Esc =; Esc = ; Select a character from the All Character Code table - Page 335

CHAPTER 7 IBM PROPRINTER - 17 

Select a character from the All Character Code table 

Esc^<char-code> (27)(94)<Char-code> <1Bh><5Eh><Char-code> 

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This command enables you to print a single character from the All Character Code table. 



A control code is not executed if the code is sent immediately following this instruction. 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(94); CHR$(36); 'Printed a dollar sign 

Select character font 

EscIn (27)(73)n 

<1Bh><49h>n 

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This command enables you to select a font and choose the print quality. 



If 

n

 is set to 0 the printer's standard font and draft quality are selected. 

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If 

n

 is set to 2 the printer's standard font and letter quality are selected. 



If 

n

 is set to 4 the download font (the characters you sent to the printer using the 

Esc =

 command) and 

draft quality are selected. 

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If 

n

 is set to 6 the download font ( the characters you sent to the printer using the 

Esc = 

command) 

and letter quality are selected. 

LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(73); CHR$(2); 'Selected letter quality printer 
font 

Define characters 

Esc=n1n220n3(n4n5<character definition data>...) 
 (27)(61)n1n220n3(... 

<1Bh><3Dh>n1n220n3(... 



This command enables you to define and download characters for printing. 



Monospaced characters are designed on a grid eleven dots wide by twelve dots high.  The width of 
proportionally spaced characters is specified in 

n

5

. 

1

2
3

4

5
6

7

8
9

10
11

12

Blank columns

Character width

Rows 1 -  8

Replication area

Rows 2 - 9

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n

1

 and 

n

2

 define the number of characters to be defined as follows: number of characters = 

((

n

1

+(

n

2

*256)-2)/13. 



n

3

 is the character code of the first character in the sequence to be defined.  It is assumed that you are 

defining a sequence of characters whose code numbers increment by one for each character to be 
defined. 

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If bits 1 and 2 of 

n

4

 are 0 and bit 8 is set to 1, the bytes that make up the character definition define the 

top eight rows of the grid,  the most significant bit representing the top dot,  and the least significant 
bit representing the eighth dot down.  Simply set a bit to 1 to print a dot in that position on the grid,  
or to 0 to print white space. 

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If bits 1 and 2 of 

n

4

 are 00 and bit 8 is set to 0 the bytes that make up the character definition define 

rows 2 to 9 of the grid,  the most significant bit representing the second dot,  and the least significant 
bit representing the ninth dot down.  Simply set a bit to 1 to print a dot in that position on the grid,  or 
to 0 to print white space.