Start character “escape” esc, Mtpl-start character “control sequence introducer – Tally Genicom Matrix Printer User Manual
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Start Character “Escape”
ESC
Data Structure
ASCII
ESC
[A] start character ESC
hex.
1B
dec.
27
Description
ESC is the start character for a subsequent program sequence (the string $$ can be used
instead of ESC if option is selected in the printer setup).
MTPL-Start Character “Control Sequence Introducer”
Data Structure
ASCII
CSI
[A] MTPL-start character CSI
hex.
9B
dec.
155
Description
MTPL-start character for a subsequent program sequence.
Do not use “CSI” in any other printer command language than MTPL. Use instead “ESC [”
if using other emulations.
STOP
98
Miscellaneous