Epson 5000/5500 - Manual (Page 134)

Commands Arranged by Topic
Spacing
ASCII
Dec. Hex. Description
ESC SP n
32 20
ESC ( U nn 40 85
28 55
ESC c n1 n2 99
63
Character handling
ASCII Dec. Hex.
ESC ( t nn 40 28
Set Intercharacter Space
n = number of units of space added
to the space between characters
(1-127)
Units are 1/120 inch (draft) and 1/180
inch (LQ and proportional)
Define Unit
ESC ( U 10 n
Define positioning unit as n/3600 inch
n = 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60
n = 10; default
Set Horizontal Motion Index (HMI)
Change Pitch in n/360-inch units
Total units = n1 + n2
x
2 5 6
Description
Assign Character Table
ESC ( t 3 0 d1 d2 d3
Assign Character Table set by d2 and
d3 to d1
d1 = 0, 1, 2, 3, “0”, “1”, “2”, or “3”
d2 d3
Character Table
0 0 Italic
1 0 PC 437 (USA)
3 0 PC 850 (Multilingual)
7 0 PC 860 (Portugal)
8 0 PC 863 (Canada-French)
9
0 PC 865 (Norway)
Command Summary
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