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Epson fx printer emulation commands – Epson 8900 Series User Manual

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Epson FX Printer Emulation Mode 8-6

Epson FX Printer Emulation Commands

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

Epson FX Emulation Commands

Command

Command Name

Printer Operation
DC1

Select Printer

DC3

Deselect Printer

BEL

Sound Bell

CAN

Cancel Line

DEL

Delete Character

ESC @

Initialize Printer

ESC =

Set MSB to 0

ESC >

Set MSB to 1

ESC #

Cancel MSB Control

ESC <

Select Unidirectional Printing for One
Line Only

ESC U SOH

Select Unidirectional Printing

ESC U NUL

Cancel Unidirectional Printing

Form Format
ESC C n

Set Form Length to n Lines

ESC C NUL n

Set Form Length to n Inches

ESC N n

Select Automatic Perforation Skip

ESC O

Cancel Automatic Perforation Skip

Font Selection
ESC k SOH

Select LQ Gothic Font

ESC k NUL

Select LQ Courier Font

Margin Control
ESC a NUL

Select Left Margin Justification

ESC a STX

Select Right Margin Justification

ESC a ETX

Select Full Justification

ESC a SOH

Select Text Centering

ESC 1 n

Set Left Margin at Column n

ESC Q n

Set Right Margin at Column n