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Overall printing style – Epson 4500 User Manual

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Commands Arranged by Topic

ESC D

Set Horizontal Tabs

Format:

ASCII code:

ESC D

n1 n2 . . . 0

Decimal:

27 68

n1 n2 . . .

0

Hexadecimal: 1B 44 n1 n2 . . . 00

Comments:

This command allows setting of up to 32 horizontal tabs, which are

entered as

n1, n2, n3,

etc. (from 1 to 255) with the number 0

terminating the command. The tab settings must be entered in

ascending order. ESC D 0 clears all tabs. The default settings, when
power is turned on or after an ESC @ command, are at every eight
characters. The tab settings are not affected by changes in cpi. The

tab positions in proportional printing are determined by the 10 cpi
character size.

Overall Printing Style

ESC x

Format:

ASCII code:

Decimal:

Hexadecimal:

Comments:

ESC x

n

27

120

n

1B 78

n

Select Letter Quality or Draft

The following values can be used for

n:

0: Selects draft mode.
1: Selects Letter Quality (LQ) mode.

Overrides the SelecType panel setting.

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Command Summary