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280 Programmer’s Guide
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Function Print Control Character
ASCII [ESC] ^ <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 5EH <n>
Decimal <27> <94> <n>
Range 0

n

255
Description The [ESC] ^ <n> command allows characters from zero to 31 codes to be
printed. During normal operation, characters from zero to 31 are control
characters. Control code translation is turned off for the following character.
Function Insert Euro Character
ASCII GS # <n>
Hexadecimal 1DH 23H <n>
Decimal <29> <35> <n>
Description The GS # <n> command allows an application to replace any character in the
currently active character set with the Euro character. The character to be
replaced is defined by <n>. For example, if the currently active character set is
code page 850 (multilingual) and the 0D5H character is to be the Euro character,
1DH 23H replaces the character at 0D5H with the Euro symbol.
Function Turn Color Mode ON/OFF
ASCII [ESC] r <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 72H <n>
Decimal <27> <114> <n>
Range < n> = 0, 1, 48, 49
Description The [ESC] r <n> command turns on or off color mode. When <n> = 1 or 49, color
mode is turned on, and when <n> = 0 or 48, color mode is turned off. The default
setting is <n> = 0.
Function Select Character Code Table
ASCII [ESC] t <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 74H <n>
Decimal <27> <116> <n>
Range 0

n

5; <n> = 254, 255
Description The [ESC] t <n> command selects a page, <n>, from the character code table as
follows. The alphanumeric characters (20H to 7FH) are the same for each page.
The graphic characters (80H to FFH) are different for each page. The default
setting is page 0.
<n> Character Code Table
0 Page 0 [PC437 (U.S.A. and Standard Europe)]
1 Page 1 [PC850 (Multilingual)]
2 Page 2 [PC850 (Multilingual)]
3 Page 3 [PC860 (Portuguese)]
4 Page 4 [PC863 (Canadian-French)]
5 Page 5 [PC865 (Nordic)]
255 Page 255 [Space page]
Table 27 Character Code Table