Epson 4500 User Manual

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Using the Command Summary

The simplest type of command consists of a single character to be sent

to the printer. For instance, to print in condensed mode, the code
format is:

A S C I I c o d e : S I
Decimal :

15

Hexadecimal: 0F

This code can be sent from a program by sending the code 15 directly.

More complex commands consist of two or more character codes. For

example, to print in double-wide mode,

the

code format is the

following:

ASCII code:

ESC W n

Decimal:

27 87

n

Hexadecimal: 1B 57

n

In this case

n

can be either 1 (on) or 0 (off), to begin or end double-wide

printing. You can use either of the following commands to turn on
double-wide print from BASIC:

LPRTNT CHR$(27);CHR$(87);CHR$(1)

LPRINT CHR$(27);"W";CHR$(1)

For the following commands that use only 0 or 1 for the variable, either

the decimal or hexadecimal values 1 and 0 or the ASCII

characters

1

and 0 can be used:

ESC U, ESC x, ESC p, ESC W, ESC S, ESC-, and ESC %

For example, in BASIC you can turn on proportional spacing with

either of these statements:

LPRINT CHR$(27);"p";CHR$(1)

LPRINT CHR$(27);"p";"1"

Command Summary 9-3

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