Wincor Nixdorf TH250, Programmer'S Manual

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TH250 Programmer’s Guide
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Select print mode
ASCII ESC ! n
Hexadecimal 1B 21 n
Decimal 27 33 n
Value of n : Pitch selection (standard, compressed, double high, or double wide.)
Value of n
Bit1
Function 0 1
Bit 0
Pitch2 (See chart below)
Standard pitch Compressed pitch
Bit 3 Emphasized mode Canceled Set
Bit 4 Double-high Canceled Set
Bit 5 Double-wide Canceled Set
Bit 7 Underlined mode Canceled Set
1 Bits 1, 2 and 6 are not used.
2 Standard and compressed pitch cannot be used together in the same line.
Default:
0 (for bits 0, 3, 4, 5, 7)
This command and select pitch (column width) command (1B 16 n ) affect pitch selection.
Pitch Columns, 80mm Paper CPI
Standard 44 15.6
Compressed 56 20.3
Selects the print mode: standard, compressed, emphasized, underlined, double-high, or double-
wide until the printer is initialized, reset, or powered off.
When double-height mode is enabled for some charactes on a line, all characters are aligned on
the baseline. When double- width mode is enabled, characters are enlarged to the right, starting
from the left side of the character.
Exceptions
Refer to the table in other column for exceptions.
Related information
Look in the chapter “Programming the Printer, Character appearance” for a description of
standard and compressed character pitches.
The bits in this command perform the same function as the stand-alone functions:
1B 16 n Select pitch
1B 45 n Emphasized
1B 47 n Double-strike
12 Double-wide
13 Single-wide
1B 2D n Underline