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Ibm proprinter xl emulation commands – Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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IBM Proprinter XL Emulation 7-5

IBM Proprinter XL Emulation Commands

Your printer, when operating in the IBM Proprinter XL emulation
mode, can respond to both escape-sequence commands and the
standard US ASCII control characters. The following table lists the
IBM Proprinter XL printer commands.

IBM Proprinter XL Commands

Command

Command Name

Printer Operation

DC1

Select Printer

ESC Q SYN

Deselect Printer

BEL

Sound Bell

CAN

Cancel Line

ESC U SOH

Select Unidirectional Printing

ESC U NUL

Cancel Unidirectional Printing

Form Format and Margin Control

ESC C n

Set Form Length to n Lines

ESC C NUL n

Set Form Length to n Inches

ESC 4

Set Top of Form Position

ESC N n

Set Automatic Perforation Skip to n Lines

ESC O

Cancel Automatic Perforation Skip

ESC X n1 n2

Set Left and Right Margins at Columns n1

and n2

Horizontal Motion

BS

Backspace

HT

Tab Horizontally

CR

Carriage Return

ESC D n1...n28 NUL

Set Horizontal Tab Stops

ESC R

Restore Default Tab Stops