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Document:	LA210 Letterprinter Emulation Modes Reference Guide
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EK-LA210-RG-001

LA210

Lefterprinter
Emulation Modes
Reference Guide

Prepared by Educational Services
of

Digital Equipment Corporation

1 st Edition, February 1985

The reproduction of this material, in part or in whole, is strictly
prohibited. For copy information, contact the Educational
Services Department, Digital Equipment Corporation,
Maynard, MA 01754.

The information in this document is subject to change without
notice. Digital Equipment Corporation assumes no

responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document.
Epson is a trademark of Epson America, Inc.
IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.

Graftrax is a trademark of CompuSoft, Inc.

The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation,
Maynard, Massachusetts.

dil|i|t|a]I

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Letterprinter
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VT
Work Processor

CONTENTS

EMULATION MODE 1
IBM/EPSON MX80

Switch-Selectable Features ...............
... .. ... ....
SWiItCh A

2
2

SWItCh B ..
e

Mode 1 CharacterSet ... ... ... . i

Control Characters ...
i

CO and C1 ControlCharacters ........................

EsScape SequUEeNCES ., ..ot

Vertical Form Handling ...............
... ... ........

Vertical Tabs ...

Horizontal Tabs ......... ... .. i,

Paper Fault Handling .........
... .. .. .
...

Printing Modes ........ ...

EMULATION MODE
2
iBM/EPSON MX80 PLUS GRAFTRAX

Switch-Selectable Features ................ S,
SWItCH A

10
10

SwitchB ........... e

Mode 2 CharacterSet ...........

... 12

Control Characters ........ ... i 14
CO Control Characters .......... ... 14

C1 Control Characters ...
Escape SequencCes ... ...
Vertical Form Handling

...

.........
... ... .. ... ... ...... 18

Horizontal Form Handling

...........
... ... ... ....... 19

Horizontal Tabs ......... .

Paper Fault Handling ......................
... .0, 20

Unidirectional/Bidirectional Control .................. 20

Character Set Mapping ... 21
PrintingModes ......... .o 21

Graphics Mode ....................................... 23

Reset ........... e 24

-Mode 2 Default Settings (Restored by Reset) ........ 24

EMULATION MODE 3
IBM GRAPHICS PRINTER

Switch-Selectable Features ....... ... .. it 25
SWItCH A .ttt 25

SWItCH B oot e 25

Mode 3 Character Set 1 ... .. i 26
Mode 3 Character Set 2 ...t 28
Control Characters ... 30

CO and C1 Control Characters (Set1) ...t 30
CO Control Characters (Set2) ........ .ot 31
ESCAPE SEQUENCES ..ottt 33
Vertical Form Handling ....... ..ot 33
o it 34
... .....
Horizontal Form Handling .....
s 35
Horizontal Tabs . ...
Paper Fault Handling ..ot 35
Unidirectional/Bidirectional Control .................. 35
Alternate Character Set Mapping .........ccoovenenen.. 36
Printing Modes ... 36
Graphics Mode ... ... 37

This guide summarizes the information on printer emulation
modes foundinyour LA210 Letterprinter Programmer Reference

Manual. For information on general operating and programming
features,

see

your

LA210

Programmer Reference Guide.

Letterprinter

Operator

and

IBM/EPSON MX80
This mode uses the LA10X-LB mosaic cartridge (font ID 137).
Install it in either slot 2 or 4. The other slot can hold any other
font cartridge.

SWITCH-SELECTABLE FEATURES
Switch A
Switch

Setting

Function

Al, A2

Up or down

Not used.

When line buffer is full, printer prints’
line and advances to next line.

Down

When line buffer is full, printer drops
characters.

Cancel (CAN) character Clears line

Down

CAN character is ignored.

Up
Down

buffer.

Delete (DEL) character clears line
buffer.

- DEL character is ignored.

Printer performs an automatic line
feed when it receives a carriage

Down

The printer only performs a carriage

return (CR) character.
return.

When printer receives BELL character, error bell sounds.

Down

BELL character is ignored.

Selects standard 8-inch paper width

Down

Selects 13-inch paper width.

at power-up.

Switch B
Switch

Setting

Function

B1toB4

Allup

Enables emulation mode.

Selects emulation mode 1.

Down

Selects emulation mode 1.

Up or down

Not used.

Enables 2K buffer.

Down

Enables 0.13K buffer.

MODE 1 CHARACTER SET
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AB
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MODE 1 SUPPLEMENTAL CHARACTER SET

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CONTROL CHARACTERS
CO and C1 Control Characters
Name

Mnemonic

Octal Code
Ct
co

Null

NUL

Bell

BEL

207

Sounds bell if enabled by switch AY.

Horizontal

211

Advances to next

200

Function

Used in escape
sequences.

tab

horizontal tab, if any.
Otherwise, takes no
action.

Line feed

212

Prints buffers contents, then advances
paper by current line

spacing.

Vertical tab

213

Form feed

214

Carriage

Prints buffers con-

tents, then moves to
next vertical tab, if
any. Otherwise, performs line feed.
Advances to next top
of form.

215

return

Prints buffers con-

tents, then performs
a carriage return.

Also performs a line
feed if line feed/new
line is enabled by
switch AB6.

Shift out

216

for
Setsdoublewidth
all following characters, until the next
line terminator or

DC4 is received.

Shift in

217

Sets compressed
pitch for current line
and following lines,
until DC2 isreceived.

CO and C1 Control Characters (Cont)
Octal Code
Name

Mnemonic

Device

DC1

221

control 1

Function

Enables the printer
and clears print

buffer.
Device

DC2

222

Sets standard pitch
for current line and

control 2

following lines, until

Sl is received.
Device

DC3

223

Device

Disables the printer

until DC1 is received.

control 3

DC4

224

Sets single width for
all following char-

control 4

acters, until SO is
received

Cancel

CAN

230

Clears the print
buffer if enabled by

switch A4.
Escape

ESC

233

Starts escape
sequences.

ESCAPE SEQUENCES
Vertical Form Handling
Name

Function

Sequence

(Mnemonic)

Sets vertical

Set vertical

ESC

pitch

033

060

pitch to 8 lines

ESC

033

061

Sets vertical
pitchto10.3 lines

per inch.

(ER8LI)

(ER10OLI)

(ERNLI2)

ESC

033

062

per inch (72/7).
Sets vertical
pitch to the

setting specified
in a previous
ESC A sequence.

(ERNLIT)

ESC

033

101

Sets vertical
pitch to 72/Pn
lines per inch.
Does not take

effect untilESC2
is sent.

Set form

ESC

length

033

103

(ERSFL)

Sets the form
length to the
number of inches
that equal Pn X
current pitch.

Vertical Tabs
Name

Function

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Set vertical
tabs

ESC

Pn1

Pn2 Pn

033

1 02

* ok k

* ¥

(ERSVT)

NUL Clears vertical
tabs, then sets

tabs at Pn1,
Pn2, and other

designated stops.
Pn is a character
representing the
line numbers in

ascending order.
For example, the
character DC2
sets a tab at
line 18. You can

specify up to 16
tabs in one
sequence.

Horizontal Tabs
Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Function

Set horizontal tabs
(ERSHT)

D Pni
ESC
033 104 **

Pn2

NUL Clears horizontal

*x*

(Q0Q

tabs, then tabs
at Pn1, Pn2, and
other designated
stops. Pnis a
character repre-

senting the
column number

of the desired tab.
For example, the

character DC2
sets a tab at

column 18. You

can specify up to
16 tabs.

Paper Fault Handling
Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Disable

ESC

paper out

033

056

Function
Disables paper-

out handling.

(ERDPO)

9
ESC
033 057

Enables paperout handling.

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Function

Enable bold
(EREBD)

E
ESC
033 105

Sets bold
printing for

Enable
paper out
(EREPO)

Printing Modes
Name

all following
characters.

Disable bold
(ERDBD)

F
ESC
033 106

Turns off bold
printing for
all following
characters.

Set high
resolution

G
ESC
033 107

Enters high
resolution mode.

H
ESC
033 108

Enters low
resolution mode.

(EREHR)

Set low
resolution
(ERDHR)

EMULATION MODE 2

IBM/EPSON MX80 PLUS GRAFTRAX
This mode uses two cartidges, the LA10X-AP italic 10 (primary
font, ID 011) and LA10X-LC Graftrax (font ID 143). Install the

italic cartridge in slot 2 and Graftrax cartridge in slot 4. If
another style is desired, install the alternate primary font

cartridge in slot 2.

SWITCH-SELECTABLE FEATURES
Switch A
Switch

Setting

A1l

Down

Function

Printer is set to standard horizontal
pitch at power-up.

Up
A2

Printer operates at compressed
horizontal pitch.

Sets bottom margin to 1 inch at
power-up.

Enables bold printing at power-up.

Enables italic printing at power-up.

Enables slashed zero (@) printing at
power-up.

Printer performs an automatic line
feed when it receives a carriage
return (CR) character.

Down

Printer only performs a carriage
return.

When printer receives BELL character, error bell sounds.

Down

BELL character is ignored.

Selects standard 8-inch paper width
at power-up.

Down

Selects 13-inch paper width.

Switch B
Switch

Setting

Function

B1toB4

Allup

Enables emulation mode.

Down

Selects emulation mode 2.

Up or down

Not used.

Enables 2K buffer.

Down

Enables 0.13K buffer.

MODE 2 CHARACTER SET
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MODE 2 SUPPLEMENTAL CHARACTER SET
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CONTROL CHARACTERS
CO Control Characters
Octal
Name

Mnemonic

Code

Null

NUL

Function

Used in escape
sequences.

Bell

BEL

Backspace

Sounds bell if enabled by switch A7.
Prints buffer's contents, then moves

back one character

cell. (Moves back two
cellsif thisisfirsttime
in double width.)
Horizontal

Moves to next hori-

zontal tab, if any.
Otherwise, takes no

tab

action.

Line feed

Prints buffers contents, then advances
paper by current line
spacing.

Vertical tab

Prints buffer's con-

tents, then performsa
line feed.

Form feed

Carriage

Advance to next top

of form.

return

Prints buffer's contents, then returns to

left margin. Performs

line feed if enabled by
switch AB.

CO Control Characters (Cont)
Octal
Name

Mnemonic

Code

Function

Shift out

Sets double width for
all following characters, until the next
line terminator or

DC4 is received.
Shift in

Device

DC2

control 2

Device

Sets compressed
pitch for current line
and following lines,
until DC2 is received.

Sets standard horizontal pitch forcurrent
line and following
lines, until Sl is
received.

DC4

control 4

Sets single width for

all following characters, until SO is
received.

Escape

ESC

Starts escape
sequences.

C1 Control Characters
Octal
Name

Mnemonic

Code

Null

NUL

200

Function

Used in escape
sequences.

Pound sign

201

Umlaut

202

Opening

203

single quote
204

Closing
single quote

Paragraph

205

Top level

206

corner

Bell

BEL

207

Backspace

210

Sounds bell tone if
enabled by switch A7.
Prints buffer's contents, then moves

back one character
cell.

Horizontal

211

Advances to next

horizontal tab stop, if

tab

any. Otherwise, takes
no action.

Line feed

212

Prints buffers contents, then advances

paper by current line
spacing.
Vertical tab

213

Prints buffer's con-

tents, then performs a
line feed.
214

Form feed

Advances to next top

of form.
Carriage
return

215

Prints buffer's contents, then returns to

left margin. Performs
line feed if enabled by
switch AG.

C1 Control Characters (Cont)
QOctal

Name

Mnemonic

Code

Shift out

216

Function

Sets double width for
all following characters, until next line

terminator or DC4 is
received.

Shift in

217

Sets compressed
horizontal pitch for

current line and
following lines, until
DC2 is received.

Device
control 2

222

DC?2

Sets standard horizontal pitch for current
line and following

lines, until Sl is
received.

Device
control 4

224

DC4

Sets single width for
all following characters, until SO is
received.

225

Right T

226

Top right
corner

LeftT

227

Top T

230

Bottom left

231

232

corner

Bottom right
corner

Escape

233

ESC

Starts escape
sequences.

Vertical line

234

Horizontal

235

Bottom T

236

Center cross

237

line

* Indicates a printable character. See the Mode 2 Character
Set for examples of these characters.

ESCAPE SEQUENCES
Vertical Form Handling
Name

Sequence

Function

Set vertical

ESC

pitch

033

060

Sets vertical
pitch to 8 lines

ESC

033

061

(Mnemonic)

per inch.

(ER8LI)

(ER10LY)

Sets vertical
pitch to 10.3

(72/7) lines per
inch.

(ER6LI12)

ESC

033

062

Sets vertical

pitch to 6 lines
per inch.

(ERNLI3)

ESC

Sets vertical

033

063

Jokk

pitch to 216/Pn

ESC

Sets vertical

033

101

lines per inch.
(ERNLIS)

pitch to 72/Pn
lines per inch.

(ERNLI4)

ESC

Prints buffer's

033

112

*kx

contents, then
sets vertical
pitch to 216/Pn
lines per inch for

next line feed
only.

Set form

ESC

Sets the form

length

033

103

Yok ok

length to the

number of inches

(ERSFL)

that equal Pn X

current pitch.
(ERSFLI)

ESC

NUL

033

103

00Q

***

Sets the form
length to Pn
inches.

Set bottom

ESC

Sets the bottom

margin

033

116

% k&

margin to Pn
lines from the

(ERSBM)

bottom of the
page.

Clear

ESC

bottom

033

117

margin

(ERCBM)

Clears the

bottom margin.

Overrides any
margin set by

switch A2.

Horizontal Form Handling
Name

Function

(Mnemonic)

Set right

margin

Jokk

(ERSRM)

Sets right margin
to Pn (column
number in octal).

Set

Sets double-

double-width

*dk

width characters
for current line

characters

and following

(EREDW)

lines. Any non-

zero character

as the third character completes
this sequence.

characters

Sets single-width
characters for
current line and

(ERDDW)

following lines.

NUL

Set
single-width

000

Horizontal Tabs
Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Set hori-

ESC

zontal tabs

033

(ERSHT)

or
ESC
033

Function

Sets horizontal
tab stops at

Pni1, Pn2, and
D

other designated
stops. Pn is a
character representing the

column number
of the desired
stop. For

example, the

character DC2
sets a tab at
column 18. You
can specify up to
16 tabs.

Paper Fault Handling
Name

(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Disable

ESC

paper out

033

056

Disables paper-

out handling.

(ERDPO)
Enable

ESC

paper out

033

057

Enables paper-

out handling.

(EREPO)

Unidirectional/Bidirectional Control
Name

(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Set one-line

ESC

Prints current

unidirectional

033

074

line from left to
right.

printing

(EREUDI)

Set bidirectional

ESC

NUL

Prints lines in

printing

033

074

000

bidirectional

Set unidirectional

ESC

Prints lines from

printing

033

074

Jedek

left to right only.

mode.

(ERDUD)

(EREUD)

Any nonzero

character as the
third character

completes this
sequence.

Character Set Mapping

When you install a primary cartridge other than the italic
cartridge in slot 2, all references to the italicsetin the following

table apply to the character set of the installed primary
cartridge.

Switch A4

Escape

Setting

Sequence

Down (normal)

None

ASCI!

Up (italic)
Down (normal)

None

MHalic ASCII
Italic ASCil
Italic ASCII

Down (normal)
Up (italic)

ER8BS
ER8BC
ER8BS

Italic ASCII C1
Italic ASCII C1

ASCII

Italic ASClI C1

Up (italic)

ER8BC

Italic ASCII CO

Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Retain

ESC

eighth bit

033

043

ASCH
Italic ASCII
Italic ASCII

Function

Keeps 8th bit

.
Use
unchanged
current character

(ER8BU)

set.

Clear

ESC

eighth bit

033

075

(ER8BC)

Clears 8th bit
(sets to 0).

Maps the default

GL and CO character set to the
C1andGRrange.

Set

ESC

eighth bit

033

076

(ER8BYS)

Sets 8th bit.

Maps the default
C1 and GR char-

acter set to the
CO and GL range.

Printing Modes
Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Enable bold

ESC

(EREBD)

033

105

Function

Sets bold
printing for
all following
characters.

Disable bold

ESC

(ERDBD)

033

106

Turns off bold
printing for
all following
characters.

Printing Modes (Cont)
Name

(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Set high

ESC

resolution

033

107

Enters high

resolution mode.

(EREHR)
Set low

ESC

resolution

033

108

Enters low

resolution mode.
and resets the
script setting.

(ERDHR)

Set

ESC

Underlines all

underline
(EREUL)

033

045

***

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character as the
third character

completes this
sequence.

Reset

ESC

NUL

underline

033

045

000

Turns off underlining for all
following

(ERDUL)

characters.

Select italic

ESC

(EREIL)

033

064

Select

ESC

nonitalic

033

065

Selects italic
ASCI| set as GL.

Selects nonitalic
ASCIl set as GL.

(ERDIL)
Enable

ESC

NUL

Prints all

superscript

033

123

000

following characters in super-

(ERESCR)

script mode.

Enable

ESC

Prints all

subscript

033

123

***

following charac-

(ERESCR)

ters in subscript
mode. Any non-

zerocharacteras
the third charac-

ter completes
this sequence.

Reset script

ESC

Resets script

and direc-

033

124

setting to no

tional printing
(ERDSCR)

script and resets
printing mode to
bidirectional.

Graphics Mode
Name

(Mnemonic)

60 DPI
graphics

Function

Sequence

ESC
033

Pni1

Pn2

Enter 60 dots per

113

***

inch for the next

n bytes. Pn1 and

(ERGR®6)

Pn2 together

specify the
number of bytes
according to the
formula

n=(256 X Pn2)
+ Pn1

The total must be
less than the
remainder of

bytes in the line
buffer. If the
buffer is empty,

the total must be

less than 480
(8-inch paper

selected) or less
than 780 (13-inch

paper selected).

132 DPI
graphics
(ERGR12)

L
ESC
033 114

Pni
***

Pn2
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Enter 132 dots

per inch for the
next n bytes.
Pn1 and Pn2

together specify
the number of
bytes according

to the formula
n=(256 X Pn2)
+ Pn1

The total must be

less than the

remainder of
bytes in the line

buffer. If the
buffer is empty,

the total must be
less than 960

(8-inch paper
selected) or less
than 1740
(13-inch paper

selected).

Reset
Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Function

Reset

ESC @
033 100

Resets all features (previously

(ERRIS)

set by escape

sequences) to
their initial
default settings.

Mode 2 Default Settings (Restored by Reset)
Feature

Setting

GL character set

Set to current setting of switch A4. (GL is
not italic if A4 is set to down position.)

8-bit operations

Leave 8th bit unchanged.

Print direction

Set to bidirectional.

Script

Set to no superscript or subscript.

Character width

Set to single width.

Underline

Set to no underlining.

Paper fault

Enabled.

Vertical tab

Set to every line.

Horizontal tab

Set every eight columns (1,9, 17,.. ).

Form length

Set to 11 inches.

Bottom margin

Set to current setting of switch A2 (either
no bottom margin or 1-inch margin).

Vertical pitch

Set to 6 lines per inch.

Paper width
Right margin

Set to current setting of switch A8 (either

8 inches or 13 inches).

Set to the current paper width selected by
switch A8.

Resolution

Set to low resolution.

Bold

Set to current setting of switch A3.

Horizontal pitch

Set to current setting of switch A1 (either
standard or compressed).

EMULATION MODE 3
IBM GRAPHICS PRINTER
This mode uses two cartridges, the LA10X-LA line drawing
(font ID 139) and LA10X-LD foreign style (font ID 141). You can
install these cartridges in slot 2 or 4.

SWITCH-SELECTABLE FEATURES
Switch A

Switch

Setting

Function

A1, A2

Up or down

Not used.

When line bufferis full, pri'nter prints

Down

When line buffer is full, printer drops

line and advances to next line.

characters.

Cancel (CAN) character clears line

Down

CAN character is ignored.

buffer.

Delete (DEL) character clears line
buffer.

Down

DEL character is ignored.

Printer performs an automatic line

feed when it receives a carriage
return (CR) character.

Down

Printer only performs a carriage
return.

When printer receives BELL charac-

Down

BELL character is ignored.

ter, error bell sounds.

Selects standard 8-inch paper width at power-up.

Down

Selects 13-inch paper width.

Switch

Setting

Function

BitoB4

Allup

Enables emulation mode.

B5, B6

Selects emulation mode 3.

Up or down

Not used.

Enables 2K buffer.

Down

Enables 0.13K buffer.

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CONTROL CHARACTERS

CO and C1 Control Characters (Set 1)
Octal Code
Name

Mnemonic

Null

NUL

200

Function

Used in escape
sequences.

Bell

BEL

207

Sounds bell tone if
enabled by switch
A7.

Horizontal

211

Advances to next

horizontal tab, if any.

tab

Otherwise, takes no
action.
Line feed

212

Prints buffer's contents, then advances
paper by current line
spacing.

Vertical tab

213

Prints buffer's con-

tents, then performs
line feed.

Form feed

214

Advancesto nexttop

of form.
Carriage

2156

Prints buffer's con-

tents, returns to left

return

margin, and performs
line feed if enabled

by switch A6.
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216

Setsdoublewidthfor
all following char-

acters, until next line

terminator or DC4 is
received.

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217

Sets compressed
horizontal pitch for

current line and
following lines, until
DC2 is received.
Device

control 2

DC2

222

Sets standard horizontal pitch for
current line and
following lines, until
Sl is received.

CO and C1 Control Characiers (Set 1) (Cont)
Octal Code

Name

Mnemonic

Function

Device

DC4

224

Sets single width for

control 4

all following characters, until SO is
received.

Cancel

CAN

230

Clears print buffer if
enabled by switch
A4.

Escape

ESC

233

Starts escape
sequences.

CO Control Characters (Set 2)
Octal

Function

Name

Mnemonic

Code

Null

NUL

Heart

Diamond

Clubs

Oé

Prints a club symbol.

Spade

s symbol.
a spade
Print

Bell

BEL

Sounds bell tone if

Horizontal

Advances to next hori-

Used in escape
sequences.

Prints a heart symbol.
Prints a diamond
symbol.

tab

enabled by switch A7.
zontal tab, if any.

Otherwise, takes no
action.

Line feed

Vertical tab

Prints buffers

contents, then advances paper by
current line spacing.

Prints buffers

contents, then per-

forms line feed.

Form feed

Advance to next top
of form.

CO Control Characters (Set 2) (Cont)
Octal
Name

Mnemonic

Code

Carriage

Function
Prints buffer's

contents, then

return

returns to left margin.

Performs line feed if
enabled by switch AB.

Shift out

Sets double width for

all following char-

acters, until the next
line terminator or

DC4 is received.
Shift in

Sets compressed
horizontal pitch for

current line and
following lines, until
DC2 is received.
Device

DC2

control 2

Sets standard horizontal pitch forcurrent
line and following
lines, until Sl is

received.
Device

DC4

control 4

Sets single width for
all following characters, until SO is
received.

Paragraph

Prints paragraph

symbol.

Cancel

CAN

Clears print buffer if
enabled by switch A4.

Escape

ESC

Starts escape
sequences.

ESCAPE SEQUENCES

Vertical Form Handling
Name

(Mnemonic)
Set vertical
pitch

Function

Sequence

ESC

033

060

Sets vertical
pitch to 8 lines
per inch.

(ER8LI)

(ER10OLI)

(ERNLI2)

ESC

033

061

ESC

033

062

Sets vertical
pitchto 10.3 lines

per inch (72/7).
Sets vertical
pitch to the

setting specified
in a previously
issued ESC A

If none
sequence.
was set, sets

pitch to 6 lines

per inch.
(ERNLIT)

ESC

033

101

Sets vertical
pitch to 72/Pn
lines per inch.
Does not take

effect untilESC 2
is sent.

(ERNLI3)

(ERNL14)

Sets vertical
pitch to 216/Pn
lines per inch.

ESC 3

033

063

Prints buffer's
contentsandsets
vertical pitch to

ESC J
112

033

216/Pn lines per

inch for next line
feed only.
Set form

ESC

length

033

103

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Sets the form
length to the
number of inches
that equal Pn X

(ERSFL)

current pitch.
(ERSFLI)

ESC

033

103

NUL Pn
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Sets the form
length to Pn
inches.

Vertical Form Handling (Cont)
Name
(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Function

Set bottom

ESC

margin

033

116

***

(ERSBM)

Sets the bottom
margin to Pn

lines from the

bottom of the
page.

Clear

ESC

bottom

033

117

Clears the
bottom margin.

margin

(ERCBM)

Horizontal Form Handling
Name

(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Function

Set

ESC

Sets double-

double-width

033

127

***

width characters

characters

for current line

(EREDW)

and following
lines. Any nonzerocharacteras

the third charac-

ter completes
this sequence.

Set

ESC

NUL

Sets single-width

single-width

033

127

000

characters for

characters

current line and

(ERDDW)

following lines.

Carriage

ESC <

Performs car-

return

033

riage return

(PCR1)

074

without performing line feed,
regardless of
current switch

setting.

Horizontal Tabs
Name
(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Set hori-

ESC

zontal tabs

033

Pni

Pn2 Pn

1 04

Je kK

NUL Sets horizontal
tab stops at

Pn1, Pn2, and

(ERSHT)

other designated
stops. Pnis a
character repre-

senting the

column number

of the desired
stop. For

example, the
character DC2
sets a tab at

column 18. You
can specify up to
16 tabs.

Paper Fault Handling
Name

(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Disable

ESC

paper out

033

056

Disables paper-

out handling.

(ERDPO)
Enable

ESC

paper out

033

057

Enables paper-

out handling.

(EREPO)

Unidirectional/Bidirectional Control
Name

(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Set bidirectional

ESC

NUL

Prints lines in

printing

033

074

000

bidirectional
mode.

(ERDUD)

Set unidirectional

ESC

Prints lines from

Printing

033

074

***

left to right only.

(EREUD)

Any nonzero

character as the
third character

completes this
sequence.

Alternate Character Set Mapping
Name

(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

Select

ESC

set 2

033

066

Select

ESC

set 1

033

067

Selects the
alternate character set (set 2).

(ERCO02)

Selects character set 1.
(This character

(ERCO1)

set is the default
set when the
printer is

powered on.)

Printing Modes
Name

Sequence

Function

Enable bold

ESC

Sets bold

(EREBD)

033

105

(Mnemonic)

printing for

all following
characters.

Disable bold

ESC

(ERDBD)

033

106

Turns off bold
printing for

all following
characters.

Set high

ESC

resolution

033

107

Enters high

resolution mode.

(EREHR)

Set low

ESC

resolution

033

108

Enters low
resolution mode.

(ERDHR)

Set underline

ESC

Underlines all

(EREUL)

033

045

***

following characters. Anynonzero

character as the
third character

completes this
sequence.

Reset

ESC

NUL

underline

033

045

000

(ERDUL)

Turns off underlining for all
following

characters.

Printing Modes (Cont)
Name
(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Enable
superscript

S
ESC
033 123

Function

Prints all

NUL
000

following characters in super-

(ERESCR)

Enable
subscript

script mode.

S
ESC
033 123

Prints all

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(ERESCR)

mode. Any non-

zero characteras
the third charac-

ter completes
this sequence.

Reset script
and direc-

Resets script

T
ESC
033 124

setting to no

script and resets

tional printing

printing mode to

(ERDSCR)

bidirectional.

Graphics Mode
Name

(Mnemonic)
60 DPI

graphics
(ERGR®6)

Function

Sequence
K

Pni1

Pn2

Enter 60 dots per

033 113

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inch for the next

ESC

n bytes. Pn1 and
- Pn2 together

specify the

number of bytes

according to the
formula

n=(256 X Pn2)
+ Pni

The total must be
less than the
remainder of

bytes in the line
buffer. If the
buffer is empty,

the total must be
less than 480
(8-inch paper

selected) or less
than 780 (13-inch

paper selected).

Graphics Mode (Cont)

Name
(Mnemonic)

Sequence

Function

132 DPI

ESC

Pn1

Pn2

Enter 132 dots

graphics

033

114

**x

per inch for the
next n bytes. Pn1

(ERGR12)

and Pn2 together

specify the
number of bytes

according to the
formula
n=(256 X Pn2)
+ Pn1
The total must be

less than the

remainder of

bytes in the line
buffer.
If the

buffer is empty,
the total must be
less than 960

(8-inch paper

selected) or less
than 1740
(13-inch paper

selected).

132 DPI

ESC

Pni

Pn2

Enter 132 dots

graphics

033

131

**x

xxx

per inch for the

(ERGS12)

next n bytes. Pn1

and Pn2 together

specify the
number of bytes

according to the
formula

n=(256 X Pn2)
+ Pn1

The total must be

less than the
remainder of

bytes in the line
buffer. If the
buffer is empty,

the total must be
less than 960
(8-inch paper
selected) or less

than 1740
(13-inch paper

Graphics Mode (Cont)
Name
(Mnemonic)

Function

Sequence

selected). ESC Y
prints every other
dot.

220 DPI

ESC

graphics

033

132

(ERGD24)

Pn1

Pn2

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¥

e
de de

Enter 220 dots
per inch for the
next n bytes. Pn1
and Pn2 together
specify the
number of bytes
according to the
formula

n=(256 X Pn2)
+ Pni

The total must be
less than the

remainder of
bytes in the line
buffer. If the
buffer is empty,

the total must be
less than 1920
(8-inch paper

selected) or less
than 2895
(13-inch paper

selected). ESC Z
prints one dot in
anythreeconsec

utive positions.