Start Character “Escape”

ESC

 

 

 

Data Structure ASCII

ESC

[A] start character ESC

hex.

1B

 

dec.

27

 

Description ESC is the start character for a subsequent program sequence (the string $$ can be used instead of ESC if option is selected in the printer setup).

MTPL-Start Character “Control Sequence Introducer”

Data Structure ASCII

CSI

[A] MTPL-start character CSI

hex.

9B

 

dec.

155

 

Description

STOP

MTPL-start character for a subsequent program sequence.

Do not use “CSI” in any other printer command language than MTPL. Use instead “ESC [” if using other emulations.

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Tally Genicom Matrix Printer manual Start Character Escape, MTPL-Start Character Control Sequence Introducer