Private mode, disable, Private mode, enable, Proportional print mode – Printronix ANSI Printer User Manual

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Chapter

2

Configuring The ANSI Emulation

Private Mode, Disable

ASCII Code ESC [>5l (lowercase “L”)

Hex Code

1B 5B 3E 35 6C

Dec Code

27 91 62 53 108

Expression CHR$(27); “[>5l”;

Purpose

Disables private mode.

Discussion Selects character set 1 of the selected 8 bit international

character set. With non-ISO character sets, hex codes 20-7F
and A0-FF are printable. Hex codes 80-9F are duplicates of 00-
1F. For ISO character sets hex codes 80-9F are treated as Nulls.

Private Mode, Enable

ASCII Code ESC [>5h

Hex Code

1B 5B 3E 35 68

Dec Code

27 91 62 53 104

Expression CHR$(27): “[>5h”;

Purpose

Enables private mode.

Discussion Selects character set 2 of the selected 8 bit international

character set. Allows printing of hex codes 15, 20-7E and 80-FF.

Proportional Print Mode

ASCII Code ESC [6 m

Hex Code

1B 5B 36 6D

Dec Code

27 91 54 109

Expression CHR$(27);“[6m”;

Purpose

Sets proportional printing where each character has its own
width.

Discussion All fonts and modes allow proportional printing. The

proportionalized character graphics font, however, is the same
as the normal character graphics font.

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