Star Micronics NX-2410 user manual Printer Control Commands

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>

3”

c‘1”

27

120

49

1B

78

31

<ESC>

“X”

<I>

27

120

1

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 l-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.

< 1 >

means

character

code

1.

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.

FdNT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select draft quality characters

Mode	ASCII				Decimal			Hexadecimal
	<ESC>	“XI’	“0”	27	120	48	1B	78	30
Both	<ESC>	?”	co>	27	120	0	1B	78	00

Changes from letter quality to draft quality. Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power-on.