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General Printer Commands, Set Print Direction, Continuous Double-Wide Printing, General Printer

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Draft document 2-6 General Printer General Printer Commands The following are general Printer Commands. Set Print Direction This command sets the printer to print either unidirectional (left to right) printing or returns to bi-directional printing. Format ESC U n Decimal 27 85 n Hexadecimal 1B 55 n USAGE NOTE The value of n can be either of the following: • 1 (dec) 01 (hex) = Unidirectional • 0 (dec) 00 (hex) = Bi-directional Continuous Double-Wide Printing This command selects or cancels a double-wide printing mode that is not canceled by line feed terminators. Format ESC W n Decimal 27 87 n Hexadecimal 1B 57 n USAGE NOTE The value of n can be either of the following: • 1 (dec) 01 (hex) = Selects double-wide printing mode • 0 (dec) 00 (hex) = Cancels double-wide printing mode

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General Printer
2-6
Draft document
General Printer Commands
The following are general Printer Commands.
Set Print Direction
This command sets the printer to print either unidirectional (left to right) printing or
returns to bi-directional printing.
USAGE NOTE
The value of n can be either of the following:
•
1 (dec) 01 (hex) = Unidirectional
•
0 (dec) 00 (hex) = Bi-directional
Continuous Double-Wide Printing
This command selects or cancels a double-wide printing mode that is not canceled by
line feed terminators.
USAGE NOTE
The value of n can be either of the following:
•
1 (dec) 01 (hex) = Selects double-wide printing mode
•
0 (dec) 00 (hex) = Cancels double-wide printing mode
Format
ESC
U
n
Decimal
27
85
n
Hexadecimal
1B
55
n
Format
ESC
W
n
Decimal
27
87
n
Hexadecimal
1B
57
n