Star Micronics NX-1000, User Manual

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Appendix
B
PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
I his appendix describes the printer’s control com m ands. The com m ands are
hi H inged hy function. The nam e o f each com m and is follow ed by a table like the
n n r liclow:
Mmln
ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
< ES C > “ x ” “ 1 ” 27 120 49 IB 78 31
< ES C > “ x ” < 1 > 27 120 1 IB 78 01
M ode: Indicates the m ode in w hich the com m and is recognized.
Std. Standard m ode (D IP sw itch 1 -6 on)
IBM IBM m ode (D IP sw itch 1-6 off)
Both Both standard and IBM m odes
ASCII: Indicates the A SC II coding o f the com m and. C ontrol
characters are enclosed in pointed brackets: For exam ple,
< 0 > m eans character cod e 0.
Decim al: G ives the com m and in decim al character codes.
H exadecim al: G ives the com m and in hexadecim al character codes.
Parameters for w hich values m ust be supplied are indicated by italic letters
mh h as n.
M any com m ands have alternative form s. Som e com m ands use < ESC >
It
Imracter
cod e 27) in Standard m ode and < F S > (character cod e 28) in IBM
m o d e. O ther com m ands have param eters that can be specified as either character
i m lcs or digit characters, like the param eter
1
in the sam ple com m and above.
I ONT CONTROL C O M M A N D S
S'o/ecf draft quality characters
Mode ASCII
Decimal Hexadecimal
Ho lli
< E S C > “ x ” “ 0 ” 27 120 48 1B 78 30
< ESC > “ x ” < 0 >
27 120 0 1B 78 00
HIM
< ESC >
“r
“ 0 ” 27 73 48 1B 49 30
< ESC > “ i ” <
0
>
27 73 0
1B 49 00
C hanges from near letter quality to draft quality. Ignored if the N L Q
Type Style sw itch w as pressed during power-up.
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