Printronix S828, Programmer'S Manual

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Programmer Manual PTX ‐ S828
Chapter 1 EPSON/IBM Commands 37 260071 ‐ 001A
ESC I
Selects printing type for resident and DLL characters. (IBM)
ASCII Code
ESC I n
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'49' n
Decimal Value 27 73 n
This command selects the resident or the download font in Draft or LQ printing mode. It is ignored if you
select a font that has not been downloaded or has been overwritten. See the following table:
n Resident font n Download font
0 Draft 10 cpi 4 Draft 10 cpi
2 LQ10cpi 6 LQ10cpi
3 Proportional 7 Proportional
8 Draft 12 cpi 12 Draft 12 cpi
10 LQ 12 cpi 14 LQ 12 cpi
16 Draft 17 cpi 20 Draft 17 cpi
18 LQ 17 cpi 22 LQ 17 cpi
ESC M
Selects 10.5 point, 12 CPI. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
ESC M
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'4D'
Decimal Value 27 77
This is a terminator code. It causes all data present in the print buffer to be printed. Subsequent data is
printed at 12 cpi, if you previously set the compressed spacing by sending the SI or ESC SI command. If
you select proportional printing, this command is stored.
ESC P
Selects 10.5 point, 10 cpi. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
ESC P n
Hexadecimal Value X'1B' X'50' n
Decimal Value 27 80 n
This command selects 10.5 point, 10 cpi character printing. If you change the pitch during proportional
mode (selected with the ESC p command) the change takes effect when the printer exits proportional
mode.