DMP 203 (26-2880)            Control Codes             Faxback Doc. # 4156


Printer Operation/Data Control Sequences:

Dec.       Hex.       Symbol       Function

13         0D         CR           Carriage return - do a carriage return
                                    with or without line feed (DIP Switch #1).
17         11         DC1          Select printer.
24         18         CAN          Cancel - clear all print data in the
                                    internal buffer
27 81 36   1B 51 24   ESC Q $      Deselect printer
27 85 n    1B 55 n    ESC U n      Set bidirectional/unidirectional
                                    n=1: unidirectional print mode
                                    n=0: bidirectional print mode
27 106     1B 6A      ESC j        Stop printing - print out data and set the
                                    printer off-line

Vertical Motion Control Sequences:

10         0A         LF            Line feed - do a line feed according to
                                     latched information with or without
                                     carriage return (DIP Switch #2)
11         0B         VT            Vertical tab - move to next vertical tab
                                     position.
12         0C         FF            Form feed - feed paper to top of next page
                                     after printing.
27 48      1B 30      ESC 0         Set 1/8" line feed
27 49      1B 31      ESC 1         Set 7/72" line feed
27 50      1B 32      ESC 2         Start line spacing set by ESC A
27 51 n    1B 33 n    ESC 3 n       Set variable line feed - set line feed
                                     pitch to n/216 inch in standard mode,
                                     n/180 inch in AGM mode     0 < n < 255
27 52      1B 34      ESC 4         Set top of form - set current position as
                                     top of form.
27 53 n    1B 35 n    ESC 5 n       Set automatic line feed
                                     n=1: carriage return and line feed
                                     n=0: carriage return only
27 65 n    1B 41 n    ESC A n       Store variable line spacing - set linefeed
                                     pitch to n/72" in standard mode or n/60"
                                     in AGM mode when ESC 2 is input  1<n<85
27 66      1B 42      ESC B         Set vertical tabs 1 < k < 64
n1...nk    n1...nk    n1...nk
0          00         NUL
27 67 n    1B 43 n    ESC C n       Set form length in lines--maximum 182"
27 67      1B 43      ESC C         Set form length in inches--maximum 182"
0 n        00 n       NUL n
27 74 n    1B 4A n    ESC J n       Variable line spacing - do n/216" line
                                     feed in standard mode, n/180" in AGM mode
27 78 n    1B 4E n    ESC N n       Set skip perforation  1 < n < 255
27 79      1B 4F      ESC O         Cancel skip perforation
27 91      1B 5B      ESC [         Set base line-feed pitch
92 n1 n2   5C n1 n2   \ n1 n2
0 0        00 00      NUL NUL
m1 m2      m1 m2      m1 m2
27 93      1B 5D      ESC ]         Reverse line feed

Horizontal Motion Control Sequences:

8          08         BS            Backspace - move 1 character space to the
                                     left.
9          09         HT            Horizontal Tab - move to next horizontal
                                     tab position
27 68      1B 44      ESC D         Set horizontal tabs  1 < k < 28
n1...nk    n1...nk    n1...nk
0          00         NUL
27 82      1B 52      ESC R         Set all tabs to power-on settings
27 88      1B 58      ESC x         Sets left and right margins - set margins
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          based on the current font pitch.
                                     n1 specifies left margin, n2 specifies
                                     right margin. 1 < n1 < n2 < maximum
                                     character column
27 100     1B 64      ESC d         Relative dot positioning - move the print
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          start position to the right of the
                                     current printing position

Printing Style Control Sequence:

Dec.       Hex.       Symbol        Function

27 73 n    1B 49 n    ESC I n       Select print mode
                                     n=0: Standard 10 cpi
                                     n=2: LQ 10 cpi
                                     n=3: LQ proportional
                                     n=4: Standard 10 cpi download
                                     n=6: LQ 10 cpi download
                                     n=7: LQ proportional download
                                     n=8: Standard 12 cpi
                                     n=10: LQ 12 cpi
                                     n=12: Standard 12 cpi download
                                     n=14: LQ 12 cpi download
                                     n=16: Standard 17.1 cpi
                                     n=18: LQ 17.1 cpi
                                     n=20: Standard 17.1 cpi download
                                     n=22: LQ 17.1 cpi download

Note: You cannot use a control codes sequence to select the SSD print mode. 

Print Size Commands:

14         0E         SO            Set double-width printing - print for one
                                     line only.
15         0F         SI            Select condensed printing - 17.1 cpi.
18         12         DC2           Select standard 10 cpi printing.
20         14         DC4           Cancel double-width printing - end single
                                     -line double-width printing set by SO.
27 58      1B 3A      ESC :         Select compressed printing--12 cpi
27 80 n    1B 50 n    ESC P n       Select or deselect proportional characters
                                     n=1: ON
                                     n=0: OFF
27 87 n    1B 57 n    ESC W n       Continuous double-width printing
                                     n=1: Selects double-width printing
                                     n=0: Cancels double-width printing
27 91 64   1B 5B 40   ESC [ @       Double-height printing
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2
0 0        00 00      NUL NUL
m1 m2      m1 m2      m1 m2

Print Enhancement Control Sequences:

27 45 n    1B 2D n    ESC - n       Underlining
                                     n=1: Starts underline
                                     n=0: Ends underline
27 69      1B 45      ESC E         Set emphasized printing
27 70      1B 46      ESC F         Cancel emphasized printing
27 71      1B 47      ESC G         Set double-strike printing
27 72      1B 48      ESC H         Stop double-strike printing
27 83 n    1B 53 n    ESC S n       Set super/subscript
                                     n=1: Selects subscript printing
                                     n=0: Selects superscript printing
27 84      1B 54      ESC T         End super/subscript printing
27 95 n    1B 5F n    ESC _ n       Overscoring
                                     n=1: Selects continuous overscoring
                                     n=0: Cancels continuous overscoring

Character Table Control Sequences:

27 54      1B 36      ESC 6         Select IBM Character Set 2
27 55      1B 37      ESC 7         Select IBM Character Set 1
27 92      1B 5C      ESC \         Print continuously from All Characters
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          Chart
27 94 n    1B 5E n    ESC ^ n       Print a character from All Characters
                                     Chart

Font Downloading Control Sequences:

27 61      1B 3D      ESC =         Define downloading characters
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          (Function switch #4 set to ON) 
m          m          m
a1 a2      a1 a2      a1 a2
d1...d11   d1...d11   d1...d11

Graphic Image Printing Control Sequences:

27 42      1B 2A      ESC *         Select various bit image graphics mode
m          m          m              (AGM - Function switch #3 set to ON) 
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          m=0: 60-dpi, 8-pin bit image mode
d1...dk    d1...dk    d1...dk        m=1: 120-dpi, 8-pin bit image mode
                                     m=2: 120-dpi, 8-pin bit image mode,
                                     normal speed
                                     m=3: 240-dpi, 8-pin bit image mode
                                     m=4: 80-dpi, 8-pin bit image mode
                                     m=6: 90-dpi, 8-pin bit image mode
                                     m=32: 60-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=33: 120-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=38: 90-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=39: 180-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=40: 360-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
27 75      1B 4B      ESC K         Normal-density 8-pin bit image mode 60 dpi
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          k=n1 (LSB) + 256 x n2 (MSB)
d1...dk    d1...dk    d1...dk
27 76      1B 4C      ESC L         Double-density 8-pin bit image mode 60 dpi
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          k=n1 + 256 x n2
d1...dk    d1...dk    d1...dk
27 89      1B 59      ESC Y         Double-density 8-pin bit image mode
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          120 dpi (vertically aligned dots can not
d1...dk    d1...dk    d1...dk        be printed) k=n1 (LSB) + 256 x n2 (MSB)
27 90      1B 5A      ESC Z         Quadruple density 8-pin bit image mode
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          240 dpi (vertically aligned dots can not
d1...dk    d1...dk    d1...dk        be printed)  k=n1 + 256 x n2

27 91      1B 5B      ESC [         Set various bit image graphics modes
103        67         g              m=0:   60-dpi,  8-pin bit image mode
n1 n2      n1 n2      n1 n2          (Same as ESC K)
m          m          m              m=1:  120-dpi,  8-pin bit image mode
d1...dk    d1...dk    d1...dk        (Same as ESC L)
                                     m=2:  120-dpi,  8-pin bit image mode
                                     (Same as ESC Y)
                                     m=3:  240-dpi,  8-pin bit image mode
                                     (Same as ESC Z)
                                     m=8:   60-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=9:  120-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=11: 180-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode
                                     m=12: 360-dpi, 24-pin bit image mode