Ithaca ITHERM 280, Programmer'S Manual

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[ESC] P Begin rotated font/Right to left entry
ASCII [ESC] P <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 50H <n>
Decimal <27> <80> <n>
IPCL &%RI {n=2}
&%RF {n=1}
&%RN {n=0}
EPOS [ESC] V <n>
Description The [ESC] P <n> command sets the print font to a rotated 90
°
or 270
°
font.
Where n n = 0 Normal
n = 1 Rotate 90 ° (Single pass, 12 x 12 draft)
n = 2 Rotate 270
°
(Single pass, 12 x 12 draft)
n = 5 Rotate 90
°
(Two pass, 12 x 12 draft or 12 x 14 large draft)
n = 6 Rotate 270
°
(Two pass, 12 x 12 draft or 12 x 14 large draft)
n = 8 Enter Text right to left
n = 9 Enter Text right to left and Rotate 90
°
(Single pass, 12 x 12 draft)
n = 10 Enter Text right to left and Rotate 270
°
(Single pass, 12 x 12 draft)
n = 11 Enter Text right to left and Rotate 90
°
(Two pass, 12 x 12 draft or
12 x 14 large draft)
n = 12 Enter Text right to left and Rotate 270
°
(Two pass, 12 x 12 draft or
12 x 14 large draft)
In Modes 1 and 2, 12 x 12 draft font is rotated 90 or 270
°
and printed in a
single pass. Double wide and double high fonts are available. However,
because the font is rotated, double wide makes the characters taller and
double high makes the characters wider. Modes 1 and 2 distort the font,
but they produce the fastest rotated print.
Modes 5 and 6 rotate the 12 x 12 draft or 12 x 14 large draft and maintain
the aspect ratio of the fonts. Modes 5 and 6 require two passes by the
print cartridge, which slows the print time considerably. The font that is
rotated by Mode 5 or 6 is selected by the [ESC] I <n> command. <n>
may be zero or one.
NLQ fonts cannot be rotated 90
°
or 270
°
. The current pitch sets the
spacing between lines. If eight characters per inch (cpi) is set, the printer
produces the equivalent of eight lines per inch (lpi) rotated print.
Modes 8-12 allow right to left text entry. (Note: right to left text entry is
not supported in formatted rotated print mode (See the [ESC]r command
for formatted rotated print.)