IBM

modes

 

 

ASCII:

Indicates

the

ASCII

coding

of

 

the

command.

Control

 

characters are enclosed in pointed brackets: For example,

 

< 0 >

means

character

 

code

0.

 

 

 

 

 

Decimal:

Gives

the

command

 

in

decimal

character

codes.

Hexadecimal:

Gives

the

command

 

in

hexadecimal

 

character

codes.

Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n.

Many commands have alternative forms. Some commands use < ESC >

(character code 27) in Standard mode and < FS > (character code 28) in IBM

mode. Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character

codes or digit characters, like the parameter 1 in the sample command above.

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select draft quality characters

Mode

ASCII

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decimal

 

 

Hexadecimal

 

‘C.,

‘I 0

“F”

“)”

“)”

“9”

40

40 70

41 41 57

28 28 46 29 29 39

 

(

(

 

 

 

Both

<ESC>

 

&IX”

“0”

 

 

27

120

48

1B

78

30

 

<ESC>

 

(‘X”

co>

 

 

27

120

0

IB

78

00

 

< ESC

>

“I”

“0”

 

 

27

73

48

1B

49

30

IBM

< ESC

>

“I”

co>

 

 

27

73

0

1B

49

00

 

 

 

Changes from near letter quality to draft quality. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

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