Brother HL-2170W User Manual

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CHAPTER 6 EPSON - 19

Select double-strike mode

EscG

(27)(71)

<1Bh><47h>

This command turns double-strike mode on. Subsequent text is printed with a bold stroke width.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(71); 'Turn double-strike printing mode on

Cancel double-strike mode

EscH

(27)(72)

<1Bh><48h>

This command turns double-strike mode off. Subsequent text is printed with a medium stroke width.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(72); 'Turn double-strike printing mode off

Select / cancel double-width printing

EscWn (27)(87)n

<1Bh><57h>n

This command turns double-width printing on or off.

If n is set to 1 subsequent text is printed using double-width characters. The line spacing setting is doubled.

If n is set to 0 subsequent text is printed using normal sized characters. The previous character pitch setting

is restored.

When you specify a value for n you may also use the character codes for '0' and '1' (48 and 49) instead of 0

and 1.

Only Esc W 0 can be used to cancel double-width printing mode set using the Esc W 1 instruction.

Esc W 0 cancels double-width printing mode set using the Esc W 1 instruction, the SO control code or the

Esc SO

instruction.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(87); CHR$(1); 'Set double-width printing mode

Select single-line double-width printing (I)

SO

(27)

<0Eh>

This command turns double-width printing mode on for one line only. The subsequent line of text is printed

using double-width characters and with the line spacing setting doubled.

The following commands cancel double-width printing mode set using the SO control code: LF, FF, VT,

Esc W 0

, DC4, and ESC @.

If the "auto LF" (automatic line feed) function has been turned on from the control panel, the carriage return

control code, CR, will also cancel double-width printing mode selected with the SO control code.

LPRINT CHR$(14); 'Set double-width printing mode for one line

Select single-line double-width printing (II)

EscSO (27)(14)

<1Bh><03h>

This command turns double-width printing mode on for one line only. The subsequent line of text is printed

using double-width characters and with the line spacing setting doubled.

The following commands cancel double-width printing mode set using the SO escape sequence: LF, FF, VT,

Esc W 0

, DC4, and ESC @.

If the "auto LF" (automatic line feed) function has been turned on from the control panel, the carriage return

control code, CR, will also cancel double-width printing mode selected with the Esc SO escape sequence.

This command functions exactly like the SO control code.

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(14); 'Set double-width printing mode for one line

Cancel single-line double-width printing

DC4

(20)

<14h>

This control code cancels single-line double-width mode set with the SO control code or with the Esc SO

escape sequence. Subsequent text is printed using normal sized characters.

The previous character pitch is restored.

LPRINT CHR$(20); 'Cancel enlarged character mode set with SO

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