Star Micronics XB24-250 II user manual Appendix E Printer Control Codes, Standard Mode

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Appendix E: Printer Control Codes

This appendix lists the printer’s control commands. It gives the name of each control command, along with the applicable emulation mode (Standard and IBM), and the applicable ASCII code.

Standard Mode

ASCII Code	Function
BEL	Beeper
BS	Backspace
HT	Tab horizontally
LF	Line feed
VT	Tab vertically
FF	Form feed
CR	Carriage return
SO	Select double width printing (1 line)
SI	Select condensed printing
DC1	Select printer
DC2	Cancel condensed printing
DC3	Deselect printer
DC4	Cancel double width printing (1 line)
CAN	Cancel line
ESC LF	Reverse feed by current line space
ESC FF	Reverse form feed
ESC SO	Select double width printing (1 line)
ESC SI	Select condensed printing
ESC EM n	Control cut-sheet feeder (printer ignores this code)
ESC SP	Set inter character space
ESC ! n	Master select
n = 00	10 cpi	(ESC P)
01	12 cpi	(ESC M)
02	Proportional	(ESC p)
04	Condensed	(SI)
08	Emphasised	(ESC E)
10	Double-strike	(ESC G)
20	Double-wide expanded	(ESC W)
40	Italic	(ESC 4)
80	Underlining	(ESC -)
ESC #	Cancel MSB control