Commands by Function
The following list of commands is in the order used in the Command
Summary (Appendix A). To find details of the command you want to use,
refer to the page number in the right column.
ASCII Dec Hex Description
Page
Printer
operation
E S C @
64
40
DC1
17
11
DC3
19
13
ESC s
115
73
ESC <
60 3C
ESC U
85
55
ESC 8
56
38
E S C 9
57
39
ESC EM
25
19
BEL
7
07
Initialize the printer
Select printer
Deselect
printer
Half-speed mode on/off
Select unidirectional mode
(1-line)
Turn unidirectional mode on/off
Disable
paper-out sensor
Enable paper-out sensor
Cut sheet feeder on/off
Beeper
A-7
A-7
A-7
A-8
A-8
A-8
A-9
A-9
A-9
A-10
Data
control
CR
13 0D Carriage return
CAN
24 18
Cancel line
DEL
127 7F
Delete character
A-10
A-10
A-11
Vertical/horizontal
motion
FF
ESC C
ESC CO
ESC N
ESC O
LF
ESC 0
ESC 1
ESC 2
ESC 3
ESC A
ESC J
V T
ESC B
1 2 0 C F o r m f e e d
67 43
Set page length in lines
67 43
Set page length in inches
78 4E
Set skip-over-perforation
79
4F
Cancel skip-over-perforation
10 0A Line feed
48
30
Select l/-inch line spacing
49
31
Select 7/72-inch line spacing
50
32
Select 1/6-inch line spacing
51
33
Select n/216-inch line spacing
65 41
Select n/72-inch line spacing
74 4A Perform n/216-inch line feed
11 0B
Tab vertically
66
42
Set vertical tabs
A-11
A-11
A-12
A-12
A-12
A-13
A-13
A-13
A-14
A-14
A-14
A-15
A-15
A-15
ASCII Dec Hex Description
ESC b
98
62
ESC /
47
2F
ESC 1
108
6 C
ESC Q
81
51
B S
8
08
ESC e
101
65
ESC f
102
66
H T
9
09
ESC D
68
44
Set vertical tabs in channels
Select vertical tab channel
Set left margin
Set
right margin
Backspace
Set tab increments
Horizontal/vertical skip
Tab horizontally
Set horizontal tabs
Overall printing style
ESC x
120 78
Select NLQ or draft
ESC k
107 6B
Select NLQ font
ESC !
33 21
Master select
Print size
ESC P
80
50
ESC M
77 4D
SI
15
0F
ESC SI
15 0F
DC2
18
12
s o
14
0E
ESC SO
14 0E
DC4
20
14
ESC W
87
57
Select pica pitch
Select elite pitch
Select condensed mode
Select condensed mode
Cancel condensed mode
Select double-wide (1 line)
Select double-wide (1 line)
Cancel double-wide (1 line)
Turn double-wide on/off
Print enhancement
ESC E
69
45
Select emphasized mode
ESC F
70
46
Cancel emphasized mode
ESC G
71
47
Select double-strike mode
P a g e
A-16
A-16
A-16
A-17
A-17
A-17
A-18
A-18
A-18
A-19
A-19
A-20
A-20
A-21
A-21
A-21
A-21
A-22
A-22
A-22
A-23
A-23
A-23
A-24
ESC H
72
48
ESC SO
83
53
ESC S1
83
53
ESC T
84
54
ESC -
45
2D
Word processing
ASCII Dec Hex Description
Cancel double-strike mode
Select superscript mode
Select subscript mode
Cancel superscript/subscript
Turn underlining on/off
ESC
a
97
61
Character sets
ESC t
116
74
ESC 4
52
34
ESC 5
53
35
ESC R
82
52
ESC 6
54
36
ESC 7
55
37
NLQ justification
Select character table
A-26
Select italic mode
A-27
Cancel italic mode
A-27
Select international character set
A-28
Printable code expansion
A-28
Cancel ESC 6
A-28
Page
A-24
A-24
A-25
A-25
A-25
A-26
User-defined characters
ESC &
38
26
ESC :
58
3A
ESC %
37
25
Graphics
ESC K
75 4B
ESC L
76 4C
ESC Y
89
59
ESC Z
90 5A
ESC *
42
2A
ESC ?
63 3F
ESC ^
94 5E
Define user-defined characters
Copy ROM into RAM
Select user-defined set
Single-density graphics
Double-density graphics
High-speed dbl.-density graphics
Quadruple-density graphics
Select graphics mode
Reassign graphics mode
Select nine-pin graphics
A-29
A-29
A-29
A-30
A-30
A-30
A-31
A-31
A-31
A-32
