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