Esc rs i n – Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer User Manual
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STAR Command Specifications
Rev. 0.70
ESC RS i n
[Name]
Specify/cancel character rotated mode
[Code]
ASCII
ESC
RS
i
n
Hexadecimal
1B
1E
69
n
Decimal
27
30 105
n
[Defined Area]
0 ≤ n ≤ 2
48 ≤ n ≤ 50 (“0” ≤ n ≤ “2”)
[Initial Value]
Character rotation cancelled (n = 0)
[Function]
Specifies direction to rotate print (clockwise) or to cancel rotation for subsequent data, according to the n
value.
n
Set rotation
0, 48
Cancelled (0° rotation)
1, 49
270° rotation
2, 50
270° rotation
Rotated	characters	cannot	be	applied	with	underlines	or	upperlines.
The	relationship	between	double-tall	and	double-wide	is	reverse	to	when	cancelled	when	rotating.
When	in	Japanese	character	mode,	rotation	is	effective	for	both	ANK	characters	and	Kanji	characters.	
Chinese	character	spacing	is	always	applied	with	the	two-byte	Chinese	character	spacing	value.
In	standard	specifications,	rotating	IBM	block	graphic	characters	is	changed	to	vertical	8	dot	fonts.
The	following	are	precautions	for	7	x	9	font	character	font	specification.	
• Characters are printed with 5 x 9 fonts (2P=1). 
• Download characters registered with 5 x 9 fonts are printed. 
•	When	rotation	is	cancelled,	the	characters	return	to	7	x	9	fonts.	(When	there	is	not	5	x	9	specification	while	rotation	is	
specified.)	
This	command	is	effective	only	a	font	other	than	the	Thai	font	is	selected	as	the	character	code	table.
(Rotation is automatically cancelled when the Thai character code is selected while this command is selected.)