Datamax-O'Neil PrintPAD AN-02 - Manual (Page 2)

ESC H n
(0x1B ‘H’ n)
Apply a vertical multiplier of n to the normal height of a
character – n = 0x02 will give double high characters, n =
0x03 will give triple high characters etc.
X
ESC I n
(ESC ‘I’ n)
If n = 0x01 or n = ‘1’ (0x31) will turn inverse (white on black
printing) ON and if n=0x00 or n = ‘0’ will turn inverse OFF
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ESC Q n1n2
(0x1B ‘Q’ n1n2)
When this command is received, the printer stops imaging
and starts advancing, looking for a “Q” mark, then going an
additional n1n2 dotlines after the “Q” mark is found
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ESC R n
(0x1B ‘R’ n)
Remaps some international characters when used with a
224 character CP437 font (Values below in HEX)
0 – USA 1 – France 2 – Germany
3 – UK 4 – Denmark 5 – Sweeden
6 – Italy 7 – Spain
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ESC V n1n2
Marks the beginning of a bitmap graphics image sent to the
printer. The n1n2 are the number of dotlines in the image,
the graphics image follows
ESC e
(0x1B ‘e’)
Marks the end of a print job for “Job Status Reporting” (see
ESC s n for start)
X X
ESC i
(0x1B ‘I’)
Thrown away (for compatibility with another printer) X
ESC m
(0x1B ‘m’)
Thrown away (for compatibility with another printer) X
ESC s n
(0x1B ‘s’ n)
Turns ON Job Status Reporting. The ‘n’ is a bit field that
allows various status to be reported to the host
automatically upon detection (e.g. paper out and end of
job)
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ESC t n
Can be used to cancel the printer system timeout. If n =
0x01 or ‘1’ (0x31), then the timeout is cancelled. If n =
0x00 or ‘0’ (0x30) then the timeout is enabled, which is the
default
X
ESC w n
(0x1B ‘w’ n)
Selects the font with a single character name of ‘n’. A list
of the values of n for each font is given in the self test and
in AN-3
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1 Note: A single LF, CR, or combinations of CRLF or LFCR are all considered line terminations and cause the printer to
print and advance
Example 1
To print a single line of data, send the string to print terminated by CR, LF, CRLF, or LFCR. For example, if you send the
8 ASCII characters A-H, followed by Carriage Return (0x0D) and Line Feed (0x0A) you will see a single printed line of text
containing ABCDEFGH:
ABCDEFGH 0x0D 0x0A
Example 2
To change to a different font, send ESC w followed by the single character font name as indicated on the self test printout
or in the documentation. For example, if you send the string from Example 1 followed by ESC w & IJKLMNOP you will
see A-H on one line in the default font (or whatever font was active from the last print job) followed by a second line in a
larger font. The ESC character is a single byte 0x1B
ABCDEFGH 0x0D 0x0A
0x1B w & IJKLMNOP 0x0D 0x0A