2-2 Creating and Printing Formats
Selecting Character Sets
The printer can use the ANSI or ASCII character sets. These character sets
are preloaded in the printer. ANSI characters are the default.
You can modify character sets/fonts resident in the
printer. See “Modifying Resident Fonts.”
Character Exceptions
Both character sets have missing characters. The and
characters
replace
and
, respectively
; the
character replaces
.
Command Summary
Command
Description
ESC-'F1'
Selects ANSI characters.
ESC-'F2'
Selects ASCII characters.
F1 and F2 are two-character strings, not the familiar
notation for function keys 1 and 2.
Formatting Text
For the text on your format, you can choose the font, its size, spacing, and
style (normal or bold).
Command Summary
Command
Description
1C
hex (Extend)
Prints characters twice as high as normal.
1D
hex (Extendoff)
Stops printing characters twice as high as
normal.
