Epson 8900 Series Printer User Manual


 
TI Model 855 Printer WP Emulation 5-19
Print Enhancement Commands
The print enhancement commands enable your printer to improve or
enhance the print quality. Print enhancements include such things as
expanded, compressed, LQ, and underlined text as well as boldface
and shadow printing.
Select Expanded Print
Control character: SO
Hexadecimal: 0E
This command causes the printer to double the horizontal dot
spacing and then make a second pass to fill in the dots for one line
only. This mode is terminated by a carriage return.
Cancel Expanded Print
Control character: DC4
Hexadecimal: 14
Select Compressed Print
Control character: SI
Hexadecimal: 0F
This command reduces the width of all subsequently printed characters
to about 60 percent of their normal widths.
Cancel Compressed Print
Control character: DC2
Hexadecimal: 12
Select Letter-Quality Print
Escape sequence: ESC q
Hexadecimal: 1B 71
Escape sequence: ESC e
Hexadecimal: 1B 65