Programmer's Guide
PcOS Series 90PLUS
Printer Control Codes
Character Font
11/07/05
Rev Q
Page 27
Function
Begin 90
°°°°
or 270
°°°°
rotated font
ASCII
[ESC] P <n>
Hexadecimal
1BH 50H n
Decimal
<27> <80> <n>
IPCL
&%RI {n=2},&%RF{n=1},&%RN{n=0}
EPOS
[ESC]V<n>
Description
The [ESC] P <n> command sets the print font to a rotated 90
°
or 270
°
font.
Where n:
0
Normal
1
Rotate 90
°
7 x 9 font
2
Rotate 270
°
7 x 9 font
5
Rotate 90
°
5 x 7 font
6
Rotate 270
°
5 x 7 font
The rotated print font is a one pass, 7 x 9 or 5 x 7 font. Enhanced, emphasized,
subscript, superscript, and underline character attributes are not available in 90
°
or
270
°
rotated font mode. Double-wide and double-high are available. However,
because the font is rotated, double-wide will make the characters taller and double-
high will make the characters wider.
The current pitch sets the spacing between lines. If eight cpi are set, the printer will
produce the equivalent of eight lines per inch rotated print.
Print pitches greater than 15 cpi are very small and difficult to read.
The rotated font mode prints faster than the formatted rotated print mode. However,
there is no formatting in 90
°
or 270
°
rotated font mode.
Note
Line graphic characters (<176> to <223>) print unrotated.
EPOS Note
To turn off rotated print in EPOS mode, <n> must equal 0. If <n> equals one, the
pitch is set to 10 cpi. If <n> equals two, the cpi is set to eight.
Function
End 90
°°°°
rotated font
ASCII
[ESC] P <0>
Hexadecimal
1BH 50H 0H
Decimal
<27> <80> <0>
IPCL
&%RN
EPOS
[ESC] V <n>
Description
The [ESC] P <0> command returns the print font to normal nonrotated mode.
Note
The command leaves the printer in utility print mode.
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