Star Micronics NX-1000 Character Size And Pitch Commands, Pica, pitch, Condensed, printing, Elite

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS
Pica	pitch
Mode	ASCII		Decimal	Hexadecimal
Std.	<ESC>	“P”	27 80	1B 50
IBM	<DC2>		18	12
	In Standard mode, changes from elite to pica pitch (10 cpi) or from
	condensed elite to condensed pica (17 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from
	either elite or condensed to pica (10 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch
	was pressed during power-up.
Elite	pitch			--

Mode

Both

IBM

ASCII			Decimal		Hexadecimal
<ESC>	“M”	27	77	1B	4D
< ESC >	“.”	27	58	1B	3A

In Standard mode, changes from pica to elite pitch (12 cpi) or from condensed pica to condensed elite (20 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either pica or condensed to elite (12 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Condensed	printing
Mode ASCII		Decimal	Hexadecimal
<SI>		15	OF
Both	<SI>	27 15	1B OF
<ESC>

In Standard mode, changes from pica to condensed pica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensed elite (20 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either pica or elite to condensed (17 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Cancel condensed printing

Mode	ASCII	Decimal	Hexadecimal
Both	<DC2>	18	12

In Standard mode, changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite. In IBM mode, always changes to normal pica. Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

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