Printronix S828, Programmer'S Manual

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Programmer Manual PTX ‐ S828
Chapter 1 EPSON/IBM Commands 35 260071 ‐ 001A
ESC _
Sets or cancels overscore printing. (IBM)
ASCII Code
ESC _ n
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'5F' n
Decimal Value 27 95 n
Enables or disables overscore printing. See the following table:
n Overscore Printing
1 Enabled (all spaces and characters that follow are overscored)
0 Disabled
ESC 4
Sets italics printing mode. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
ESC 4
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'34'
Decimal Value 27 52
Sets the style attribute of the font to italic. This command selects italic printing even if the italic character
table is not selected.
ESC 5
Cancels italics printing. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
ESC 5
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'35'
Decimal Value 27 53
Sets the style attribute of the font to normal (cancels the italic style attribute previously selected with the
ESC 4 command).
ESC a
Sets Letter Quality justification printing. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
ESC a n
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'61' n
Decimal Value 27 97 n
Range 0 = n = 3
Selects from four types of justification, as follows:
n Justification
0 Left
1 Centered
2 Right
3 Allows an uniform printing between the margins when the buffer is full.