Apple ImageWriter II - Manual (Page 31)

Setting Left Margin
ESCAPE L nnn 27 76
nnn stands for any three-digit number. For example, if you were to type EscapeL035, the printer would
begin printing in the 36th character position, calculated from the zero position (not first position) marked
by the left red ring on the paper bail.
Pushing a Page to Top of Form
ESCAPE v 27 118
A Sample BASIC Program
Figure A-2 is a program written in Applesoft BASIC. The program gives a brief demonstration of how to
turn various printer commands off and on and ends with a form feed to eject the printed page.
Listing for Applesoft Printer Control Program
10 REM DEMO PRINTER CONTROLS 20 PRINT CHR$(4); ”PR#1”: REM SEND TO PRINTER 30 LET
ESC$ = CHR$(27): REM SAVE SOME KEYSTROKES 40 PRINT ”THIS IS THE DEFAULT FONT” 50
PRINT ESC$; CHR$(33): REM BOLD ON 60 PRINT ”THIS IS BOLDFACE” 70 PRINT ESC$; ”X”: REM
UNDERLINE ON 80 PRINT ”AND THIS IS UNDERLINED BOLD” 90 PRINT ESC$; CHR$(34): REM BOLD
OFF 100 PRINT ”AND THIS IS UNDERLINE ONLY” 110 PRINT ESC$; ”Y”: REM UNDERLINE OFF 120
PRINT ”BACK TO DEFAULT” 130 PRINT ESC$; CHR$(81): REM ULTRACONDENSED 140 PRINT ”NO
BOLD, NO UNDERLINE FOR AN ULTRACONDENSED FINISHED” 150 PRINT ”OKAY, PUSH THE
PAPER” 160 PRINT CHR$(12): REM FORM FEED 170 PRINT ESC$; ”E”: REM ELITE TYPE ON 180
PRINT CHR$(4); ”PR#0”: REM BACK TO SCREEN
For more details on settings, see Appendixes C and E, the reference card at the end of the book, and
the ImageWriter II Technical Reference Manual.
Appendix B: ASCII Codes
ASCII Codes for Normal Characters
ASCII code char ASCII code char ASCII code char ASCII code char
0 &NULL &32 &SPACE &64 & &96 &`
1 SOH 33 ! 65 A 97 a
2 STX 34 ” 66 B 98 b
3 ETX 35 # 67 C 99 c
4 EOT 36 $ 68 D 100 d
5 ENQ 37 % 69 E 101 e
6 ACK 38 & 70 F 102 f
7 BELL 39 ’ 71 G 103 g
8 BS 40 ( 72 H 104 h
9 HT 41 ) 73 I 105 i
10 LF 42 * 74 J 106 j
11 VT 43 + 75 K 107 k