International Code Table ESC I
Data Structure ASCII ESC "I" <n> or n
hex. 1B 49 <n> or n
dec. 27 73 <n> or n
Description The ASCII codes hex.00 to hex.1F (dec.0 to dec.31) and hex.80 to hex.9F (dec.128 to
dec.159) are as a rule assigned with non-printable characters. These codes can, how-
ever, be converted to printable characters using ESC I.
Valid values for n are either ASCII code hex.00 and hex.01 or ASCII characters "0" and
"1" (hex.30 and hex.31).
n = 1 (hex.01 or hex.31) ➜Access to user-defined or international characters.
n = 0 (hex.00 or hex.30) ➜Hex.00 to hex.1F and hex.80 to hex.9F
assigned with non-printable codes.
For character sets see appendix B "Character Sets".
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