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Select character table, Select condensed printing – Printronix P7000 H-Series User Manual

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Select Character Table

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Select Character Table

ASCII Code ESC t

n

Hex Code

1B 74

n

Dec Code 27

116

n

Purpose

Selects the character table to be used for printing among the
two character tables described below:

Where:
0 <=

n <= 1, 48 <= n <= 49

Currently, the setting on the front panel of “Alt. Set 80-9F”
determines whether

n = 0 would be treated as Control Code or

Printable Code. Thus, this determines the setting

n = 1.

Comment

This command affects the front panel setting of “Character Set.”

Select Condensed Printing

ASCII Code SI

Hex Code

0F

Dec Code 15

Purpose

Enters condensed mode, in which character width is reduced
as follows:

Comment

This command is ignored under the following two conditions:
15-cpi printing has been selected with the ESC g command.

This command reduces character width by about 50% when
proportional spacing is selected with the ESC p command.

Cancel condensed printing with the DC2 command.

This command only takes effect in SBCS mode.

The default is Non-condensed printing.

n = 0 or 48

Character table 0

0x80-0x9f Control code, 0xa0-0xff Italic

n = 1 or 49

Character table 1

0x80-0xff Printable code, IBM PC437

Selected pitch

Condensed pitch

10 cpi

17.14 cpi

12 cpi

20 cpi

Proportional

½ width

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