Star Micronics LC-IOII user manual Font Control Commands, Select draft quality characters

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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

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC>

“X”

“ 1”

27

120

49

IB

78

31

<ESC>

Cl>

27

120

1

IB

78

01

-X1’

Mode:

Indicates

the

mode

in

which

the

command

is recognized.

Std.

Standard mode

(DIP

switch

l-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

~1

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

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