Printronix P3000 Series - Manual (Page 145)

6–59 Programming
Print Mode/Pitch Selection (MVP)
ASCII Hex Decimal
P–Series SFCC [ nq SFCC 5B nq SFCC 91 nq
Serial ESC [ nq 1B 5B nq 27 91 nq
Purpose: Selects the print mode (Data Processing, Correspondence, or High Speed) and se-
lected character pitches in characters per inch (cpi).
Expression: P–Series CHR$(1); ” [ ”; CHR$(n); ” q ” ;
Serial Matrix CHR$(27); ” [ ”; CHR$(n); ” q ” ;
where: n = Print Mode/Pitch code
(Values other than shown in Table 6–8 below are ignored.)
q = Command sequence terminator
Comment: Refer to Table 6–8 to identify Print Mode/Pitch selections allowed. A complete ta-
ble identifying print rates, pitch, and dot densities for all print modes is located in the
Appendix B.
You can also select print mode and pitch from the control panel. When the MODE
switch is pressed, the print mode/pitch change control code from the host computer
overrides the control panel print mode setting, and the print mode and pitch selec-
tion is reflected on the message display.
NOTE: The print mode must be changed before the first printable symbol of a print line or
the command sequence is deferred until the next line.
Table 6–8. Print Mode/Pitch Codes
PRINT Data
Processing Correspondence
High
Speed A MODE:
10
–
10
–
n (hex):
5(35)
1(31)
2(32)
3(33)
4(34)
Characters per inch (cpi):
–
–
–
(DP) (NLQ) (HS)
n (dec):
5(53)
1(49)
2(50)
3(51)
4(52) –
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–
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