Line pitch – Printek FormsMaster 8000 User Manual

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IBM Proprinter Emulation

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Escape Sequence:

ESC

\

4

0

CAN

EM

SUB

ESC

Hexadecimal:

1B

5C

04

00

18

19

1A

1B

Select Print Mode

ESC I n

Selects print mode n according to the following chart. Overrides the “Font” value in the forms menu.

n

Print Mode

0

Draft

1

Fast Draft 12 cpi

2

Letter Quality

3

Letter Quality

Example: The following escape sequence will select the IBM Proprinter letter quality font.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

I

3

Hexadecimal:

1B

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03

Line Pitch

Select 8 LPI

ESC 0

Sets the line spacing to 1/8 of an inch per line (8 lpi). Overrides the “Lines/Inch” value in the forms
menu.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

0

Hexadecimal:

1B

30

Set Line Spacing to 7/72”

ESC 1

Sets the line spacing to 7/72 of an inch per line. Since the distance between print head wires is 1/72 of
an inch, this is equivalent to setting seven wire spacing. This is not particularly useful for text, but
may be useful for graphics if 7-bit graphics data is being sent. Overrides the “Lines/Inch” value in the
forms menu.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

1

Hexadecimal:

1B

31

Start Line Spacing

ESC 2

Sets the line spacing to the value selected by ESC A n. Overrides the “Lines/Inch” value in the forms
menu.

Escape Sequence:

ESC

2

Hexadecimal:

1B

32

Set Line Spacing to n/216”

ESC 3 n

Sets the line spacing to n/216 of an inch per line. 0

n

255. Overrides the “Lines/Inch” value in the

forms menu.

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