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User's Guide

D-8 Code Sets

Table D-3. AMT Datasouth and Diablo 630 Escape Sequences––continued

Function ASCII Hexadecimal Decimal Description

Horizontal Spacing

Set character spacing .............. ESC US n 1B 1F n 27 31 n This sequence sets the distance that the carriage moves

5 characters/inch ........ ESC US EM 1B 1F 19 27 31 25 after printing a character or when spacing. The value of

6 characters/inch ........ ESC US NAK 1B 1F 15 27 31 21 variable n minus one defines a number of 1/120-inch

6.6 characters/inch ........ ESC US DC3 1B 1F 13 27 31 19 increments to move:

7.5 characters/inch ........ ESC US DC1 1B 1F 11 27 31 17

8.5 characters/inch ........ ESC US SI 1B 1F 0F 27 31 15 Character spacing = (n - 1) x 1/120-inch

10 characters/inch ........ ESC US CR 1B 1F 0D 27 31 13

12 characters/inch ........ ESC US VT 1B 1F 0B 27 31 11

13.3 characters/inch ........ ESC US LF 1B 1F 0A 27 31 10

15 characters/inch ........ ESC US HT 1B 1F 09 27 31 9

17.1 characters/inch ........ ESC US BS 1B 1F 08 27 31 8

20 characters/inch ........ ESC US BEL 1B 1F 07 27 31 7

Set character spacing .............. ESC S 1B 53 27 83 This sequence sets character spacing to the default spacing

to default of the active font. Each font has a default character spacing that

the printer uses when no character spacing is set. Courier is 10

characters per inch (cpi); Letter Gothic and Elite are 12 cpi;

Times Roman is proportional; and so on.

With double-wide printing on, this sequence sets character

spacing to two times the default character spacing of the active

font. If the active font is proportional, this sequence turns on the

proportional mode.

Set character cell width .......... ESC @ Z n 1B 40 5A n 27 64 90 n This sequence sets the width of character cells. Normally,

5 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z 8 1B 40 5A 38 27 64 90 56 if you print a font at a character spacing other than the

6 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z 4 1B 40 5A 34 27 64 90 52 default spacing, the characters overlap or are spaced too far

6.6 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z 2 1B 40 5A 32 27 64 90 50 apart. This sequence automatically proportions characters

7.5 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z 0 1B 40 5A 30 27 64 90 48 so that they print correctly at other valid character spacings.

8.5 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z . 1B 40 5A 2E 27 64 90 46

10 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z , 1B 40 5A 2C 27 64 90 44 The value of variable n minus 32 determines the width, in

12 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z * 1B 40 5A 2A 27 64 90 42 1/120-inch increments, for each character cell. If the active

13.3 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z ) 1B 40 5A 29 27 64 90 41 font is proportional, variable n determines the width of a

15 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z ( 1B 40 5A 28 27 64 90 40 space (SP); all other character cells adjust proportionally.

17.1 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z ' 1B 40 5A 27 27 64 90 39

20 characters/inch ........ ESC @ Z & 1B 40 5A 26 27 64 90 38 This sequence does not change the current character spacing. To

print a font at a nonstandard pitch, include this escape secquence

between the Set Font and Set Character Spacing sequences.

Set horizontal ............................ ESC DC1 n 1B 11 n 27 17 n This sequence causes an offset of 0/120-inch to 63/120-inch

spacing offset to be added to or subtracted from the current character spacing

(or PS unit values, if the PS mode is on). Variable n is a byte that

determines whether the offset is added or subtracted, and the

distance of the offset. The printer interprets n as follows:

 Reads the value of bit 6 to determine whether the offset

is positive or negative. If the bit equals 0, the offset is positive

and the printer adds it; if the bits equals 1, the offset is negative

and the printer subtracts it.