Compaq LA36 Printer User Manual


 
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Command Sets
Function Command
Select printing style ESC ! (n)
This command allows you to combine various
printing styles. The value of n is the sum of the
values of the styles you want to combine.
n = 0: Pica pitch
1: Elite pitch
2: Proportional spacing
4: Condensed
8: Shadow
16: Bold
32: Double-width
64: Italics
128: Underline
Horizontal Control
Space SP
Backspace BS
Carriage return CR
Set elite pitch ESC M
Set pica pitch ESC P
Set 15 CPI ESC g
Proportionally spaced characters on/off ESC p (n)
(on: n = 1, off: n = 0)
Set inter-character space to n/120 inch (for draft) ESC SP (n)
or n/180 inch (for letter and proportional)
(0 £ n £ 127)
Set character pitch to (n
1
+ n
2
X 256)/360 inch ESC c (n
1
) (n
2
)
(0 £ n
1
£ 255) (0 £ n
2
£ 4)
Select character pitch (specify unit of pitch) ESC ( U (n
1
) (n
2
) (d)
n
1
= 1, n
2
= 0
d = 10 to 19: 10/3600 inch = 1/360 inch
d = 20 to 29: 20/3600 inch = 1/180 inch
d = 30 to 39: 30/3600 inch = 1/120 inch
d = 40 to 49: 40/3600 inch = 1/90 inch
d = 50 to 59: 50/3600 inch = 1/72 inch
d = 60 to 69: 60/3600 inch = 1/60 inch