Zebra Technologies TTP 8000 manual Turns OFF Italics Normal Turns on Italics, ESC ! n1 Select Font

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Programming

Text Commands

ESC ! n1		Select Font
1B 21 n1	hex
27 33 n1	decimal

This command selects one of eight fonts. The font design depends on which fonts have been loaded1 into the printer. Make a test printout to see which fonts are available in your printer.

Table 7 • Font selection commands

ESC ! 0 selects normal font (font 0)	ESC ! 4 selects font 4
ESC ! 1 selects font 1	ESC ! 5 selects font 5
ESC ! 2 selects font 2	ESC ! 6 selects font 6
ESC ! 3 selects font 3	ESC ! 7 selects font 7

Lines, too long to be printed in the selected font, are automatically wrapped around.

Different fonts can be used on the same line.

Selecting an empty or invalid font location, will set bit 4 of byte 1 in the status enquiry response to ”1". See Parameter-setting Data Enquiry on page 63.

Note • If more than 256 characters are sent to the printer before an LF, the first part of the buffer contents is printed-out automatically. The text is formatted according to the already received formatting commands.

ESC B	BoldNormal Bold
Hex
decimal

n = 0

n = 1

Turns OFF bold (Normal)

Turns ON bold

Bold is designed for normal character width and shows less and less as the width increases.

ESC i n1		ItalicsNormal Italics
1B 69 n1	Hex
27 105 n1	decimal

n = 0

n = 1

Turns OFF Italics (Normal)

Turns ON Italics

1. For font loading, see Loading on page 67.

P1003638-003 TTP 8000 Technical Manual 10/19/2009