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ESC Dec Hex Symbol 27 1B ESC ESC 33 21 ! ESC 37 25 % ESC 3 8 26 & Function Escape. Prepares the printer to receive control codes. Master Select Selects 1 of 64 unique print mode combinations. Format: ESC "!" n where n stands for a number between 0 and 255. Activates a character set. ESC "%" 0 0 selects the ROM set, and ESC "%" 1 0 selects the RAM set defined by ESC "&". Defines user characters in RAM. Format: ESC "&" 0 cl c2 a d, . . . d,, The 0 is for future use, c, is the starting character, cz is the ending character. Both cl and c2 must be between 58 and 63 inclusive. If a>=128, character uses top 8 pins; if a

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ESC Dec
27
ESC
33
ESC 37
ESC
38
Hex Symbol
1B
ESC
21
!
25
26
%
&
Function
Escape. Prepares the printer to re-
ceive control codes.
Master Select
Selects
1
of
64
unique print mode
combinations. Format:
ESC “!” n
where n stands for a number between
0 and 255.
Activates a character set.
ESC “%” 0 0
selects the ROM set, and
ESC “%” 1 0
selects the RAM set defined by ESC
“&“.
Defines user characters in RAM.
Format:
ESC “&” 0
cl
c2
a
d,
. . .
d,,
The 0 is for future use,
c,
is the start-
ing character,
cz
is the ending charac-
ter. Both
cl
and
c2
must be between
58
and
63
inclusive. If
a>=128,
char-
acter uses top 8 pins; if a<128,
character uses bottom 8 pins. Each
character in the range c
l
-c
2
requires
an attribute byte (a) and 11 data bytes
@,-4
1).
If NLQ mode is selected first, the
command requires 3 bytes for a. The
first,
ao,
is ignored, the second, a,, is
the printing width and values above
12 are ignored. The third,
a?,
is the
value of the right spacing and is auto-
matically adjusted to
12-a,.
In NLQ
the command also requires 3
x
a
l
data
bytes.
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