Epson FX-286e User Manual - Page 107

Print Size/Width/Enhancements, Select Elite Pitch, Format, Comments, ESC P, Turn Proportional Mode

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Print Size/Width/Enhancements Four modes in the IBM printer emulation mode are incompatible with each other. These modes are pica, elite, condensed, and proportional. (Proportional is available only on the FX-286e.) Therefore, if you select any one of these, you cancel all the others. Esc: Format: ASCII code: Decimal: Hexadecimal: ESC : 27 58 1B 3A Comments: Elite pitch has 12 characters per inch. Select Elite Pitch ESC P Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (FX-286e) Format: ASCII code: Decimal: Hexadecimal: ESC P n 27 80 n 1B 50 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 1: Mode is turned ON. 0: Mode is turned OFF. (The characters "0" and "1" can also be used.) The width of proportional characters varies from character to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. The proportional widths are given in the character tables, which appear in Appendix B. This command overrides condensed, pica, and elite. Command Summary A-41

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Print Size/Width/Enhancements
Four modes in the IBM printer emulation mode are incompatible
with each other. These modes are pica, elite, condensed, and
proportional. (Proportional is available only on the FX-286e.)
Therefore, if you select any one of these, you cancel all the others.
Esc:
Select Elite Pitch
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC
:
Decimal:
27
58
Hexadecimal:
1B
3A
Comments:
Elite pitch has 12 characters per inch.
ESC P
Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (FX-286e)
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC
P
n
Decimal:
27
80
n
Hexadecimal:
1B
50
n
Comments:
The following values can be used for n:
1: Mode is turned ON.
(The characters “0” and "1"
0: Mode is turned OFF.
can also be used.)
The width of proportional characters varies from character to
character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a
wide letter like W. The proportional widths are given in the
character tables, which appear in Appendix B. This command
overrides condensed, pica, and elite.
Command Summary
A-41