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Compaq LA36 User Manual

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Command Sets

Function

Command

Select printing style

ESC ! (n)

This command allows you to combine various

printing styles. The value of n is the sum of the

values of the styles you want to combine.

n = 0: Pica pitch

1: Elite pitch

2: Proportional spacing

4: Condensed

8: Shadow

16: Bold

32: Double-width

64: Italics

128: Underline

Horizontal Control

Space

SP

Backspace

BS

Carriage return

CR

Set elite pitch

ESC M

Set pica pitch

ESC P

Set 15 CPI

ESC g

Proportionally spaced characters on/off

ESC p (n)

(on: n = 1, off: n = 0)

Set inter-character space to n/120 inch (for draft)

ESC SP (n)

or n/180 inch (for letter and proportional)

(0 £ n £ 127)

Set character pitch to (n

1

+ n

2

X 256)/360 inch

ESC c (n

1

) (n

2

)

(0 £ n

1

£ 255) (0 £ n

2

£ 4)

Select character pitch (specify unit of pitch)

ESC ( U (n

1

) (n

2

) (d)

n

1

= 1, n

2

= 0

d = 10 to 19: 10/3600 inch = 1/360 inch

d = 20 to 29: 20/3600 inch = 1/180 inch

d = 30 to 39: 30/3600 inch = 1/120 inch

d = 40 to 49: 40/3600 inch = 1/90 inch

d = 50 to 59: 50/3600 inch = 1/72 inch

d = 60 to 69: 60/3600 inch = 1/60 inch