3.7 Programming Information
This section lists the printer control commands strings.
Note: System Developers: Please refer to ANDES 3 developer’s manual for further details.
Other features may be available and are described in the Developer’s manual
3.7.1 ASCII Control Characters
Character
Hex/Dec
CONTROL ACTION
EOT
04/04
End Of Text
BS
08/08
Back Space
HT
09/09
Horizontal Tab
LF
0A/10
Line Feed
VT
0B/11
Vertical Tab
FF
0C/12
Form Feed
CR
0D/13
Carriage Return
SO
0E/14
Shift Out
SI
0F/15
Shift In
XON
11/17
Transmitter On.
AUXON
12/18
Printer on.
XOFF
13/19
Printer receiver is off
NORM
14/20
Return to default 42 column mode
AUXOFF
15/21
Printer to Host: printer is off
CANCEL
18/24
Cancel and reset printer BUFFER
ESC
1B/27 Escape
EXTEND
1C/28
Extended print
EXTEND OFF 1D/29
Extended print off/Normal print
3.7.2 Printer Font Commands
Font Name
PITCH
Character
size (WxH)
Command String
Downloadable
Monospace821BT
Monospace821BT 20CPI
Short
Font 10x18
ESC+’k’+’9’
NO
Monospace821BT
20CPI
Bold 10x23 ESC+’k’+’8’
NO
Monospace821BT 20CPI
Normal 10x23
ESC+’k’+’7’
NO
Monospace821BT
10 CPI Normal
20x23
ESC+’k’+’6’
NO
Courier
Courier Mode 5
24 CPI normal
8x23
ESC+’k’+’5’
YES
Courier Mode 4
21 CPI normal
9x23
ESC+’k’+’4’
YES
Courier Mode 3
19 CPI normal
10x23
ESC+’k’+’3’
YES
Courier Mode 2
16 CPI normal
12x23
ESC+’k’+’2’
YES
Courier Mode 1
12 CPI normal
16x23
ESC+’k’+’1’
YES
Courier Mode 0
13 CPI rotated
14x16
ESC+’k’+’0’
NO
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