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Table of Contents

1 Overview............................................................... 17

Introduction.............................................................................................17

About This Manual ...........................................................................17

Notes And Notices ...........................................................................18

Software Features............................................................................20

Printer Configuration ........................................................................21

2 P-Series Printer Protocol...................................... 23

Introduction.............................................................................................23

P-Series Default Values and States.................................................24

Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes ........................26

Format for Control Code Descriptions..............................................26

Special Function Control Code-Control Code Header .....................26

Command Line.................................................................................27

Attribute Set and Reset Codes.........................................................27

Control Code Reference Index.........................................................28

Backspace........................................................................................30

Bell ...................................................................................................30

Bold Print..........................................................................................31

Bold Print Reset ...............................................................................31

Carriage Return................................................................................32

Character Set Select........................................................................33

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)...................................................35

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols).............................................35

Character Set Select: ECMA-94 Latin 1 Extended...........................36

Character Set Select: International Languages................................37

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)...............................38

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset........................................39

Emphasized Print.............................................................................40

Emphasized Print Reset...................................................................40

Emulation Reset...............................................................................40

Expanded (Double Wide) Print.........................................................41

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) ..............................41

Extended Character Set...................................................................42

ExtendedCharacter Set Cancel

(Primary Character Set Select) ........................................................42

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Form Feed........................................................................................43

Forms Length Set (Inches)...............................................................43

Forms Length Set (Lines).................................................................44

Form Margins, Set............................................................................44

Line Feed .........................................................................................45

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi).............................................................46

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi).............................................................47

Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (One Line Only) ......................................47

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch.....................................................................48

Line Spacing n/72 Inch.....................................................................49

Line Spacing n/216 Inch...................................................................50

Overscoring......................................................................................50

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series High Density Graphics) ............................51

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series Normal Density Graphics) .........................51

Print Mode/Pitch Selection...............................................................52

Superscript/Subscript Printing..........................................................55

Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset ...............................................55

Super-Set Commands......................................................................56

Underline..........................................................................................56

VFU Commands (P-Series) .............................................................57

Vertical Tab......................................................................................57

3 P-Series XQ Printer Protocol................................59

Introduction.............................................................................................59

P-Series XQ Default Values and States...........................................60

Configuring the XQ Emulation with Control Codes.................................62

Format for Control Code Descriptions..............................................62

Edit Mode.........................................................................................63

NUL Code ........................................................................................63

Control Code Index ..........................................................................64

Alternate Character Set Deselect (Shift In)......................................65

Alternate Character Set Select (Shift Out) .......................................65

Carriage Return................................................................................66

Compressed Print ............................................................................67

Delete...............................................................................................68

Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU)............................................68

Elongated Characters (Double High Print).......................................69

Form Feed........................................................................................69

Line Feed .........................................................................................70

Line Spacing (8 or 10.3 lpi) ..............................................................70

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series XQ High Density Graphics)......................71

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series XQ Normal Density Graphics ....................72

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Select Letter Gothic (DP) .................................................................72

Space...............................................................................................73

Underline..........................................................................................73

Vertical Tab......................................................................................74

4 Serial Matrix Printer Protocol................................ 75

Introduction.............................................................................................75

Serial Matrix Default Values and States...........................................76

Configuring the Serial Matrix Emulation with Control Codes..................78

Format for Control Code Descriptions..............................................78

Escape Control Code Header ..........................................................78

Attribute Set and Reset Codes.........................................................78

Control Code Index ..........................................................................79

Backspace........................................................................................80

Bell ...................................................................................................81

Bit Image Mode, Single Density.......................................................81

Bit Image Mode, Double Density......................................................82

Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed..............................82

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density ................................................83

Bold Print Set ...................................................................................83

Bold Print Reset ...............................................................................84

Cancel..............................................................................................84

Carriage Return................................................................................85

Character Pitch 10 cpi......................................................................85

Character Pitch 12 cpi......................................................................86

Character Set Select........................................................................86

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)...................................................88

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols).............................................89

Character Set Select: International Languages................................90

Condensed Print ..............................................................................91

Condensed Print Reset....................................................................91

Delete...............................................................................................92

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)...............................92

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset........................................93

Emphasized Print.............................................................................93

Emphasized Print Reset...................................................................94

Emulation Reset...............................................................................94

Expanded (Double Wide) Print.........................................................95

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) ..............................95

Extended Character Set...................................................................96

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ExtendedCharacter Set Cancel

(Primary Character Set Select) ........................................................96

Form Feed........................................................................................97

Forms Length Set (Inches)...............................................................97

Forms Length Set (Lines).................................................................98

Form Margins, Set............................................................................98

Horizontal Tab..................................................................................99

Horizontal Tab Set ...........................................................................99

Line Feed .......................................................................................100

Line Feed n/216 Inch (One Line Only)...........................................100

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch.....................................................................101

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)...........................................................101

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch...................................................................102

Line Spacing n/72 Inch...................................................................102

Line Spacing n/216 Inch.................................................................103

Overscoring....................................................................................103

Print Mode/Pitch Selection.............................................................104

Printer Deselect..............................................................................107

Printer Select..................................................................................107

Skip-Over Perforation.....................................................................107

Skip-Over Perforation Cancel ........................................................108

Superscript/Subscript Printing........................................................108

Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset .............................................108

Super-Set Commands....................................................................109

Underline........................................................................................109

Vertical Tab....................................................................................110

Vertical Tab, Set/Clear...................................................................111

5 IBM Proprinter III XL Printer Protocol .................113

Introduction...........................................................................................113

Proprinter III XL Emulation Default Settings...................................114

Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with

Control Codes.......................................................................................116

Escape Control Code Header ........................................................116

Attribute Set and Reset Codes.......................................................116

Control Code Index ........................................................................117

Backspace......................................................................................118

Bell .................................................................................................119

Bit Image Mode, Single Density.....................................................119

Bit Image Mode, Double Density....................................................120

Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed............................121

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density ..............................................122

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Bold Print Set .................................................................................123

Bold Print Cancel ...........................................................................123

Bottom Margin, Set ........................................................................124

Bottom Margin Cancel....................................................................124

Cancel............................................................................................124

Carriage Return..............................................................................125

Carriage Return, Set ......................................................................125

Character Pitch 12 cpi....................................................................126

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes).................................................126

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)...........................................126

Condensed Print ............................................................................127

Condensed Print Reset..................................................................127

Deselect Printer..............................................................................128

Emphasized Print...........................................................................128

Emphasized Print Reset.................................................................128

Expanded (Double Wide) Print.......................................................129

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) ............................130

Expanded (Double Wide) Print Reset (1 Line)...............................130

Form Feed......................................................................................131

Forms Length Set (Inches).............................................................131

Forms Length Set (Lines)...............................................................132

Horizontal Tab................................................................................132

Horizontal Tab Set/Reset...............................................................133

Horizontal/Vertical Tabs Clear........................................................133

Initialize Parameters.......................................................................134

Line Feed .......................................................................................136

Line Feed n/216 Inch (One Line Only) ...........................................136

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi)...........................................................137

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)...........................................................138

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch (10.3 lpi)....................................................138

Line Spacing n/72 Inch...................................................................139

Line Spacing n/216 Inch.................................................................140

Margins, Left/Right, Set..................................................................140

Overscoring....................................................................................141

Print Control Codes........................................................................141

Print One Control Code..................................................................141

Select Attributes.............................................................................142

Select Font (Print Mode) ................................................................143

Select Proportional Spacing...........................................................144

Superscript/Subscript Printing........................................................144

Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset..............................................145

Super-Set Commands....................................................................145

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Top-of-Form ...................................................................................145

Underline........................................................................................146

Unidirectional Printing ....................................................................146

Vertical Tab....................................................................................146

Vertical Tab Set/Clear....................................................................147

6 Epson FX-1050 Printer Protocol.........................149

Introduction...........................................................................................149

Epson FX-1050 Default Values and States....................................150

Epson Emulation Exceptions and Differences ...............................152

Epson Character Sets....................................................................153

Configuring the Epson FX-1050 Emulation with

Control Codes.......................................................................................154

Format for Control Code Descriptions............................................154

Escape Sequences ........................................................................154

Set and Reset Codes.....................................................................155

NUL Code ......................................................................................155

Print Modes Supported for Character Sets ....................................156

Control Code Index ........................................................................157

Backspace......................................................................................159

Bell .................................................................................................160

Cancel Line ....................................................................................160

Carriage Return..............................................................................160

Character Pitch 10 cpi....................................................................161

Character Pitch 12 cpi....................................................................161

Character Pitch 15 cpi....................................................................161

Character Set Select: International Languages .............................162

Clear Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 0 .........................................163

Condensed Print ............................................................................163

Condensed Print Reset..................................................................164

Cut-Sheet / Paper Feed Control.....................................................164

Define a Download Character........................................................164

Delete Character............................................................................164

Double High Print, Set/Reset .........................................................165

Double Strike..................................................................................165

Double Strike, Cancel ....................................................................166

Double Wide Print ..........................................................................166

Double Wide Print (1 Line).............................................................167

Double Wide Print (1 Line), Cancel................................................167

Emphasized Print...........................................................................168

Emphasized Print, Cancel..............................................................168

Enable Printing Hex Codes 00-1F and 80-9F ................................169

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Form Feed......................................................................................171

Graphics, Standard Density ...........................................................171

Graphics, Double Density...............................................................172

Graphics, Double Density Double Speed.......................................173

Graphics, Quadruple Density.........................................................174

Half Speed Mode, On/Off...............................................................174

Horizontal Tab Execute..................................................................175

Horizontal Tab Set/Release ...........................................................175

Initialize Printer...............................................................................176

Italic Printing...................................................................................176

Italic Printing, Cancel .....................................................................176

Line Feed .......................................................................................177

Line Feed n/216 Inch .....................................................................177

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi)...........................................................178

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)...........................................................178

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch...................................................................179

Line Spacing n/72 Inch...................................................................179

Line Spacing n/216 Inch.................................................................180

Make Hex 80-9F Control Codes.....................................................180

Make Hex 80-9F Printable..............................................................180

Master Print Select.........................................................................182

Paper Out Detection, Enable .........................................................182

Paper Out Detection, Disable.........................................................183

Pass Bit 7 from Host ......................................................................183

Printer Deselect..............................................................................183

Printer Select..................................................................................184

Reassign Graphics Mode...............................................................184

Remove Downloaded Characters ..................................................184

Select Graphics Mode....................................................................185

Select Italic Character Set..............................................................186

Select 9-Pin Graphics Mode...........................................................186

Select Print Quality.........................................................................186

Select/Deselect Proportional Spacing............................................187

Select Serif or Sans Serif Font.......................................................187

Select User-Defined Font...............................................................187

Select Vertical Tab Channel...........................................................187

Set Absolute Horizontal Print Position in 1/60 Inch........................188

Set Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 1 ............................................188

Set Intercharacter Spacing in n/120 Inch.......................................188

Set Margin, Left..............................................................................189

Set Margin, Right ...........................................................................189

Set Forms Length by Lines ............................................................190

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Set Forms Length in Inches ...........................................................190

Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in n/120 Inch.......................191

Set Vertical Tabs in Channels........................................................191

Skip Over Perforation.....................................................................192

Skip Over Perforation, Cancel........................................................192

Super-Set Commands....................................................................192

Superscript and Subscript Printing.................................................193

Superscript and Subscript Printing, Cancel....................................193

Underline........................................................................................194

Unidirectional Printing, 1 Line ........................................................194

Unidirectional Printing, Set/Reset ..................................................194

Vertical Tab, Execute.....................................................................195

Vertical Tab, Set/Clear...................................................................195

7 Super-Set Programming.....................................197

Introduction...........................................................................................197

The Super-Set Commands...................................................................197

Character Set Selection .................................................................198

Character Spacing n/240 Inch........................................................201

Font Selection ................................................................................201

Font Size........................................................................................202

TrueType Font Selection................................................................203

Form Length and Width..................................................................204

Host Form Size ..............................................................................205

Horizontal Movements in Printer Resolution..................................205

PCX Data .......................................................................................206

Line Spacing n/288 Inch.................................................................206

Page Orientation Select .................................................................207

Print Engine Options ......................................................................209

Printer Protocol Select ...................................................................216

Software Page Eject.......................................................................216

Bar Codes.............................................................................................217

Bar Code Format............................................................................218

Australian 4-State...........................................................................222

Codabar .........................................................................................223

Code 39..........................................................................................225

Code 93..........................................................................................227

Code 128........................................................................................229

EAN 8.............................................................................................234

EAN 13...........................................................................................235

FIM.................................................................................................236

Interleaved 2/5 (I-2/5) and German I-2/5........................................238

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Maxicode........................................................................................239

MSI.................................................................................................241

PDF 417.........................................................................................242

PostBar and Royal Mail..................................................................243

POSTNET ......................................................................................244

Telepen ..........................................................................................245

UCC/EAN-128................................................................................246

UPC-A............................................................................................251

UPC-E............................................................................................252

UPC Shipping.................................................................................255

UPS 11...........................................................................................256

8 Graphics.............................................................257

Introduction...........................................................................................257

Bit Image Graphics...............................................................................258

Plotting a Bit Image Pattern ...........................................................259

Bit Image Density...........................................................................261

Bit Image Programming Format.....................................................262

P-Series Compatible Plot Mode (Odd/Even Dot Plotting).....................264

Plot Density....................................................................................264

Plot Data Byte Format....................................................................265

Plot Data Line Format ....................................................................266

Plotting the Data.............................................................................268

To Exit the P-Series Plot Mode......................................................269

Combining Graphics and Text..............................................................269

9 Vertical Page Formatting.................................... 271

Introduction...........................................................................................271

General P-Series EVFU Programming Information..............................271

VFU Load/Save/Clear ....................................................................272

P-Series EVFU .....................................................................................273

Start Load Code-Hex 1E or 6E ......................................................273

Channel Assignment......................................................................273

End Load Code-Hex 1F or 6F ........................................................274

Using the EVFU .............................................................................274

Clearing the EVFU Memory ...........................................................276

Relative Line Slewing.....................................................................277

Serial Matrix VFU..................................................................................278

Executing Vertical Tabs .................................................................279

Vertical Tab Positions ....................................................................279

A Standard ASCII Character Set........................... 281

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B PTR_SETUP Option...........................................283

Overview...............................................................................................283

The PTR_SETUP Commands..............................................................283

Commands.....................................................................................284

C P-Series Plot Byte Definition..............................289

D Glossary.............................................................291

1 Overview

Introduction

The IBM* ASCII Emulation is a software application on two diskettes capable of emulating five different impact printer protocols:

• Printronix** P-Series P3000/6000/9000, hereafter called P-Series

• Printronix P-Series XQ P300/600, hereafter called P-Series XQ

• Printronix Serial Matrix

• IBM Proprinter* III XL, hereafter called Proprinter XL

• Epson** FX-1050

The software is designed to be compatible with a variety of paper sizes as well as different print engine dots-per-inch ratios.

About This Manual

This manual is designed so you can quickly find the information you need to use your ASCII Emulation software.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Notes And Notices

For your safety and to protect valuable equipment, it is very important that you read and comply with all information highlighted under notes and notices:

<#> The word Danger next to the lightning slash indicates the

DANGER

presence of a hazard that could cause death or serious personal injury. Danger and Caution notices are numbered to help you find the translated versions in the

Notices

booklet.

IBM 4400 Safety

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to the exclamation point (!) indicates the

presence of a hazard that could cause moderate or minor personal injury.

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates a heavy

assembly that requires two or more persons to lift or hold.

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates a part or

assembly that is hot enough to burn you.

Notes And Notices

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates a part or

assembly that is sharp enough to cut you.

CAUTION

<#> The word Caution next to this symbol indicates the presence of

laser radiation. NEVER look directly into laser light.

ATTENTION

The word Attention indicates the possibility of damage to a program, device, system, or data.

IMPORTANT

The word Important indicates information vital to pr oper operation of the printer.

NOTE: A note gives you helpful information and tips about printer operation

and maintenance.

Glossary

The Glossary defines computer terms and acronyms used in this manual. It is located just before the Index.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Software Features

The ASCII Emulation software provides the following features:

• Printer Protocols:

Printronix P-Series Printronix P-Series XQ Printronix Serial Matrix IBM Proprinter III XL Epson FX-1050

• Page Orientations:

Portrait/Inverted Portrait Landscape/Inverted Landscape

• Graphics:

Bit Image Graphics P-Series Compatible Plot Mode

• Vertical Page Formatting:

Printronix P-Series Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU) Serial Matrix Vertical Formatting Unit (VFU)

• Character Sets:

IBM PC ECMA-94 Latin 1 Multinational DEC** Multinational IBM Code Page 437 and 850

as well as the international symbol sets in the following categories:

Arabic Sets Cyrillic Sets European Sets Greek Sets Hebrew Sets Turkish Sets

• Font Typefaces:

Courier Letter Gothic OCR-A OCR-B CG Triumverate** Bold Condensed Ability to download True Type.

Printer Configuration

• Print Attributes:

Emphasized/Bold print

Scalable font sizes

Superscript/subscript print

Automatic underline and overscore

Carriage return editing

Variable point size

Italics

• Barcode Printing

NOTE: Complete listings of all the choices from these categories are printed

in the menu descriptions, as well as in the description of the Super-

Set “Character Set Selection” (SSCC R) command (see page 198).

Printer Configuration

Matching certain printer operational settings to those of the host computer is known as printer configuration adjusted according to the printer function key descriptions in your printer

User's Guide

from the printer control panel or by the software commands described in Chapters 2 through 7 of this manual.

Your

User's Guide

as well as descriptions of each configuration parameter available with your printer.

. You can select ASCII Emulation configuration options directly

also contains detailed configuration menus and diagrams,

The settings, or configuration parameters, are

NOTE: You must also enter and exit the ASCII Emulation configuration menu

accordingto your printer

Pressing an invalid key to enter a parameter value may move you to

another level in the configuration or exit the configuration menu

completely.

User's Guide

configuration procedures.

Chapter 1 Introduction

2 P-Series Printer Protocol

Introduction

This chapter describes the P-Series emulation host control codes. “Emulation” refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language. A printer control language is the coding system used to convey, manipulate, and print data. It contains character codes and command sequences that configure the emulation. In this manual, the terms emulation, printer protocol, and printer control language are synonymous.

In the P-Series emulation mode, your printer can print files coded for the PSeries printer control language. To select the P-Series emulation mode as the active printer emulation, select ASCII Emulation from the EMULATION menu and P-Series from the Printer Protocol menu, as described in the

Guide.

The P-Series emulation provides many configurable parameters. The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1. You can modify the emulation parameter values in two ways:

User's

• The P-Series host control codes. An extensive set of P-Series control

code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the P-Series control code commands.

• The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the P-

Series emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus, control panel keys and LCD, as described in the

A parameter value set by a host control code generally overrides a value set from the printer's control panel.

NOTE: Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control

codes can be saved to the printer's NVRAM memory so that they will

not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory

defaults. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is

described in the

control codes, refer to Appendix B, “PTR_SETUP Option”.

User's Guide.

To save the configuration using host

User's Guide.

Chapter 2 Introduction

P-Series Default Values and States

The factory settings for the P-Series emulation menu options (for an 8” printer) are shown in Table 1. Table 1 also lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the ASCII Emulation formatting menus. (The EMULATION menu options are described in the codes can override many of the settings for these menu options.

Select CPI 10.0 CPI Select LPI 6.0 LPI Typeface Letter Gothic Character Group Standard Sets Character Set IBM PC

User's Guide

Table 1. P-Series Default Settings

Characteristic Default Setting

). Host control

Primary Subset ASCII (USA) Extended Subset Code Page 437 Horizontal DPI 120 DPI Vertical DPI 72 DPI Prop. Spacing Enable Italic Print Disable Slashed Zero Disable Left Margin 0 characters Right Margin 0 characters Top Margin 0 linespaces Bottom Margin 0 linespaces Print Char. Set Define CR code CR = CR Auto LF Disable Define LF code LF = CR + LF

*Advanced User:

Control Code 06 8.0 LPI Control Code 08 Elongated Bold Disable

P-Series Default Values and States

Table 1. P-Series De fault Settings (continued)

Characteristic Default Setting

Overstrike Enable Select SFCC 1 EVFU Select Enable Alt. Set 80-9F Control Code SFCC d command Even dot plot PSeries Dbl High Normal FF valid at TOF Enable Text Position Bottom of Line Host Command Enable Reset Cmd CFG Ld Disable Form Length 06.0 inches Form Length 152.4 mm Form Length 36 lines Form Width 08.5 inches Form Width 216.0 mm Form Width 85 characters

* Advanced User must be enabled under the Printer Control Menu in order for the Advanced User parameters to be visible and changeable.

Chapter 2 Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes

Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes

The remainder of this chapter describes the P-Series printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer, in order to invoke and configure numerous P-Series emulation functions.

Format for Control Code Descriptions

The following information is listed for each code function (where applicable).

Name The title or function of the command. ASCII Code The ASCII mnemonic for the command is shown. Command

sequences are in 7-bit (ASCII) form.

Hex Code The code or command sequence in hexadecimal numbers. Dec Code The code or command sequence in decimal numbers. Purpose The function(s) of the control code. Comment A discussion of the uses of the code or command sequence,

including exceptions or limitations to its use.

Example A sample is provided for some control codes when it is possible

to illustrate the effect of a control code, or if a specific syntax is required to complete the program statement (i.e. Horizontal Tab set, Vertical Tab set/clear).

IMPORTANT

If you specify any parameters for a c ontrol code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description, unpredictable results may occur.

Special Function Control Code-Control Code Header

A Special Function Control Code (SFCC) is used to extend the control code protocol. The SFCC is the control code introducer (or header); it is the first input in the sequence of parameters. The general control code sequence is:

(SFCC)(parameter 1)(parameter 2)...(parameter

P-Series codes can use any value from 1 through 255 (hex 01 through hex FF) as control code introducers. For example, bold print can be enabled in the P-Series protocol using any of the following control code introducers:

ASCII: SOH G Hex: 01 47 Dec: 171

ETX G 03 47 3 71 ESC G 1B 47 27 71

^ G5E479471 ~ G7E4712671

NOTE: The SFCC has been set to ESC for all examples.

)

Command Line

Print format, print mode, or international language selection can be controlled by a longer sequence known as a Command Line. Command Lines are string type commands placed between complete lines of text and affect the text which follows. The protocol has six Command Lines: PMODE, OSET, PSET, LPI, LINES, and INCHES. Each of these Command Lines is discussed in this chapter under the appropriate Control Code function.

For example, the form length (in inches) can be set using the following command line:

SFCC INCHES; where:nis the whole number of inches, andfis the fractional

increment in 0.5 inch increments.

When using the SFCC in a Command Line, the SFCC must be the first nonblank symbol in the line (space, hex 20, is a blank symbol). In addition, characters following spaces (other than a valid line terminator) in a Command Line are ignored so that user comments can be included on the Command Line. The valid line terminators are Form Feed (FF), Line Feed (LF), and Carriage Return (CR); however, when used in the Command Line, these line terminators do error, the command is not executed, and the line truncates to include any of the error messages listed in the following table:

Error Message Explanation

Invalid Parameter The command received cannot be

Parameter Out of Bounds A decimal parameter in the command is out

Missing Parameter One or more necessary parameters is

not

cause any paper motion. If a Command Line contains an

Table 2. Command Line Error Messages

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interpretedcorrectly, or the correctcommand is not followed by an expected delimiter.

of range.

missing from the command.

Illegal Character in Decimal Parameter

TooManyDigitsinDecimal Parameter

A decimal parameter contains a non-numeric character, or a fractional digit is out of range.

A decimal parameter contains too many digits.

Attribute Set and Reset Codes

Certain print attributes are set and reset (turned on or off) by using the appropriate SFCC code sequence and the numbers 1 or 0. These may be either the hexadecimal code 01 and 00, or the ASCII code for the printable symbols of decimal 1 and 0 (hexadecimal code 31 and 30, respectively). Expanded Print, Superscript/Subscript Print, and Underline are attributes that are set and reset this way.

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Control Code Reference Index

This index lists each printer command by function, ASCII mnemonic, and the page where the command is explained in detail. The rest of this chapter defines the control code functions for P-Series Emulation mode. The commands are listed in alphabetical order.

NOTE: Some control code functions can be accomplished using another

control code sequence or via control panel selection.

FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Paper Motion

Form Feed FF 43 Line Feed LF 45 Vertical Tab VT 57

Page Format

Backspace BS 30 Carriage Return CR 32 Forms Length Set (Inches) SFCC INCHES; Forms Length Set (Lines) SFCC LINES; Form Margins, Set SFCC v 44 Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi) SFCC 2 46

SFCC LPI;

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi) SFCC 0 47

SFCC LPI;

Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (1 line only) ACK 47

SFCC f Line Spacing 7/72 Inch SFCC 1 48 Line Spacing Line Spacing VFU Commands DLE through US 57

/72 Inch SFCC A 49

/216 Inch SFCC 3 50

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n n

Print Attributes

Bold Print SFCC G 31 Bold Print (1 line only) SFCC j 31 Bold Print Reset SFCC H 31 Elongated (Double High) Print (1 line) SFCC h 38

BS Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset SFCC w Emphasized Print SFCC E 40 Emphasized Print Reset SFCC F 40 Expanded (Double Wide) Print SFCC W Expanded (Double Wide) Print (1 line) SFCC k 41 Overscoring SFCC _ Print Mode/Pitch Selection SFCC X

SFCC PMODE;

SFCC [nq

41 50

Control Code Reference Index

FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Print Attributes (continued)

Superscript/Subscript Printing SFCC S Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset SFCC T 55 Underline SFCC – 56

Graphics

Plot, Even Dot (High Density) EOT 51

SFCC d

Plot, Odd Dot (Normal Density) ENQ 51

SFCC e

Other Functions

Bell BEL 30 Character Set Select SFCC l Characters 80-9F (Control Codes) SFCC 7 35 Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols) SFCC 6 35 Character Set Select: ECMA Extended SFCC OSET; Character Set Select: International SFCC R

Languages SFCC PSET; Emulation Reset SFCC @ 40 ExtendedCharacter Set SO 42

SFCC SO SFCC n SFCC 4

ExtendedCharacter Set Cancel SI 42

(Primary Set Select) SFCC SI

SFCC o SFCC 5

Super-Set Commands SFCC |};56

xyz

36 37

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Backspace

ASCII Code BS Hex Code 08 Dec Code 8 Purpose Moves the logical print head to the left one character space

toward the first character column.

Comment When configured from the front panel for backspace, BS moves

the character position indicator (the logical print head position) one character space to the left at the current character pitch setting. The code is ignored if the logical print head is positioned at the first character column.

Example If you were to print five “T” characters, then two BS commands,

then two “=” characters, the output would look like the sample below.

Bell

ASCII Code BEL Hex Code 07 Dec Code 7 Purpose Sounds the printer's buzzer/beeper. Comment The BEL function sounds the buzzer/beeper for 0.2 seconds

upon receipt of this command.

Bold Print

ASCII Code SFCC G SFCC j Hex Code SFCC 47 SFCC 6A Dec Code SFCC 71 SFCC 106 Purpose Selects bold character printing. Comment When the bold character printing control code is received, all

characters are printed in bold until reset by the bold print reset control code or printer reset. Bold Print is the same as printing double strike on an impact printer.

When SFCC j is used, bold printing is selected for one line only and reset by the bold print reset control code, Emulation reset, or a paper motion command.

Example The following sample illustrates bold character printing.

Bold Print Reset

ASCII Code SFCC H Hex Code SFCC 48 Dec Code SFCC 72 Purpose Resets bold character printing. Comment The bold print reset control code only resets the bold print

character attribute. Other print attributes such as double wide printing are not affected.

Example See the Bold Print control code (above) for a sample of bold

character print set and reset.

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Carriage Return

ASCII Code CR Hex Code 0D Dec Code 13 Purpose Returns the logical print head to the first character column

(resets the pointer to the first character position).

Comment The CR code may or may not cause printing or paper motion,

depending on the DEFINE CR CODE configuration parameter value. If the DEFINE CR CODE submenu displays:

Define CR Code CR = CR*

the characters following the CR are printed over the previous characters on the line.

If the DEFINE CR CODE submenu displays:

Define CR Code CR = CR+LF*

control code CR is converted to perform a carriage return and line feed function.

Character Set Select

ASCII Code SFCC l Hex Code SFCC 6C Dec Code SFCC 108 Purpose Selects the character set, extended character set, and the

international language for a specific character set.

where:

x y

(Table 4);

(Table 5);

0(hex30) IBMPC 1 (hex 31) Multinational 2 (hex 32) ECMA Latin 1 3 (hex 33) DEC Multinational

xyz

(lowercase L)

xyz

is the character set (Table 3); is the international language for the selected character set

is the extended character set for the selected character set

Table 3. Character Set Select (

)

Character Set

Table 4. International Language Select (y)

= 0(hex30)

= 1(hex31)

= 2(hex32)

= 3(hex33)

IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational

0 (hex 30) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) 1 (hex 31) French EBCDIC German French 2 (hex 32) German Swedish German 3 (hex 33) English (UK) Danish English (UK) 4 (hex 34) Danish Norwegian Norwegian/Danish 5 (hex 35) Swedish Finnish Swedish 6 (hex 36) Italian English (UK) Italian 7 (hex 37) Spanish Dutch Spanish 8 (hex 38) Japanese French Japanese 9 (hex 39) French Canadian Spanish French Canadian 10 (hex 3A) Latin American Italian Dutch 11 (hex 3B) Turkish Finnish 12 (hex 3C) Japanese Swiss

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= 0 (hex 30)

Table 5. Extended Character Set Select (

= 1(hex31)

)

= 2(hex32)

= 3(hex33)

IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational

0 (hex 30) IBM PC (0437) Mult. Extended Set Barcode 10 cpi DEC Mult. Ext. Set 1 (hex 31) IBM PC (0850) Mult. DP 10 cpi 2 (hex 32) Mult. DP 12 cpi 3 (hex 33) Mult. NLQ 10 cpi 4 (hex 34) Greek DP 10 cpi 5 (hex 35) Greek DP 12 cpi 6 (hex 36) Greek NLQ 10 cpi 7 (hex 37) Graphics DP 10 cpi 8 (hex 38) Graphics NLQ 10 cpi 9 (hex 39) Scientific DP 10 cpi 10 (hex 3A) Scientific DP 12 cpi 11 (hex 3B) ScientificNLQ 10 cpi 12 (hex 3C) Multinational (at Primary set mode and pitch)

Comment An asterisk character (*) (hex 2A) may be substituted for the

numeric values of selected for selected for language and/or extended character set for the selected character set is used.

The character set, international language and extended character set can also be selected from the printer control panel. The control code settings override the control panel selection. Except for the asterisk value discussed above, values other than those shown in the tables result in the control sequence being terminated..

x,y

,orz. If the asterisk (*) is the value

, the character set does not change. If * is the value

yorz

, the previously selected international

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)

ASCII Code SFCC 7 Hex Code SFCC 37 Dec Code SFCC 55 Purpose Selects the character set wherein hex codes 80 through 9F are

control codes. Cancels Character Set Select activated by SFCC

Comment This feature is also selectable from the control panel (see the

“Alternate Set 80-9F” parameter in the configuration chapter of your

User’s Guide

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)

ASCII Code SFCC 6 Hex Code SFCC 36 Dec Code SFCC 54 Purpose Selects the character set wherein hex codes 80 through 9F are

printable symbols.

Comment This feature is also selectable from the control panel (see the

“Alternate Set 80-9F” parameter in the configuration chapter of your

User’s Guide

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Character Set Select: ECMA-94Latin1Extended

ASCII Code SFCC OSET; Purpose Selects the Extended Character Set and the print mode and

pitch at which the extended character prints. Valid only in the ECMA-94 Latin 1 Extended Character Set; otherwise, this command is ignored.

Comment

ranges from 0 through 12 (hex 00 through hex 0C) to select the print mode/pitch combinations available from page 52. All other values result in an error message. In OSET mode, values outside the range in Table 6 produce an error message. (Command Line Error Messages are listed in Table 2 on page

27.) Extended characters print at the print mode and pitch selected

by the OSET command, even if that mode and pitch differs from the currently selected print mode and pitch. If the print mode differs between the extended and primary characters, the first character in the data stream selects the print mode at which that line prints. Different pitches can be printed on the same line.

Table 6. Print Modes/Pitches Available Using P-Series OSET

(ECMA Latin 1, Extended Character Set Only)

0 Barcode Letter Gothic 10 cpi 1 Multinational Letter Gothic 10 cpi

Print Mode/Pitch Select

2 Multinational Letter Gothic 12 cpi 3 Multinational Courier 10 cpi 4 Greek Letter Gothic 10 cpi 5 Greek Letter Gothic 12 cpi 6 Greek Courier 10 cpi 7 Graphics Letter Gothic 10 cpi 8 Graphics Courier 10 cpi

9 Scientific Letter Gothic 10 cpi 10 Scientific Letter Gothic 12 cpi 11 Scientific Courier 10 cpi 12 Multinationalat Primary Character Set Mode and Pitch

Character Set Select: International Languages

ASCII Code SFCC PSET; Hex Code SFCC 52 Dec Code SFCC 82 Purpose Specifies the international language set identified bynin the

basic character set selected from the control panel (ECMA-94 Latin 1, IBM PC, Multinational, and DEC Multinational).

where:

corresponds to the language as shown in Table 7.

Table 7. International Character Sets

SFCCR

(hex)

0 (30) 0 ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) 1 (31) 1 German French EBCDIC French 2 (32) 2 Swedish German German 3 (33) 3 Danish English (UK) English (UK) 4 (34) 4 Norwegian Danish Norw./Danish 5 (35) 5 Finnish Swedish Swedish 6 (36) 6 English (UK) Italian Italian

PSET ECMA Latin 1

SFCC R

Character Set Selected

IBM PC (0437 or

0850)

n n

Multinational

DEC

Multinational

7 (37) 7 Dutch Spanish Spanish 8 (38) 8 French Japanese Japanese 9 (39) 9 Spanish French Canadian French Canadian 0A (3A) 10 Italian Latin American Dutch 0B (3B) 11 Turkish Finnish 0C (3C) 12 Japanese Swiss 0D (3D) 13 0E (3E) 14 0F (3F) 15 10 (40) 16 11 (41) 17 12 (42) 18 13 (43) 19 14 (44) 20 15 (45) 21

(currently undefined)

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Comment The international character set can also be selected from the

control panel. The control code setting overrides the control panel character set selection. Values other than those selectable from Table 7 are ignored.

Example The following example illustrates international character

selection using the IBM PC character set.

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)

ASCII Code SFCC h BS Hex Code SFCC 68 08 Dec Code SFCC 104 8 Purpose Selects elongated (double high) character printing for one line

only. Elongated characters are approximately double height but standard width.

Comment The elongated character control code is a line-by-line print

attribute; when the control code is received, one entire line of elongated characters is printed and then automatically reset.

When configured for double high print, P-Series control code BS (hex 08) also selects elongated character printing for a single line.

When using this feature with relative line slewing, the paper is moved Page Formatting,” beginning on page 271 for more information on relative line slewing. When using small line spacing and the lines overlap, an unexpected print format may result.

Example The following sample illustrates elongated character printing.

+ 1 lines rather thannlines. See Chapter 9, “Vertical

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset

ASCII Code SFCC w Hex Code SFCC 77 Dec Code SFCC 119 Purpose Turns double-high character printing on and off. Double-high

characters are standard width but twice as high.

where

Discussion The OCR-A and OCR-B fonts cannot be printed in double high. NOTE: It is recommended to use double Line Feeds and Carriage Returns

Example The following sample illustrates double-high character printing.

n= n

= 0 or 48 (hex 00 or hex 30) turns double high printing off

when double-high character printing is on (after an SFCC w control code has been sent), or else the printer will overstrike text that has already printed.

If Superscript/Subscript (SFCC S) is combined with Double High printing,

1 or 49 (hex 01 or hex 31) turns double high printing on

only

Double High printing will occur.

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Emphasized Print

ASCII Code SFCC E Hex Code SFCC 45 Dec Code SFCC 69 Purpose Selects emphasized character print format. Comment When the emphasized print control code is received, all

characters are printed in emphasized print until reset by the emphasized print reset control code or printer reset.

Emphasized print is ignored during superscript or subscript printing, and when 15-20 cpi characters have been selected.

Example The following sample illustrates emphasized character printing.

Emphasized Print Reset

ASCII Code SFCC F Hex Code SFCC 46 Dec Code SFCC 70 Purpose Resets emphasized character printing. Comment The emphasized print reset control code only resets the

emphasized print character attribute.

Example See the Emphasized Print control code example (above) for an

example of Emphasized Print Reset.

Emulation Reset

ASCII Code SFCC @ Hex Code SFCC 40 Dec Code SFCC 64 Purpose Initializes all print mode related parameters to their power-up

configuration values.

Comment Print mode, line spacing, international language selection,

margins, form length, skip-over perforation, and character pitch are reset to their power-up-configuration values. Character-bycharacter and line-by-line attributes are canceled. The vertical format unit is cleared. The current line is set to the top-of-form position. Interface parameters and printer protocol selection are not affected.

Expanded (Double Wide) Print

ASCII Code SFCC W Hex Code SFCC 57 Dec Code SFCC 87 Purpose Selects or resets expanded (double wide) print.

where:

Comment When expanded print using SFCC W is received, all characters

Example The following sample illustrates expanded character printing and

n= n

= 0 resets expanded print (hex 00 or hex 30)

are printed double wide until reset by the expanded print reset control code or printer reset.

expanded character printing reset.

n n

1 selects expanded print (hex 01 or hex 31)

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only)

ASCII Code SFCC k Hex Code SFCC 6B Dec Code SFCC 107 Purpose Selects expanded (double wide) print for one line only. Comment This expanded print control code is a line-by-line print attribute:

When the SFCC k control code is received, the current line is printed double wide and then automatically reset.

This control code can be reset by a paper motion control code (LF, VT, CR, etc.), SFCC @ (printer reset), CAN or SFCC W (double wide print).

Example The following sample illustrates Expanded Print for one line only.

For another example of expanded printing, see “Expanded (Double Wide) Print” on page 41.

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Extended Character Set

ASCII Code SO (Shift Out) SFCC SO SFCC n SFCC 4 Hex Code 0E SFCC 0E SFCC 6E SFCC 34 Dec Code 14 SFCC 14 SFCC 110 SFCC 52 Purpose Accesses the extended character set in the range hex A0

through FF using codes hex 20 through 7F.

Comment Used in 7-bit systems as if data bit 8 was set to 1. For example,

sending code hex 20 accesses the symbol at code point hex A0. If a printable symbol is not available at the code point, a space is printed.

SFCC 4 is not cancelled by the next paper motion command; OE, SFCC OE, SFCC 6E are cancelled by paper motion.

Example The following sample illustrates Extended Character Set.

Extended Character Set Cancel (Primary Character Set Select)

ASCII Code SI (Shift In) SFCC SI SFCC o SFCC 5 Hex Code 0F SFCC 0F SFCC 6F SFCC 35 Dec Code 15 SFCC 15 SFCC 111 SFCC 53 Purpose Cancels Extended Character Set as selected by SO, SFCC SO,

SFCC n, and SFCC 4, and selects the Primary CharacterSet.

Comment Used in 7-bit systems. If data bit 8 is disabled, this control code

selects the range as if data bit 8 is set to 0, and data is printed as characters from hex 20 through 7F.

Example See the Extended Character Set example.

Form Feed

ASCII Code FF Hex Code 0C Dec Code 12 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer, advances the paper position to the

next top-of-form and moves the character position to the first character column.

Comment The default forms length is determined by the configuration in

nonvolatile memory. Forms length is set by using the control panel or forms length control codes. Code FF cancels all singleline only print attributes.

The Form Feed command reacts differently when the VFU is active. See Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting,” beginning on page 271.

Forms Length Set (Inches)

ASCII Code SFCC INCHES; Purpose Sets the length of forms (paper) in inches.

where:

Comment Upon receipt of this code, the current line becomes the first line

whole numbers from 1 through 24 (hex 01 through hex 18) to

specify the number of inches on a page.

= fractional number in .5-inch increments (the minimum forms

length is 0.5 inches).

of the form, and the form length set becomes the current forms length. Vertical tab positions set below the bottom of the form are cleared. Forms length is defined in inches; therefore, subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the result of this command.

In INCHES mode, incorrect values produce an error message. (Command Line Error Messages are listed in Table 2 on page

27.) Forms length can also be set by the control panel (when “Menu

Form Size” is enabled). The control code forms length setting from the host computer overrides the control panel setting. However, if the VFU is enabled and loaded, this command is ignored.

Also, 0.5-inch increments can be specified. For example, sending the command:

n.f

SFCC INCHES; 7.5

results in a form length setting of 7-1/2 inches.

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Forms Length Set (Lines)

ASCII Code SFCC LINES; Purpose Sets the length of a form (paper) in lines.

where:

Comment The forms length is set to the number of lines defined by the

= 1 through 192 (hex 01 through C0) to specify the number of

lines per page at the current line spacing.

quotient of inches.

In LINES mode, the maximum form length is 24 inches, and values in excess of 24 inches causes an error message. (Command Line Error Messages are listed in Table 2 on page

27.) If the calculated forms length in lines is not an exact multiple of

the target machine dot size, the forms length value is adjusted down to the next possible multiple.

If the VFU is enabled and loaded, this command is ignored.

and the current line spacing so that the units are in

Form Margins, Set

ASCII Code SFCC v Hex Code SFCC 76 Dec Code SFCC 118

n1 n2 n3 n4

Purpose Selects left (n1), right (n2), top (n3), and bottom (n4)form

margins.

where:

Comment A hex value of FF for

= The width of the left margin (hex value) in character

columns at the current cpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form width - right margin), the value is ignored.

= The width of the right margin (hex value) in character

columns at the current cpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form width - left margin), the value is ignored.

= The length of the top margin (hex value) in character lines

at the current lpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form length - bottom margin), the value is ignored.

= The length of the bottom margin (hex value) in character

lines at the current lpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form length - top margin),the value is ignored.

n1,n2,n3

remains unaffected. When set, the right and bottom margins take effect immediately.

The left margin takes effect for the current line only if no horizontal motion has occurred for the line; otherwise, it takes effect on the next line. The top margin always takes effect on the next form.

,orn4indicates that the margin

Line Feed

ASCII Code LF Hex Code 0A Dec Code 10 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer (if any) and advances the vertical

character position one line at the current line space setting.

Comment If configured for LF equals new line (LF=CR+LF), the logical

print head is positioned at character column 1 of the new line. Otherwise, the logical print head does not move when configured for LF function only (LF=LF ONLY). The LF function cancels all single line print attributes such as double high (elongated) and double wide (expanded) characters.

This code is always configured for LF=CR+LF in the P-Series protocol.

In the P-Series Even Dot Plot mode (high density graphics), the LF code does not cause paper position motion; the data in the buffer is plotted and the logical print head is positioned at character column 1 in anticipation of the Odd Dot Plot control code to complete high density graphic plotting.

In the P-Series Odd Dot Plot mode (normal density graphics), the LF code plots the data in the buffer, advances the paper position a single dot row at the current vertical dot density, and positions the logical print head at character column 1.

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Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi)

ASCII Code SFCC 2 SFCC LPI; Hex Code SFCC 32 Dec Code SFCC 50 Purpose Sets line spacing to 6 lpi or as set by SFCC A. Comment For SFCC LPI;

command sets line spacing to 1/6 inch. Values of or 8 causes an error message.(Command Line Error Messages are listed in Table 2 on page 27.)

SFCC 2 asserts

49). If no distance has been set by SFCC A, the distance is 1/6 inch.

The control code line spacing selection overrides the control panel line spacing setting.

Example The following example illustrates 1/6-inch line spacing and

assumes that a distance has not been set by SFCC A.

,thevalueofncanbe6or8only.Ifn= 6, this

other than 6

/72-inch line spacing as set by SFCC A (page

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)

ASCII Code SFCC 0 SFCC LPI; Hex Code SFCC 30 Dec Code SFCC 48 Purpose Specifies continuous line spacing at 1/8-inch increments (8 lpi). Comment When the 1/8-inch line spacing control code is received, all lines

are printed at 8 lpi until a new line spacing is selected or the printeris reset.The control code line spacing selection overrides the control panel line spacing setting.

For SFCC LPI; command sets line spacing to 1/8 inch. Values of or 8 causes an error message. (Command Line Error Messages are listed in Table 2 on page 27.)

Example The following example illustrates 1/8-inch line spacing.

,thevalueofncanbe6or8only.Ifn= 8, this

other than 6

Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (One Line Only)

ASCII Code ACK SFCC f Hex Code 06 SFCC 66 Dec Code 6 SFCC 102 Purpose Selects line spacing of 8 or 10.3 lpi for the current line only. Comment The default line spacing is reselected automatically after one

line. Line spacing may be selected either through the control panel or by line spacing control codes. The control code setting overrides the control panel line spacing setting.

If the alternate line spacing selected from the control panel is 8 lpi, the ACK control code sets the line spacing to 8 lpi. If 10.3 lpi was selected from the control panel, the ACK control code sets the line spacing to 10.3 lpi (7/72 inch).

Example The following example illustrates printing a single line of text at 8

lpi.

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Line Spacing 7/72Inch

ASCII Code SFCC 1 Hex Code SFCC 31 Dec Code SFCC 49 Purpose Specifies the line spacing at 7/72-inch (10.3 lpi) increments. Comment When the 7/72-inch line spacing control code is received, all

lines are printed at the 7/72-inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset. The control code line spacing selection overrides the control panel line spacing setting, and the message display reflects the line spacing as

10.3 lines per inch. Caution should be used when combining this control code with

other print attributes such as Elongated (Double High), Superscript, or Subscript; overlapping lines may occur. Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities do not overlap.

Example The following example illustrates 7/72-inch line spacing.

Line Spacingn/72Inch

Line Spacing n/72Inch

ASCII Code SFCC A Hex Code SFCC 41 Dec Code SFCC 65 Purpose Stores a line spacing ofn/72-inch increments.

where:

Comment When the SFCC A control sequence is received, all line feed

Example The following example illustrates 20/72-inch line spacing.

= 1 through 85 (hex 01 through hex 55, all others are ignored)

commands following an SFCC 2 sequence* are at spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset. The control code line spacing selection overrides the control panel line spacing setting.

Small values of lines may also occur if print attributes such as Elongated (Double High), Superscript, or Subscript characters are used on the same line. Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities do not overlap.

*The SFCC 2 sequence (page 46) asserts the line spacing that was stored by the preceding SFCC A sequence.

n n

/72-inch line

may result in overlapping lines. Overlapping

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Line Spacingn/216 Inch

ASCII Code SFCC 3 Hex Code SFCC 33 Dec Code SFCC 51 Purpose Specifies the line spacing atn/216-inch increments.

where:

Comment When the

Example The following example illustrates

line feeds following are at spacing is selected or the printer is reset. The control code line spacing selection overrides the control panel line spacing setting.

The vertical character position moves only in multiples of the current dot row spacing. If the distance to move is other than a multiple of the current dot row spacing, the remainder is added to the next paper motion command.

Caution should be used when combining this control code with other print attributes such as Elongated (Double High), Superscript, or Subscript; overlapping lines may occur. Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities do not overlap.

n n

= 1 through 255 (hex 01 through hex FF)

/216-inch line spacing control code is received, all

/216-inch line spacing until a new line

/216-inch line spacing.

Overscoring

ASCII Code SFCC _ Hex Code SFCC 5F Dec Code SFCC 95 Purpose Enables or disables automatic overscoring of all characters.

where:

Comment When automatic overscore is enabled, all characters, including

Example The following sample illustrates automatic overscoring and

n n

spaces, are overscored until disabled.

overscoring reset.

n n

= 0 to disable automatic overscoring (hex 00 or hex 30) = 1 to enable automatic overscoring (hex 01 or hex 31)

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series High Density Graphics)

ASCII Code EOT SFCC d Hex Code 04 SFCC 64 Dec Code 4 SFCC 100 Purpose Prints dots at the even numbered dot columns. Comment The even dot plot code is used for programming high density

graphics and must be used in conjunction with the Odd Dot Plot code (hex 05). See “P-Series Compatible Plot Mode (Odd/Even Dot Plotting)” on page 264 for detailed plot mode information.

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series Normal Density Graphics)

ASCII Code ENQ SFCC e Hex Code 05 SFCC 65 Dec Code 5 SFCC 101 Purpose Prints dots at the odd numbered dot columns. Comment This is the P-Series programming normal density graphics

control code. The ENQ code should occur before any printable data in the data stream. For high density graphics, the Even Dot Plot code (hex 04) must be used in conjunction with (and precede) the Odd Dot Plot code. See “P-Series Compatible Plot Mode (Odd/Even Dot Plotting)” on page 264 for detailed plot mode information.

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Print Mode/Pitch Selection

ASCII Code SFCC X Hex Code SFCC 58 Dec Code SFCC 88 Purpose Selects the print mode (Letter Gothic, Courier, or OCR) and

character pitch in characters per inch (cpi).

where: In SFCC PMODE;

ranges from 0 through 6 to select the print mode/pitch combinations available from Table 8. All other values result in an error message. (Command Line Error Messages are listed in Table 2 on page 27.)

where: In SFCC X

m n

= Pitch (cpi)

An asterisk (*) (hex 2A) may be substituted for the asterisk replaces Values other than those shown in Table 10 and Table 11 are ignored.

where: In SFCC[

= Print Mode/Pitch code (values other than those shown in

Table 9 are ignored.)

mn mn

SFCC [nqSFCCPMODE; SFCC 5Bn71 SFCC 91n113

= Print Mode code

morn.

morn

, its current value does not change.

Whenever

q = Command sequence terminator

NOTE: The print mode must be changed before the first printable symbol of a

print line or the command sequence is deferred until the next line.

Comment P-Series PMODE switches to the Primary Character Set and

selects print mode and pitch. Print mode and pitch can also be selected from the control

panel. The print mode/pitch select control code from the host computer overrides the control panel print mode setting and the print mode and pitch selection are reflected on the message display.

A complete set of tables identifying pitch and dot densities for all print modes follows.

Print Mode/Pitch Selection

Table 8. Print Mode and Pitch (SFCC PMODE;n)

0 Letter Gothic 10 cpi 1 Letter Gothic 12 cpi 2 Letter Gothic 15 cpi 3 Courier 10 cpi 4 Letter Gothic 10 cpi 5 OCR-A 10 cpi 6 OCR-B 10 cpi

Table 9. Print Mode and Pitch (SFCC [

1 (hex 31) Courier 10 cpi 2 (hex 32) Letter Gothic 10 cpi 3 (hex 33) Letter Gothic 12 cpi 4 (hex 34) Letter Gothic 12 cpi 5 (hex 35) Letter Gothic 13 cpi

Print Mode and Pitch

Table 10. Horizontal and Vertical Dot Density (SFCC X

(Hex*)

0(30) 1(31) 2(32) 3(33) 4(34) 5(35) 6(36) 7(37) 8(38) *The hex values shown (i.e., 0 and 30) are equal. Either value can be used

in your program expression. The density (dpi) remains the same under this setting.

andyrepresentthe resolutions of the particular printer.

Horiz. Density

Resolution

dpi

Vertical Density Print Mode

dpi Letter Gothic

dpi Courier

dpi Letter Gothic

dpi OCR-A

dpi OCR-B

dpi Letter Gothic

)

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Table 11. Print Mode and Character Pitches (SFCC X

Characters Per Inch

value of

Print Mode*

0(30) 1010 10101010101010 1(31) 1212121212–––– 2(32) 1313131313–––– 3(33) 1515151515–––– 4(34) 1717171717–––– 5(35) 2017202020–––– *The hex values shown (i.e., 0 and 30) are equal. Either value can be used in your program expression. The

value of

: value ofm:

Gothic 0(30)

is represented by the font choice line.

NOTE: When using the Multinational character set in OCR-A or OCR-B print

Courier 1 (31)

mode, a unique character set is used.

Gothic 2(32)

Gothic 3 (33)

Gothic 4 (34)

OCR-A

5 (35)

)

OCR-B 6 (36)

Gothic 7 (37)

Gothic 8 (38)

Example The sample printout below shows a number of different print

modes and pitch selections.

Superscript/S u bscr ipt Printing

Superscript/Subscript Printing

ASCII Code SFCC S Hex Code SFCC 53 Dec Code SFCC 83 Purpose Selects superscript or subscript printing.

where:

Comment Superscript/Subscript font prints at one-half the normal vertical

= 0 to enable superscript printing (hex 00 or hex 30)

= 1 to enable subscript printing (hex 01 or hex 31)

character height and at twice the normal vertical density. When the superscript/subscript control code is received, all characters are superscript or subscript until reset by the superscript/ subscript reset control code or printer reset. Emphasized print is ignored in the superscript/subscript print mode.

When the BS feature is enabled from the control panel, both superscript and subscript characters can be printed in the same character column using the Backspace (BS) control code (page

30). Caution should be used when combining Superscript or

Subscript printing with other print attributes such as Elongated (Double High), or small line spacing; overlapping lines may occur. Characters with different horizontal or vertical dot densities do not overlap.

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Example The following sample illustrates superscript/subscript printing.

Superscript/S ubscr ipt Printing Reset

ASCII Code SFCC T Hex Code SFCC 54 Dec Code SFCC 84 Purpose Resets superscript and subscript printing.

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Super-Set Commands

ASCII Code SFCC |}; Hex Code SFCC 7C 7D 3B Dec Code SFCC 124 125 59 Purpose Control code sequence used to introduce the super-set

commands.

Comment Super-set commands affect the ASCII Emulation as a whole

regardless of the printer protocol currently active. The commands are sent from the host in the data stream to the printer, and provide the following capabilities:

• Select a printer protocol

• Change the page orientation

• Define various font attributes, including typeface and

point size

• Select proportional fonts

See Chapter 7, “Super-Set Programming,” beginning on page 197 for further information on the Super-set commands.

Underline

ASCII Code SFCC – Hex Code SFCC 2D Dec Code SFCC 45 Purpose Enables or disables automatic underlining of all characters.

where:

Comment When automatic underline is enabled, all characters, including

Example The following sample illustrates automatic underlining.

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spaces, are underlined until disabled.

= 0 to disable automatic underlining (hex 00 or hex 30)

= 1 to enable automatic underlining (hex 01 or hex 31)

VFU Commands (P-Series)

ASCII Code See the P-Series EVFU section in Chapter 9, “Vertical Page

Formatting” for codes.

NOTE: If the SFCC being used is ESC, the PI line must be set high when

using the EVFU.

Purpose Load and executethe VFU. Comment See Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting,” beginning on page

271 for detailed information.

Vertical Tab

ASCII Code VT Hex Code 0B Dec Code 11 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer and advances the paper to the next

vertical tab position.

Comment If a vertical tab format is defined in the EVFU (channel 12) and

the VFU is enabled, the paper is moved to the next vertical tab position.

If a vertical tab format is not defined, the paper is advanced to the next line at the current line spacing. More information on vertical tabs is provided in the EVFU section of Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting.”

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3 P-Series XQ Printer

Introduction

Protocol

This chapter describes the P-Series XQ emulation host control codes. “Emulation” refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language. A printer control language is the coding system used to convey, manipulate, and print data. Carriage Return, print quality, character attributes such as bold and underline, margins, and tabs are typical functions selected by printer control language codes. In this manual, the terms emulation, printer protocol, and printer control language are synonymous.

The P-Series XQ emulation was devised for a series of Printronix printers manufactured between 1974 and 1991, but no longer available. This emulation enables your printer to emulate Printronix P300 and P600 printers with A7/B10 boards. To select the P-Series XQ emulation mode as the active printer emulation, select ASCII Emulation from the EMULATION menu and P-Series XQ from the Printer Protocol menu, as described in the

Guide.

User's

The P-Series XQ emulation provides many configurable parameters. The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 12. You can modify the emulation parameter values in two ways:

• The P-Series XQ host control codes. An extensive set of P-Series XQ

control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the P-Series XQ control codes.

• The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the P-

Series XQ emulation parameters using the control panel keys and LCD, as described in the

Control codes sent from a host system generally override previous settings that result from the configuration menus.

NOTE: Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control

codes can be saved to the printer's NVRAM memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in the save the configuration using host control codes, refer to Appendix B, “PTR_SETUP Option”.

User’s Guide.

User’sGuide.

Chapter 3 Introduction

The emulation's response to several of the control codes depends on the configuration. For example, upon receipt of the carriage return control code, the emulation will either perform a carriage return function only, or a carriage return and line feed, based on the configuration for the CR function.

P-Series XQ Default V alues and States

The factory settings for the P-Series XQ emulation menu options are shown in Table 12. Table 12 also lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the ASCII Emulation formatting menus. (The EMULATION menu options are described in the many of the settings for these menu options

Select CPI 10.0 CPI Select LPI 6.0 LPI

User’s Guide

Table 12. P-Series Default Settings

Characteristic Default Setting

). Host control codes can override

Typeface Letter Gothic Horizontal DPI 120 DPI Vertical DPI 72 DPI Prop. Spacing Enable Italic Print Disable Slashed Zero Disable Left Margin 0 characters Right Margin 0 characters Top Margin 0 linespaces Bottom Margin 0 linespaces Print Char. Set Define CR code CR = CR Auto LF Disable Define LF code LF = CR + LF

*Advanced User:

Control Code 06 8.0 LPI Compressed Print Char 01 SOH Bold Disable Elong/Alt. Font Elng=BS Font=SO

P-Series XQ Default Values and States

Table 12. P-Series Default Settings

Characteristic Default Setting

Gothic Typeface Char02 STX EVFU Select Enable Upr. Case Select Disable SlewRelative 1to15lines Text Position Bottom of Line Host Command Enable Reset Cmd CFG Ld Disable Form Length 06.0 inches Form Length 152.4 mm Form Length 36 lines Form Width 08.5 inches Form Width 216.0 mm Form Width 85 characters

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Configuring the XQ Emulation with Control Codes

The remainder of this chapter describes the P-Series XQ printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer, in order to configure and invoke numerous printer functions.

Format for Control Code Descriptions

The following information is listed for each code function (where applicable and possible).

Name The title or function of the command. ASCII Code The standard ASCII name for the control code. Hex Code The code's numeric equivalent in hexadecimal. Dec Code The code's numeric equivalent in decimal. Purpose The function(s) of the control code. Discussion A description of exceptions or limitations to normal use. Example A sample is provided for some control codes when it is possible

to illustrate the effect of a control code, or if a specific syntax is required to complete the program statement (i.e. Horizontal Tab set, Vertical Tab set/clear).

IMPORTANT

If you specify any parameters for a c ontrol code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description, unpredictable results may occur.

Edit Mode

Any printable character in the data stream can replace printable characters or spaces already loaded in the print buffer. The space character (hex 20) is used to skip characters in the print buffer that are not to be replaced and, similar to underlining or deleting, the new characters are inserted in the appropriate positions. Table 13 illustrates the edit mode. Note that the editing function replaces characters; it cannot be used to print the same character twice (double strike) in the same location. Use the DEL code (hex 7F) to make a character blank.

NOTE: In order for edit mode to work correctly, the protocol must be

configured for a carriage return only. If configured for a carriage return and a line feed, the contents of the buffer are printed upon receipt of the CR code, disabling the editing function.

Table 13. CR Edit Mode Example

EnterinPrintBuffer PrintedResult

Example 1

Example 2

Key: S = Space (hex 20);

AAABBBCCC SSSSDSSSB

ABCDEF ______

LF = Line Feed (hex 0A); CR = Carriage Return (hex 0D)

(CR) (LF)

(CR) (CR)

NUL Code

NUL (hex 00) is ignored by the printer and can be used as a fill character; however, it can not be used to add blank spaces since it is not a space character.

AAABDBCCB

ABCDEF

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Control Code Index

The following index lists the control codes by function and lists the ASCII mnemonic and page number.

FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Paper Motion

Form Feed FF 69 Line Feed LF 70 Vertical Tab VT 74

Print Attributes

Plot, Even Dot EOT 71 Plot, Odd Dot ENQ 72 Underline _ 73

Page Format

Carriage Return CR 66 Channels 1 through 14 DLE through US 68

See NOTE below Delete DEL 68 Line Spacing (8 or 10.3 lpi) ACK 70 Space SP 73

NOTE: Channel codes hex 10 through 1F are used when the PI line is

disabled. For the applicable PI enable channel codes, see Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting.”

Other Functions

Alternate Character Set Deselect

(Shift In) SI 65

Alternate Character Set Select

(Shift Out) SO, BS 65 See NOTE below

Compressed Print SOH, ETX, HT 67

See NOTE below

Elongated Characters BS, SO 69

See NOTE below

Select Letter Gothic (DP) STX, ETX, HT 72

NOTE: A code can be assigned by changing the configuration at the control

panel. For further details, refer to your

User's Guide.

Alternate Character Set Deselect (Shift In)

ASCII Code SI Hex Code 0F Dec Code 15 Purpose This code selects the primary character set. Comment The alternate character set select and deselect codes can be

used to mix primary and alternate characters on a single line. The main character set is also automatically selected when a line terminator code is received.

Example

Alternate Character Set Select (Shift Out)

ASCII Code SO BS Hex Code 0E 08 Dec Code 14 8 NOTE: An alternate hex code of 08 (ASCII code BS) can be assigned as the

Alternate Character Set Select control code through printer configuration.

Purpose Accesses the extended character set in the range of hex A0

through FF using codes hex 20 through 7F.

Comment These codes are used in 7-bit systems as if data bit 8 was set to

1. For example, sending code hex 20 accesses the symbol at code point hex A0. If a printable symbol is not available at the code point, a space is printed.

Both commands are cancelled by a paper motion command. Refer to the character set charts in Appendix D.

Example

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Carriage Return

ASCII Code CR Hex Code 0D Dec Code 13 Purpose Positions the logical print head at the left margin (resets the

memory pointer to the first character position).

Comment The printer can be configured to perform a carriage return only

(CR = CR only), or a carriage return plus a line feed function (CR = CR + LF).

ACR= CR configuration enables underline, add, delete, and edit functions, but the host computer must send a separate line feed code to print the data and change the vertical position. The character position indicator is positioned at character column one. Subsequent printable data preceding a paper motion command replace previous printable data (including underlines). Two exceptions apply:

• Subsequent underlined characters (hex 5F) overlay the previous data.

• Subsequent space characters (hex 20) only index the character position indicator to the right.

This code can occur at any place in the datastream and is acted upon immediately.

With CR = CR + LF, the underline, add, delete and edit functions are disabled, and the code is processed as a line feed. See the Line Feed command description on page 70 for more information.

Compressed Print

ASCII Code SOH ETX HT Hex Code 01 03 09 Dec Code 13 9 NOTE: Configure this feature from the control panel. Purpose Selects compressed character printing. Comment Use any of the three codes to select 17.1 cpi if you are

configuring the printer from the operator control panel. Both ETX and HT also select the Letter Gothic (DP) font if the

printer is configured from the control panel (see page 72). These commands can occur anywhere in the datastream and

are acted upon immediately, affecting the entire current print line. Line spacing may be selected either through the control panel or by line spacing control codes. The control code setting overrides the control panel line spacing setting.

Example

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Delete

ASCII Code DEL Hex Code 7F Dec Code 127 Purpose Deleted character results in a blank space at the corresponding

character position.

Comment The Delete code deletes the corresponding character in the print

buffer. As shown in Table 14 below, the four delete control codes are used to delete DATE from the print line.

NOTE: In order for this to work correctly, the printer must be configuredfor

carriage return only. If configured for a carriage return and a line feed, the contents of the buffer are printed on receipt of the CR code.

Table 14. Delete Example

Enter in Print Buffer Printed Re sult

INVOICE DATE SSSSSSSSDDDD

Key: S = Space (hex 20);

(CR) (LF)

INVOICE

LF = Line Feed (hex 0A); CR = Carriage Return (hex 0D) D = Delete (hex 7F)

Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU)

ASCII Code DLE through US Hex Code 10 through 1F Dec Code 16 through 31 NOTE: PI line is disabled in the above description. ASCII and corresponding

codes for EVFU functions differ when the PI line is enabled, according to the printer interface being used.

Purpose Load and executethe EVFU. Comment For detailed information, see Chapter 9, “Vertical Page

Formatting.”

Elongated Characters (Double High Pri nt)

Elongated Characters (Double High Print)

ASCII Code BS SO Hex Code 08 0E Dec Code 814 NOTE: Configure this feature from the control panel. Purpose Selects elongated (double high) character printing for one line. Comment The Elongated Character control code can be placed anywhere

in the data line before the line terminator. Following the line terminator, the printer automatically selects the default print mode. Consequently, the Elongated Character control code must be sent for each line of elongated characters. Elongated characters cannot be mixed with standard characters on the same print line.

The current line spacing is doubled for one line. This code can occur anywhere in the datastream and is acted

upon immediately. It is cancelled by an SI code or a paper motion command.

Example

Form Feed

ASCII Code FF Hex Code 0C Dec Code 12 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer, advances the paper position to the

next top-of-form and moves the logical printhead to the first character column.

Comment The default forms length is determined by the configuration in

nonvolatile memory. Forms length is set by using the control panel or VFU. Code FF cancels all single-line only print attributes.

The Form Feed command reacts differently when the VFU is active. (See Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting.”)

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Line Feed

ASCII Code LF Hex Code 0A Dec Code 10 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer (if any) and advances the vertical

character position one line at the current line space setting.

Comment If configured for LF equals new line (LF=CR+LF), the logical

This code is always configured for LF=CR+LF in the P-Series XQ protocol.

In the P-Series XQ Even Dot Plot mode (high density graphics), the LF code does not cause paper position motion; the data in the buffer is plotted and the logical print head is positioned at character column 1 in anticipation of the Odd Dot Plot control code to complete high density graphic plotting.

In the P-Series XQ Odd Dot Plot mode (normal density graphics), the LF code plots the data in the buffer, advances the paper position a single dot row at the current vertical dot density, and positions the logical print head at character column 1.

Line Spacing (8 or 10.3 lpi)

ASCII Code ACK Hex Code 06 Dec Code 6 Purpose Selects line spacing of 1/8 inch or 7/72 inch for current line only. Comment The line spacing control code can be placed anywhere in the

data stream before the line terminator code; however, we recommend that you place the line spacing code at the start or end of the data line.

After the line is printed at the new line spacing, the default line spacing is automatically reselected.

Example

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series XQ High Density Graphics)

ASCII Code EOT Hex Code 04 Dec Code 4 Purpose Selects even dot plot mode to print dots in even numbered dot

columns to produce high density plotting.

Comment The Even Dot Plot control code can occur anywhere in the data

line before the line terminator. It defines certain data between the next and last paper motion commands as even dot plot data. These data are plotted at 60 by 72 dots per inch.

When this mode is exited, the print mode and attributes last selected remain active. A detailed description of plotting can be found in Chapter 8, “Graphics.”

This command can occur anywhere in the datastream and is acted upon immediately, affecting the entire current print line.

Example

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Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series XQ Normal Density Graphics

ASCII Code ENQ Hex Code 05 Dec Code 5 Purpose Selects odd dot plot mode to print dots in odd numbered dot

columns for normal density plotting.

Comment The Odd Dot Plot control code can occur anywhere in the data

line before the line terminator. It defines certain data between the next and last paper motion commands as odd dot plot data. These data are plotted at 60 by 72 dots per inch.

When this mode is exited, the print mode and attributes last selected remain active. A detailed description of plotting can be found in Chapter 8, “Graphics.”

This command can occur anywhere in the datastream and is acted upon immediately, affecting the entire current print line.

Example

Select Letter Gothic (DP)

ASCII Code STX ETX HT Hex Code 02 03 09 Dec Code 23 9 Purpose Selects Letter Gothic (DP) print mode. NOTE: Configure this feature using the control panel. Comment Any of the three codes select Letter Gothic (DP) print mode.

Both ETX and HT also select 17.1 cpi if you configure the printer from the control panel (see page 67).

These commands can occur anywhere in the datastream and are acted upon immediately, affecting the entire current print line.

Example

Space

ASCII Code SP Hex Code 20 Dec Code 32 Purpose Produces a blank space; no character is printed. Comment It is not necessary to pad the end of the print line with space

characters. The printer automatically fills the line after the line terminator is received.

The Space character code is also used to skip characters for editing and underlining as described on page 63.

Underline

ASCII Code Underline key ( _ ) Hex Code 5F Dec Code 95 Purpose Underlines specified character positions. Comment To underline characters, the print buffer is first loaded with the

characterline;thenthelinemustbeterminatedwithaCarriage Return code. Spaces are then loaded in the buffer at positions not to be underlined and the underline code inserted in the specific positions to be underlined. Table 15 illustrates underlining.

Table 15. Underline Example

Enter in Print Buffer Printed Re sult

THE 600 PRINTER SSSS___

Key: S = Space (hex 20);

(LF)

(CR)

THE 600 PRINTER

LF = Line Feed (hex 0A); CR = Carriage Return (hex 0D) _= Underline (hex 5F)

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Vertical Tab

ASCII Code VT Hex Code 0B Dec Code 11 Purpose Acts as a line terminator when the EVFU is loaded, causing the

paper to advance to a specified preprogrammed line.

Comment Vertical Tab is primarily an EVFU line terminator code as

described in Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting”. If the EVFU is not loaded and Vertical Tab control code is used, a single line feed results.

4 Serial Matrix Printer

Introduction

Protocol

This chapter describes the Serial Matrix emulation host control codes. “Emulation” refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language. A printer control language is the coding system used to convey, manipulate, and print data. Carriage Return, print quality, character attributes such as bold and underline, margins, and tabs are typical functions selected by printer control language codes. In this manual, the terms emulation, printer protocol, and printer control language are synonymous.

The SerialMatrix emulationis very similar to the code system used by an IBM Graphics Printer, but contains more features. This emulation enables your line matrix printer to print files coded for a serial matrix printer. To select the Serial Matrix emulation mode as the active printer emulation, select ASCII Emulation from the EMULATION menu and Serial Matrix from the Printer Protocol menu, as described in the

User's Guide.

The Serial Matrix emulation provides many configurable parameters. The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 16. You can modify the emulation parameter values in two ways:

• The Serial Matrix host control codes. An extensive set of Serial Matrix

control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream. Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the Serial Matrix control codes.

• The printer configuration menus. You can modify a subset of the Serial

Matrix emulation parameters using the control panel keys and LCD display, as described in the

Control codes sent from a host system generally override previous settings that result from the configuration menus.

NOTE: Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control

codes can be saved to the printer's NVRAM memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory default configuration. The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in the using host control codes, refer to Appendix B, “PTR_SETUP Option”.

User's Guide.

To save the configuration

Chapter 4 Introduction

Serial Matrix Default Values and States

The factory settings for the Serial Matrix emulation menu options are shown in Table 16. Table 17 lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the ASCII Emulation formatting menus. (The EMULATION menu options are described in the settings for these menu options.

Control Code 06 8.0 LPI Define CR Code CR = CR Auto LF Enable Overstrike Enable Define LF Code LF = LF

User's Guide

Table 16. Serial Matrix Default Settings

Characteristic Default Setting

). Host control codes can override many of the

Printer Select Disable Alternate Set 80-9F Control Code Character Sets

Primary Subset Extended Subset

IBM PC ASCII (USA) Code Page 437

Serial Matrix Default Values and States

Table 17. ASCII Emulation Menu Option Factory Settings

Characteristic Default Setting

Orientation Portrait CPI 10.0 LPI 6.0 Typeface Letter Gothic Proportional Spacing Disable Bold Print Disable Italic Print Disable Slashed Zero Disable Text Position Top of Line Horizontal DPI 120 DPI Vertical DPI 72 DPI Logical Form

Left Margin Right Margin Top Margin Bottom Margin

Physical Page

Left Margin Right Margin Top Margin

Bottom Margin Perfor ation Skip Disable Form Length

Absolute Length

Funct. of LPI Form Width

Absolute Width

Funct. of CPI Host Command Enabled

0 characters 0 characters 0 linespaces 0 linespaces

0 inches 0 inches 0 inches 0 inches

6.0 inches 36 lines

4.1 inches 41 characters

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Configuring the Serial Matrix Emulation with Control Codes

The remainder of this chapter describes the Serial Matrix printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer, in order to configure and invoke numerous printer functions.

Format for Control Code Descriptions

The following information is listed for each code function (where applicable and possible).

to illustrate the effect of a control code, or if a specific syntax is required to complete the program statement (i.e. Horizontal Tab set, Vertical Tab set/clear).

IMPORTANT

If you specify any parameters for a c ontrol code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description, unpredictable results may occur.

Escape Contr ol Code Header

Serial Matrix codes use only ESC as the control code header. For example, to enable bold print in the Serial Matrix printer protocol, use the Serial Matrix ESC and the bold print control code character G as follows:

Ascii: ESC G Hex: 1B 47 Dec: 27 71

Attribute Set and Reset Codes

Certain print attributes are set or reset (turned on or off) by using the appropriate ESC code sequence and the numbers 1 or 0. These may be either the hexadecimal code 01 and 00, or the ASCII code for the printable symbols of decimal 1 and 0 (hexadecimal code 31 and 30, respectively). Expanded Print, Superscript/Subscript Print, and Underline are attributes which are set and reset in this fashion.

Control Code Index

This index lists each printer command by function, ASCII mnemonic, and the page where the command is explained in detail. The rest of this chapter defines the control code functions for Serial Matrix Emulation mode. The commands are listed in alphabetical order.

FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Paper Motion

Form Feed FF 97 Line Feed LF 100 Line Feed Vertical Tab VT 110

Page Format

Backspace BS 80 Cancel CAN 84 Carriage Return CR 85 Delete DEL 92 Forms Length Set (Inches) ESC C NUL Forms Length Set (Lines) ESC C Form Margins, Set ESC v 98 Horizontal Tab HT 99 Horizontal Tab Set ESC D Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi) ESC 2 101 Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi) ESC 0 101 Line Spacing 7/72 Inch ESC 1 102 Line Spacing

by ESC 2) ESC A Line Spacing Skip-Over Perfor ation ESC N Skip-Over Perforation Cancel ESC O 108 Vertical Tab, Set/Clear ESC B

/216 Inch (1 line only) ESC J

/72 Inch (as executed

/216 Inch ESC 3

n1 ... nk

NUL 99

n n1 n2 n3 ... nk

100

97 98

102 103 107

NUL 111

Print Attributes

Bold Print ESC G 83 Bold Print Reset ESC H 84 Character Pitch 10 cpi ESC P 85 Character Pitch 12 cpi ESC M 86 Condensed Print SI 91

ESC SI

Condensed Print Reset DC2 91

ESC : Elongated (Double High) Print (1 line)ESC h 92 Elongated (Double High) Print,

Set/Reset ESC w Emphasized Print ESC E 93 Emphasized Print Reset ESC F 94 Expanded (Double Wide) Print ESC W Expanded (Double Wide) Print

(One Line Only) SO 95

ESC SO

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FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Print Attributes (Continued)

Overscoring ESC _ Print Mode/Pitch Selection ESC X

ESC [ Superscript/Subscript Printing ESC S Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset ESC T 108 Underline ESC –

Graphics

Bit Image Mode, Single Density ESC K Bit Image Mode, Double Density ESC L Bit Image Mode, Double Density

Double Speed ESC Y

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density ESC Z

Other Functions

Bell BEL 81 Character Set Select ESC l Characters 80-9F (Control Codes) ESC 7 88 Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)ESC 6 89 Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)ESC u 89 Character Set Select: International

Languages ESC R Emulation Reset ESC @ 94 Extended Character Set ESC 4 96 Extended Character Set Cancel ESC 5 96 Printer Select DC1 107 Printer Deselect DC3 107 Super-Set Commands ESC |};109

n1 n2

xyz

103 104

108 109

81 82

82 83

Backspace

ASCII Code BS Hex Code 08 Dec Code 8 Purpose Moves the logical print head to the left one character space

toward the first character column.

Comment Moves the character position indicator one character space to

the left at the current character pitch setting. The code is ignored if the logical print head is positioned at the first character column.

Example If you were to print five “T” characters, then two BS commands,

then two “=” characters, the output would look like the sample below.

Bell

ASCII Code BEL Hex Code 07 Dec Code 7 Purpose Sounds the printer's buzzer/beeper. Comment The BEL function sounds the buzzer/beeper for 0.2 seconds

upon receipt of this command.

Bit Image Mode, Single Density

Bell

ASCII Code ESC K Hex Code 1B 4B Dec Code 27 75 Purpose Selects Single (Normal) Density Bit Image graphics.

where: (

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes. The DATA can be expressed in a format with the appropriate

decimal values of the ASCII characters supplied especially in cases where the dot patterns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment For detailed information, see the Bit Image section in Chapter 8. Example The following example produces a pattern of Single Density Bit

Image graphics. The 9 data bit pattern is repeated 27 times. Compare this example to the double density and quadruple density examples.

n1 n2

+ 256n2) define the number of data bytes to follow.

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Bit Image Mode, Double Density

ASCII Code ESC L Hex Code 1B 4C Dec Code 27 76 Purpose Selects Double Density Bit Image graphics.

where: (

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes.

NOTE: The DATA can be expressed in a format with the appropriate decimal

valuesof the ASCII characterssupplied especiallyin cases where the dot patterns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment For detailed information, see the Bit Image section in Chapter 8. Example The following example produces Double Density Bit Image

graphics of the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example. Note that the amount of data must be doubled for double density (the data is used 54 times rather than 27).

n1 n2

+ 256n2) define the number of data bytes to follow.

Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed

ASCII Code ESC Y Hex Code 1B 59 Dec Code 27 89 Purpose Selects Double Density, Double Speed Bit Image graphics.

where: (

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes.

NOTE: The DATA can be expressed in a format with the appropriate decimal

valuesof the ASCII characterssupplied especiallyin cases where the dot patterns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment For detailed information, see the Bit Image section in Chapter 8. Example The following example produces Double Density Double Speed

Bit Image graphics of the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example. Note that the amount of data must be doubled for double density (the data is used 54 times rather than

27).

n1 n2

+ 256n2) define the number of data bytes to follow.

Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density

ASCII Code ESC Z Hex Code 1B 5A Dec Code 27 90 Purpose Selects Quadruple Density Bit Image graphics.

where: (

DATA = ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes.

NOTE: The DATA can be expressed in a format with the appropriate decimal

valuesof the ASCII characterssupplied especiallyin cases where the dot patterns of nonprintable characters are required.

Comment For detailed information, see the Bit Image section in Chapter 8.

The printed density in this mode is 120 dpi horizontal and 72 dpi vertical if selected when Letter Gothic print mode is active.

Example The following example produces quadruple density graphics of

the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example. Note that the amount of data must be quadrupled for quadruple density (the data is used 108 times rather than 27).

n1 n2

+ 256n2) define the number of data bytes to follow.

Bold Print Set

ASCII Code ESC G Hex Code 1B 47 Dec Code 27 71 Purpose Selects bold character printing. Comment When the bold character printing control code is received, all

characters are printed in bold until reset by the bold print reset control code or printer reset. Bold Print is the same as printing double strike.

Example The following sample illustrates bold character printing.

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Bold Print Reset

ASCII Code ESC H Hex Code 1B 48 Dec Code 27 72 Purpose Resets bold character printing. Comment The bold print reset control code only resets the bold print

character attribute. Other print attributes such as double wide printing are not affected.

Example Refer to the Bold Print control code for a sample of bold

character print set and reset.

Cancel

ASCII Code CAN Hex Code 18 Dec Code 24 Purpose Clears the print buffer of all printable symbols since the last

paper motion command was received.

Comment This control code may be used as a delete line function but

should be used with extreme care to avoid possible misprinting. This control code cancels the double wide attribute set by SO if active. No other print attributes are affected.

Carriage Return

ASCII Code CR Hex Code 0D Dec Code 13 Purpose Returns the logical print head to the first character column

(resets the pointer to the first character position).

Comment The CR code may or may not cause printing or paper motion,

depending on the DEFINE CR CODE configuration parameter value. If the DEFINE CR CODE submenu displays:

Define CR Code CR = CR*

the characters following the CR are printed over the previous characters on the line. If identical characters are placed in the same position on the line, those characters are printed in bold (double strike) print when the Overstrike Mode is enabled from the control panel.

If the DEFINE CR CODE submenu displays:

Define CR Code CR = CR+LF*

control code CR is converted to perform a carriagereturn and line feed function.

The CR code in Serial Matrix printer protocol cancels expanded (double wide) print when set by code SO and ESC SO (single line printing attribute).

Character Pitch 10 cpi

ASCII Code ESC P Hex Code 1B 50 Dec Code 27 80 Purpose Sets character pitch to 10 cpi. Comment Control Code ESC X can also be used to select a character pitch

of 10 cpi. See “Print Mode/Pitch Selection” on page 104.

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Character Pitch 12 cpi

ASCII Code ESC M ESC : Hex Code 1B 4D 1B 3A Dec Code 27 77 27 58 Purpose Sets character pitch to 12 cpi. Comment Control Code ESC X can also be used to select a character pitch

of 12 cpi. See “Print Mode/Pitch Selection” on page 104.

Character Set Select

ASCII Code ESC l Hex Code 1B 6C Dec Code 27 108 Purpose Selects the character set, extended character set, and the

where:

0 (hex 30) IBM PC 1 (hex 31) Multinational 2 (hex 32) ECMA Latin 1 3 (hex 33) DEC Multinational

xyz

(lowercase L)

xyz

international language for a specific character set.

is the character set (Table 18);

is the international language for the selected character set

(Table 19);

is the extended character set for the selected character set

(Table 20);

Table 18. Character Set Select (

Character Set

)

Table 19. International Language Select (y)

Character Set Select

= 0(hex30)

= 1(hex31)

= 2(hex32)

= 3(hex33)

IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational

= 0 (hex 30)

T able 20. Extended Character Set Select (

= 1(hex31)

= 2(hex32)

)

= 3(hex33)

IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational

0 (hex 30) IBM PC (0437) Mult. Extended Set Barcode 10 cpi DEC Mult. Ext. Set 1 (hex 31) IBM PC (0850) Mult. DP 10 cpi 2 (hex 32) Mult. DP 12 cpi 3 (hex 33) Mult. NLQ 10 cpi 4 (hex 34) Greek DP 10 cpi 5 (hex 35) Greek DP 12 cpi 6 (hex 36) Greek NLQ 10 cpi 7 (hex 37) Graphics DP 10 cpi 8 (hex 38) Graphics NLQ 10 cpi 9 (hex 39) Scientific DP 10 cpi 10 (hex 3A) Scientific DP 12 cpi 11 (hex 3B) Scientific NLQ 10 cpi 12 (hex 3C) Multinational (at Primary set mode and pitch)

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Comment An asterisk character (*) (hex 2A) may be substituted for the

numeric values of selected for selected for language and/or extended character set for the selected character set are used.

The character set, international language and extended character set can also be selected from the printer control panel. The control code setting overrides the control panel selection. Except for the asterisk value discussed above, values other than those shown in the tables results in the control sequence being terminated.

x,y

,orz. If the asterisk (*) is the value

, the character set does not change. If * is the value

yorz

, the previously selected international

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)

ASCII Code ESC 7 Hex Code 1B 37 Dec Code 27 55 Purpose Selects the character set wherein hex codes 80 through 9F are

control codes. Also includes hex codes 03 through 06 and 15 in the Serial Matrix printer protocol. Cancels Character Set Select activated by ESC 6 or ESC u.

Comment This feature is also selectable from the control panel (see the

“Alternate Set 80-9F” parameter in the configuration chapter of your

User’s Guide

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)

ASCII Code ESC 6 Hex Code 1B 36 Dec Code 27 54 Purpose Selects the character set wherein hex codes 80 through 9F are

printable symbols. Also includes hex codes 03 through 06 and 15 in the Serial Matrix printer protocol. Cancels Character Set Select activated by ESC 7 or ESC u.

Comment This feature is also selectable from the control panel (see the

“Alternate Set 80-9F” parameter in the configuration chapter of your

User’s Guide

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)

ASCII Code ESC u Hex Code 1B 75 Dec Code 27 117 Purpose Selects the character set wherein hex codes 80 through 9F are

printable symbols. Hex codes 03 through 06 and 15 are treated like control codes. Cancels Character Set Select activated by ESC6orESC7.

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Character Set Select: International Languages

ASCII Code ESC R Hex Code 1B 52 Dec Code 27 82 Purpose Specifies the international language set identified bynin the

basic character set selected from the control panel (ECMA-94 Latin 1, IBM PC, Multinational, and DEC Multinational).

where:

Table 21. International Character Sets

ESC R

(hex)

0 (30) ASCII(USA) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) ASCII (USA) 1 (31) German French EBCDIC French 2 (32) Swedish German German 3 (33) Danish English (UK) English (UK) 4 (34) Norwegian Danish Norw./Danish 5 (35) Finnish Swedish Swedish 6 (36) English (UK) Italian Italian 7 (37) Dutch Spanish Spanish 8 (38) French Japanese Japanese 9 (39) Spanish French Canadian French Canadian 0A (3A) Italian Latin American Dutch 0B (3B) Turkish Danish-II Finnish 0C (3C) Japanese Spanish-II Swiss 0D (3D) Latin American-II 0E (3E) 0F (3F) 10 (40) 11 (41) 12 (42) 13 (43) 14 (44) 15 (45)

ECMA Latin 1

n n n

corresponds to the language as shown in Table 21 below.

Character Set Selected

IBM PC (0437 or

0850)

(currently undefined)

Multinational

DEC

Multinational

Comment The international character set can also be selected from the

control panel. The control code setting overrides the control panel character set selection. Values other than those selectable from Table 21 are ignored.

Condensed Print

Example The following example illustrates international character

selection using the IBM PC character set.

Condensed Print

ASCII Code SI ESC SI Hex Code 0F 1B 0F Dec Code 15 27 15 Purpose Selects 17 characters per inch (cpi) condensed print format. Comment Condensed print can also be selected using control code ESC X.

See “Print Mode/Pitch Selection” on page 104. The Serial Matrix condensed print control code SI affects all

subsequent characters. After receiving code SI, all characters are printed in condensed print until reset by ESC M, ESC P, the condensed print reset control code DC2, printer reset, or a new print mode control code. The Serial Matrix SI code (hex 0F) is equivalent to the ESC SI code. If condensed print is not allowed in the current print mode, the code is ignored.

Example The following sample illustrates condensed character printing

and reset.

Condensed Print Reset

ASCII Code DC2 Hex Code 12 Dec Code 18 Purpose Resets condensed character printing to 10 cpi. Comment The condensed print reset control code selects 10 cpi character

pitch. Other print attributes are not affected. Other control code sequences which cancel condensed print are

ESC M, ESC P, ESC @, or a new print mode control code.

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Delete

ASCII Code DEL Hex Code 7F Dec Code 127 Purpose Deletes the previously received character on a line. Comment Characters that have been truncated due to line length

restrictions are not affected by this code.

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)

ASCII Code ESC h Hex Code 1B 68 Dec Code 27 104 Purpose Selects elongated (double high) character printing for one line

only. Elongated characters are approximately double height but standard width.

Comment The elongated character control code is a line-by-line print

attribute; when the control code is received, one entire line of elongated characters is printed and then automatically reset.

When using this feature with relative line slewing, the paper position is moved “Vertical Page Formatting,” for more information on relative line slewing.When using small line spacing and the lines overlap,an unexpected print format may result.

Example The following sample illustrates elongated character printing.

+ 1 lines rather thannlines. See Chapter 9,

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset

ASCII Code ESC w Hex Code 1B 77 Dec Code 27 119 Purpose Turns double-high character printing on and off. Double-high

characters are standard width but twice as high.

where:

Comment The OCR A and OCR B fonts cannot be printed in double high. NOTE: It is recommended to use double Line Feeds and Carriage Returns

Example The following sample illustrates double-high character printing.

n n

when double-high character printing is on (after an ESC w control code has been sent), or else the printer overstrikes text that has already printed.

If Superscript/Subscript (ESC S) or Condensed Print (SI) is combined with Double High printing, occurs.

= hex 1 or hex 31 turns double high printing on = hex 0 or hex 30 turns double high printing off

only

Double High printing

Emphasized Print

ASCII Code ESC E Hex Code 1B 45 Dec Code 27 69 Purpose Selects emphasized character print format. Comment When the emphasized print control code is received, all

characters are printed in emphasized print until reset by the emphasized print reset control code or printer reset.

Emphasized print is ignored during superscript or subscript printing, and when 15-20 cpi characters have been selected.

Example The following sample illustrates emphasized character printing.

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Emphasized Print Reset

ASCII Code ESC F Hex Code 1B 46 Dec Code 27 70 Purpose Resets emphasized character printing. Comment The emphasized print reset control code only resets the

emphasized print character attribute.

Example See the Emphasized Print example.

Emulation Reset

ASCII Code ESC @ Hex Code 1B 40 Dec Code 27 64 Purpose Initializes all print mode related parameters to their power-up

configuration.

Comment Print mode, line spacing, international language selection,

margins, form length, skip-over perforation, and character pitch are reset to their power-up configuration. Character-by-character and line-by-line attributes are canceled. The vertical format unit is cleared. The current line is set to the top-of-form position. Interface parameters and printer protocol selection are not affected.

This command resets the horizontal tabs to every eighth character column.

Expanded (Double Wide) Print

ASCII Code ESC W Hex Code 1B 57 Dec Code 27 87 Purpose Selects or resets expanded (double wide) print.

where:

Comment When expanded print using ESC W is received, all characters

Example The following sample illustrates expanded character printing and

n n

are printed double wide until reset by the Expanded Print Reset control code, Emulation Reset, or DC4.

Also refer to control code SO and ESC SO, Expanded (Double Wide) Print for one line only.

expanded character printing reset.

n n n

= 1 selects expanded print (hex 01 or hex 31) = 0 resets expanded print (hex 00 or hex 30)

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only)

ASCII Code SO ESC SO Hex Code 0E 1B 0E Dec Code 14 27 14 Purpose Selects expanded (double wide) print for one line only. Comment This expanded print control code is a line-by-line print attribute;

when the SO or ESC SO control code is received, the current line is printed double wide and automatically reset.

This control code can be reset by a paper motion control code (LF, VT, CR, etc.), by the DC4 (double wide cancel) code, ESC @ (Emulation Reset), CAN or ESC W (double wide print). When set by SO, double wide print is not cancelled by the Autowrap feature.

Example The following sample illustrates Expanded Print for one line only.

Another example of expanded printing is shown in the Expanded (Double Wide) Print description, above.

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Extended Character Set

ASCII Code ESC 4 Hex Code 1B 34 Dec Code 27 52 Purpose Accesses the extended character set in the range hex A0

through FF using codes hex 20 through hex 7F.

Comment This code is used in 7-bit systems as if data bit 8 was set to 1.

For example, sending code hex 20 accesses the symbol at code point hex A0. If a printable symbol is not available at the code point, a space is printed.

ESC 4 is not cancelled by the next paper motion command.

Example The following sample illustrates Extended Character Set.

Extended Character Set Cancel (Primary Character Set Select)

ASCII Code ESC 5 Hex Code 1B 35 Dec Code 27 53 Purpose Cancels Extended Character Set as selected by ESC 4, and

selects the Primary CharacterSet.

Comment This code is used in 7-bit systems as if data bit 8 was set to 0. If

data bit 8 is disabled, this control code selects the range as if data bit 8 is set to 0, and data is printed as characters from hex 20 through hex 7F.

Example See the Extended Character Set example.

Form Feed

ASCII Code FF Hex Code 0C Dec Code 12 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer, advances the paper position to the

next top-of-form, and moves the character position to the first character column.

Comment The default forms length is determined by the configuration in

nonvolatile memory. Forms length is set by using the control panel or forms length control codes. Code FF cancels all singleline only print attributes.

The Form Feed command reacts differently when the VFU is active. See Chapter 9, “Vertical Page Formatting.”

Forms Length Set (Inches)

ASCII Code ESC C NUL Hex Code 1B 43 00 Dec Code 27 67 0 Purpose Sets the length of forms (paper) in inches.

where:

Comment Upon receipt of this code, the current line becomes the first line

= whole numbers from 1 through 24 (hex 01 through hex 18) to

specify the number of inches on a page.

of the form, and the form length set becomes the current forms length. Vertical tab positions set below the bottom of the form are ignored. Forms length is defined in inches; therefore, subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the result of this command.

The maximum forms length is 24 inches. All other values are ignored.

When forms length is set by the ESC C NUL sequence, the skipover perforation is set to zero.

Forms length can also be set through the control panel. The control code forms length setting from the host computer overrides the control panel setting.

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Forms Length Set (Lines)

ASCII Code ESC C Hex Code 1B 43 Dec Code 27 67 Purpose Sets the length of a form (paper) in lines.

where:

Comment The forms length set becomes the current forms length. The

lines per page at the current line spacing.

forms length units are always defined in inches; therefore, subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the result of this command. Changing lpi does not change the forms length.

The forms length is set to the number of lines defined by the quotient of inches. If the calculated forms length in lines is not an exact multiple of the target machine dot size, the forms length value is adjusted down to the next possible multiple.

When forms length is set by the ESC C sequence, the skip-over perforation is set to zero.

n n n

= 1 through 192 (hex 01 through C0) to specify the number of

and the current line spacing so that the units are in

Form Margins, Set

ASCII Code ESC v

n1 n2 n3 n4

Hex Code 1B 76 Dec Code 27 118 Purpose Selects left (n1), right (n2), top (n3), and bottom (n4)form

where:

Comment A hex value of FF for

n1 n2 n3 n4

margins.

= The width of the left margin (hex value) in character

columns at the current cpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form width - right margin), the value is ignored.

= The width of the right margin (hex value) in character

columns at the current cpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form width - left margin), the value is ignored.

= The length of the top margin (hex value) in character lines

at the current lpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form length - bottom margin), the value is ignored.

= The length of the bottom margin (hex value) in character

lines at the current lpi. If the requested margin is larger than the current (form length - top margin),the value is ignored.

n1,n2,n3

remains unaffected. When set, the right and bottom margins take effect immediately. The left margin takes effect for the current line only if no horizontal motion has occurred for the line; otherwise, it takes effect on the next line. The top margin always takes effect on the next form.

,orn4indicates that the margin

Horizontal Tab

Vertical tabs defined within the top and bottom margins are ignored. Horizontal tabs are offset by the left margin and ignored within the right margin.

Horizontal Tab

ASCII Code HT Hex Code 09 Dec Code 9 Purpose Moves the logical printhead right to the next horizontal tab stop. Comment Power-on default horizontal tabs are set at every eighth

character in the Serial Matrix printer protocol. If there are no horizontal tabs set or the logical printhead is located at the last character column, the code is ignored and no movement occurs.

Horizontal tabs are stored as a relative position; therefore, character pitch changes change horizontal tab positions. See Horizontal Tab Set, below, to set new tab positions.

Horizontal Tab Set

ASCII Code ESC D Hex Code 1B 44 Dec Code 27 68 Purpose Sets up to 32 horizontal tab positions.

where:

Comment Up to 32 different tab positions may be set. The values must be

Example The following example illustrates horizontal tab setting and

NUL is the sequence terminator.

listed in ascending order or they are ignored. The physical tab position is the product of excluding double wide. Tabs in excess of 32 or those positioned beyond the paper's right margin are also ignored.

Tab positions may be cleared by sending the ESC D NUL sequence. Powering the printer on/off initializes the tabs to every eighth character column. Horizontal tabs are accessed by control code HT.

accessing.

n1...nk n1...nk n1...nk

through

NUL

n32

specify the character column of the tab positions.

and the current cell width (1/pitch),

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Line Feed

ASCII Code LF Hex Code 0A Dec Code 10 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer (if any) and advances the vertical

character position one line at the current line space setting.

Comment If configured for LF equals newline (LF=CR+LF), the logical print

head is positioned at character column 1 of the new line. Otherwise, the logical print head does not move when configured for LF function only (LF=LF ONLY). The LF function cancels all single line print attributes such as double high (elongated) and double wide (expanded) characters.

Line Feedn/216 Inch (One Line Only)

ASCII Code ESC J Hex Code 1B 4A Dec Code 27 74 Purpose Advances the vertical character positionn/216 inch for one line

only.

where:

Comment The

Example The following example illustrates

only. All single-line-only print attributes are canceled. If the protocol is configured for LF equals newline (LF=CR+LF),

the paper advances one line at the current line space setting and the logical print head is positioned at character column 1.

The paper position moves only in multiples of the current dot row spacing. If the distance to move is other than a multiple of the current dot row spacing, the remainder is added to the next paper motion command.

= 1 through 255

/216-inch line feed control code is effective for one line

may result in overlapping lines. Overlapping

/216-inch line spacing.

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IBM 4400 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

ASCII Programmer’s Reference Manual

1 Overview

Introduction

About This Manual

Notes And Notices

Glossary

Software Features

Printer Configuration

2 P-Series Printer Protocol

Introduction

P-Series Default Values and States

Configuring the P-Series Emulation with Control Codes

Format for Control Code Descriptions

Special Function Control Code-Control Code Header

Command Line

Attribute Set and Reset Codes

Control Code Reference Index

Backspace

Bell

Bold Print

Bold Print Reset

Carriage Return

Character Set Select

Characters 80-9F (Control Codes)

Characters 80-9F (Printable Symbols)

Character Set Select: ECMA-94Latin1Extended

Character Set Select: International Languages

Elongated (Double High) Print (One Line Only)

Elongated (Double High) Print, Set/Reset

Emphasized Print

Emphasized Print Reset

Emulation Reset

Expanded (Double Wide) Print

Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only)

Extended Character Set

Extended Character Set Cancel (Primary Character Set Select)

Form Feed

Forms Length Set (Inches)

Forms Length Set (Lines)

Form Margins, Set

Line Feed

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch (6 lpi)

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)

Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (One Line Only)

Line Spacing 7/72Inch

Line Spacingn/72Inch

Line Spacingn/216 Inch

Overscoring

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series High Density Graphics)

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series Normal Density Graphics)

Print Mode/Pitch Selection

Superscript/Subscript Printing

Superscript/S ubscr ipt Printing Reset

Super-Set Commands

Underline

VFU Commands (P-Series)

Vertical Tab

Introduction

P-Series XQ Default V alues and States

Configuring the XQ Emulation with Control Codes

Format for Control Code Descriptions

Edit Mode

NUL Code

Control Code Index

Alternate Character Set Deselect (Shift In)

Alternate Character Set Select (Shift Out)

Carriage Return

Compressed Print

Delete

Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU)

Elongated Characters (Double High Pri nt)

Form Feed

Line Feed

Line Spacing (8 or 10.3 lpi)

Plot, Even Dot (P-Series XQ High Density Graphics)

Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series XQ Normal Density Graphics