100 Printer Control Codes

Horizontal Print Position Control Commands

Description

Mode

ASCII Code

 

 

 

 

Move print head to next horizontal tab position

Both

HT

 

 

 

 

 

Return print head to left margin (carriage return)

Both

CR

 

 

 

 

 

Move print head to absolute horizontal position

STD

ESC $n1

n2

 

 

 

 

Add n dot spaces between characters

STD

ESC SPn

 

 

 

 

Cancel automatic line feed

IBM

ESC 5 00H

 

 

 

Select automatic line feed

IBM

ESC 5 01H

 

 

 

Set horizontal tab positions

Both

ESC Dn…NULL

 

 

 

 

Set right margin

STD

ESC Qn

 

 

 

 

 

Set left and right margins

IBM

ESC X n1

n2

 

 

 

 

Move print head to specified horizontal position

STD

ESC \ n1

n2

 

 

 

 

Move print position to right

IBM

ESC d

 

 

 

 

 

Set left margin

STD

ESC ln

 

 

 

 

 

Other Commands

Description

Mode

ASCII Code

 

 

 

Sound printer bell

Both

BEL

 

 

 

Move printer head back one space (backspace)

Both

BS

 

 

 

Set printer on line

Both

DC1

 

 

 

Set printer off line

STD

DC3

 

 

 

Cancel line in print buffer

Both

CAN

 

 

 

Delete last character sent

STD

DEL

 

 

 

Control cut-sheet feeder

STD

ESC EM

 

 

 

Cancel MSB control

STD

ESC #

 

 

 

Select score

STD

ESC (-

 

 

 

One-line uni-directional printing

STD

ESC <

 

 

 

Set MSB to logical 0

STD

ESC =

 

 

 

Set MSB to logical 1

STD

ESC >

 

 

 

Initialize printer

STD

ESC @

 

 

 

Disable paper out detector

STD

ESC 8

 

 

 

Enable paper out detector

STD

ESC 9

 

 

 

Deselect printer

IBM

ESC Qn

 

 

 

Cancel uni-directional printing

Both

ESC U0

 

 

 

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Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual Horizontal Print Position Control Commands, Other Commands