Start character “escape” esc, Mtpl-start character “control sequence introducer – Tally Genicom Matrix Printer User Manual

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Start Character “Escape”

ESC

Data Structure

ASCII

ESC

[A] start character ESC

hex.

1B

dec.

27

Description

ESC is the start character for a subsequent program sequence (the string $$ can be used
instead of ESC if option is selected in the printer setup).

MTPL-Start Character “Control Sequence Introducer”

Data Structure

ASCII

CSI

[A] MTPL-start character CSI

hex.

9B

dec.

155

Description

MTPL-start character for a subsequent program sequence.

Do not use “CSI” in any other printer command language than MTPL. Use instead “ESC [”
if using other emulations.

STOP

98

Miscellaneous

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