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ESC”
Print One Character from Symbol Set
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC
*
c
Decimal :
27 94 c
Hexadecimal:
1B
5E
c
Comments:
Prints a single character (c) from the symbol set. See the character
tables in Appendix B for the symbol set and the codes to use
for c.
User-Defined Characters
ESC =
Define User-Defined Characters
Format:
ASCII code:
ESC =
nl
n2
. . . nk
Decimal:
27 61
nl
d
. . . nk
Hexadecimal:
1B
3D nl
n2
. . . nk
Comments:
If C is the total number of characters to be defined,
B =
(C
x
13) + 2
nl
= B MOD 256
n2
=
INT(B/256)
n3
= 20 in all cases
n4
= the code of the first character to be defined
n5
= 0
if the top 8 pins are used;
n5
= 128 for the bottom 8
n6 = 0
in all cases
n7 through nk are the data numbers that define the characters, with 11
data numbers for each character
The data numbers for each character are determined as shown on the
first grid for the Epson mode in the section on user-defined characters
in Chapter 4. To print a user-defined character, you must use ESC I,
which is described on page 8-46.
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Command Summary