Printek Mt2 Series - Manual (Page 20)

Printer Configuration
Programming Information
This section provides a summary of the printer commands support by the Mt2 Series printers. For complete
details, please refer to the Mt Series Programmer’s Manual.
ASCII Control Characters
Character Hex/Dec Printer Action
EOT 04 / 04
End Of Text
Printer sends EOT to host when buffer is empty.
BS 08 / 08
Backspace
Deletes previous character in buffer.
HT 09 / 09
Horizontal Tab
Tabs to column 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, or to beginning of next line.
LF 0A / 10
Line Feed
Advances to beginning of next line.
VT 0B / 11
Vertical Tab
Advances 5 lines.
FF 0C / 12
Form Feed
Advances 10 lines.
CR 0D / 13
Carriage Return
Advances to beginning of next line.
SO 0E / 14
Shift Out
Defaults to 24 column mode.
SI 0F / 15
Shift In
Defaults to 42 column mode.
XON 11 / 17
Transmitter On
Printer to Host: Printer ready to receive data.
Host to Printer: Host ready to receive data.
AUXON 12 / 18
Printer On
Printer sends AUXON after power on, clearing of printer jam, or paper
reload.
XOFF 13 / 19
Printer Receiver is Off
Printer to Host: Print buffer is full or other error condition.
Host to Printer: Host buffer full.
NORM 14 / 20 Returns to default 42 column mode
AUXOFF 15 / 21
Printer Off
Printer sends AUXOFF before power down or upon paper out.
CANCEL 18 / 24
Cancel
Stops printing, resets printer buffer and restores printer to power up
configuration.
ESC 1B / 27
Escape
Precedes additional commands as described in the following tables.
EXTEND ON 1C / 28
Extended Print On
Following characters will be printed Double High.
EXTEND OFF 1D / 29
Extended print Off
Following characters will be printed at normal height.
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