Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Printer Control Commands, Select draft quality characters

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

Hexadeoimal

< ESC >

‘lx”

“1”

27

120

49

1B

78

31

Both

<ESC>

“X”

<I>

27

120

I

IB

78

01

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

Mode	ASCII					Decimal			Hexadecimal
	<ESC>		‘IX”	“0”	27	120	48	IB	78	30
Both	< ESC	>	‘lx”	co>	27	120	0	IB	78	00
IBM	< ESC	>	“I”	“0”	27	73	48	IB	49	30
	< ESC	>	“I”	co>	27	73	0	IB	49	00

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