Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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Epson FX Printer Emulation Mode 8-33

Select Graphics Mode

m

Escape sequence:

ESC

*

m

n1

n2

Hexadecimal:

1B

2A

m

n1

n2

This command selects the graphics mode specified by the variable m
for the horizontal distance specified by the two-byte variable n1 n2.
The variable m can be any of the following values.

q NUL — 60 dpi normal speed

q SOH — 120 dpi normal speed

q STX — 120 dpi high speed

q ETX — 240 dpi normal speed

Reassign Graphics Mode

Escape sequence:

ESC

?

s

n

Hexadecimal:

1B

3F

s

n

This command allows the computer to switch between graphics
modes. The variable s specifies the currently selected mode K, L, Y,
or Z from the standard graphics escape sequences. The variable n
specifies the new mode (0 through 3) specified in the ESC * commands.

Example. If the current mode is single-density and you wish to
change to high-speed double density, use the escape sequence
ESC ? K 2, where K indicates single-density and 2 indicates high-speed
double density.

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