Printek Mt3-II Series - Manual (Page 21)

Configuration and Data Connectivity
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Programming Information
This section lists the printer control command strings. Refer to the Mt Series Programmer’s Manual for
complete details. Further information for developers is available on the Mt Series Developers CD-ROM.
ASCII Control Characters
Character Hex / Dec CONTROL ACTION
EOT 04 / 04 End Of Text
BS 08 / 08 Back Space
HT 09 / 09 Horizontal Tab
LF 0A / 10 Line Feed
VT 0B / 11 Vertical Tab
FF 0C / 12 Form Feed
CR 0D / 13 Carriage Return
SO 0E / 14 Shift Out
SI 0F / 15 Shift In
XON 11 / 17 Transmitter On.
AUXON 12 / 18 Printer on.
XOFF 13 / 19 Printer receiver is off
NORM 14 / 20 Return to default 42 column mode
AUXOFF 15 / 21 Printer to Host: printer is off
CANCEL 18 / 24 Cancel and reset printer BUFFER
ESC 1B / 27 Escape
EXTEND 1C / 28 Extended print
EXTEND OFF 1D / 29 Extended print off/Normal print
Printer Font Commands – Courier Character Set
Font Name Character size (WxH) Command String
24 CPI normal 8x21 ESC k 5
21 CPI normal 9x21 ESC k 4
19 CPI normal 10x21 ESC k 3
16 CPI normal 12x21 ESC k 2
12 CPI normal 16x21 ESC k 1
13 CPI rotated 14x16 ESC k 0
Printer Font Commands
Command String Printer Action
ESC F 1 Selects “International” character set
ESC F 2 Selects “PC Line Draw” character set
ESC U 1 Enable emphasized print
ESC U 0 Disable emphasized print