Tally Genicom Matrix Printer - Manual (Page 195)

Activate/Deactivate Graphics Characters
ESC m
Data Structure ASCII ESC "m"
hex. 1B 6D
dec. 27 109
Description On receipt of this command, the ASCII codes hex.90 to hex.9F can be output as special
graphics characters.
Valid values for n are:
n = 0 (hex.00)
activates the control codes
n = 4 (hex.04) activates the graphics characters
Activate/Deactivate Direct Print Mode
ESC i
Data Structure ASCII ESC "i" or n
hex. 1B 69 or n
dec. 27 105 or n
Description In this mode no complete lines from the print buffer are printed, but each character is prin-
ted immediately on receipt of the character, just like in a typewriter. In addition the printer
pushes the paper up, so that the user can immediately see the printed character and then
pulls the page down again to continue printing.
Valid values for n are:
n = 1 (dec.1 or dec.49, hex.01 or hex.31)
activates the mode
n = 0 (dec.0 or dec.48, hex.00 or hex.30) deactivates the mode
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