Graphic rendition – Printronix ANSI Printer User Manual

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Graphic Rendition

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Graphic Rendition

ASCII Code ESC [p1;p2...;pn m

Hex Code

1B 5B p1 3B p2 ... 3B pn 6D

Dec Code

27 91 p1 59 p2 ... 59 pn 109

Expression CHR$(27);“[p1;p2...;pn m”;

Purpose

Sets the character type and enhancements, such as boldface,
underscore, expanded, or proportional. One font designator plus
any number of enhancements can be entered in the escape
sequence using the parameter values in Table 4.

Discussion If the requested font is not installed, the Data Processing font will

be activated. When a new font is selected, the horizontal
spacing is initially set to the default spacing (10 cpi).

This sequence is also valid in graphics.

Table 4. Character Types and Enhancements

Parameter

Enhancement

0

Normal Mode

1

Bold/shadow

4

Underline

5

2X horizontal expansion (Note: This mode cancels any
horizontal or vertical expansion previously set. Can be
cleared by either a parameter value of 0 in this sequence
or by ESC[p1;p2 SP B.)

6

Proportional printing (Note: This mode is valid for all cpi
values, expansion values, print modes, and fonts except
high speed draft and character graphics.)

10

Default font (Data Processing)

11

Gothic draft font

12

Character graphics/mathematical symbol font

13

Gothic NLQ font

14

Courier NLQ font

15

High speed draft font

16

OCR-A

17

OCR-B

18

Italic NLQ font

19

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