Star Micronics lC-10 Set printer on-line, Bell, Bidirectional printing, Unidirectional printing

Set printer on-line

Mode	ASCII	Decimal	Hexadecimal
Both	<DC1 >	17	11

Returns the printer to the on-line state, allowing it to receive and process

all subsequent characters and commands. This command is ignored if the printer was set off-line by pressing the On Line switch on the control panel.

Bell

Mode	ASCII	Decimal	Hexadecimal
Both	<BEL>	7	07
	Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s beeper.

Bidirectional printing

Mode	ASCII				Decimal			Hexadecimal
Both	<ESC>	“U”	“0”	27	85	48	1B	55	30
	<ESC>	“U”	co>	27	85	0	1B	55	00

Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode,

which is faster than unidirectional printing.

Unidirectional printing

IModel ASCIII DecimalI Hexadecimal I

<ESC>	“U”	“ I”	27	85	49	IB	55	31
Both I	“U”	Cl>	27	85	I	1B	55	01
<ESC>

Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally, ensuring maxi- mum vertical alignment precision.

One-line unidirectional printing

Mode	ASCII		Decimal	Hexadecimal
Both	<ESC’	‘S< ”	27 60	1B 3C

Immediately returns the print head to the left margin, then prints the

remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line.