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The following table describes the supported printer functions.
Just Because We Have It Doesn't Mean You Do.
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Not all printers support every command. Unsupported commands will
either be ignored or simulated using available functions.
To transmit a command to the printer device, you can either formulate a
character stream containing the material shown in the "Escape Sequence"
column of the table below or send an prd_prtcommand device i/o command
to the printer device with the "Name" of the function you wish to
perform.
PRINTER DEVICE COMMAND FUNCTIONS
Cmd Escape Defined
Name No. Sequence Function by:
---- --- -------- -------- -------
aRIS 0 ESCc Reset ISO
aRIN 1 ESC#1 Initialize +++
aIND 2 ESCD Linefeed ISO
aNEL 3 ESCE Return,linefeed ISO
aRI 4 ESCM Reverse linefeed ISO
aSGR0 5 ESC[0m Normal char set ISO
aSGR3 6 ESC[3m Italics on ISO
aSGR23 7 ESC[23m Italics off ISO
aSGR4 8 ESC[4m Underline on ISO
aSGR24 9 ESC[24m Underline off ISO
aSGR1 10 ESC[1m Boldface on ISO
aSGR22 11 ESC[22m Boldface off ISO
aSFC 12 ESC[nm Set foreground color where n ISO
stands for a pair of ASCII digits,
3 followed by any number 0-9
(See ISOColor Table)
aSBC 13 ESC[nm Set background color where n ISO
stands for a pair of ASCII digits,
4 followed by any number 0-9
(See ISO Color Table)
aSHORP0 14 ESC[0w Normal pitch DEC
aSHORP2 15 ESC[2w Elite on DEC
aSHORP1 16 ESC[1w Elite off DEC
aSHORP4 17 ESC[4w Condensed fine on DEC
aSHORP3 18 ESC[3w Condensed off DEC
aSHORP6 19 ESC[6w Enlarged on DEC
aSHORP5 20 ESC[5w Enlarged off DEC
aDEN6 21 ESC[6"z Shadow print on DEC
aDEN5 22 ESC[5"z Shadow print off (sort of)DEC
aDEN4 23 ESC[4"z Doublestrike on DEC
aDEN3 24 ESC[3"z Doublestrike off DEC
aDEN2 25 ESC[2"z NLQ on DEC
aDEN1 26 ESC[1"z NLQ off DEC
aSUS2 27 ESC[2v Superscript on +++
aSUS1 28 ESC[1v Superscript off +++
aSUS4 29 ESC[4v Subscript on +++
aSUS3 30 ESC[3v Subscript off +++
aSUS0 31 ESC[0v Normalize the line +++
aPLU 32 ESCL Partial line up ISO
aPLD 33 ESCK Partial line down ISO
aFNT0 34 ESC(B US char set or Typeface 0 DEC
aFNT1 35 ESC(R French char set or Typeface 1 DEC
aFNT2 36 ESC(K German char set or Typeface 2 DEC
aFNT3 37 ESC(A UK char set or Typeface 3 DEC
aFNT4 38 ESC(E Danish I char set or Typeface 4 DEC
aFNT5 39 ESC(H Swedish char set or Typeface 5 DEC
aFNT6 40 ESC(Y Italian char set or Typeface 6 DEC
aFNT7 41 ESC(Z Spanish char set or Typeface 7 DEC
aFNT8 42 ESC(J Japanese char set or Typeface 8 +++
aFNT9 43 ESC(6 Norwegian char set or Typeface 9 DEC
aFNT10 44 ESC(C Danish II char set or Typeface 10 +++
(See Suggested Typefaces Table)
aPROP2 45 ESC[2p Proportional on +++
aPROP1 46 ESC[1p Proportional off +++
aPROP0 47 ESC[0p Proportional clear +++
aTSS 48 ESC[n E Set proportional offset ISO
aJFY5 49 ESC[5 F Auto left justify ISO
aJFY7 50 ESC[7 F Auto right justify ISO
aJFY6 51 ESC[6 F Auto full justify ISO
aJFY0 52 ESC[0 F Auto justify off ISO
aJFY3 53 ESC[3 F Letter space (justify) (special)ISO
aJFY1 54 ESC[1 F Word fill(auto center) (special)ISO
aVERP0 55 ESC[0z 1/8" line spacing +++
aVERP1 56 ESC[1z 1/6" line spacing +++
aSLPP 57 ESC[nt Set form length n DEC
aPERF 58 ESC[nq Perf skip n (n>0) +++
aPERF0 59 ESC[0q Perf skip off +++
aLMS 60 ESC#9 Left margin set +++
aRMS 61 ESC#0 Right margin set +++
aTMS 62 ESC#8 Top margin set +++
aBMS 63 ESC#2 Bottom margin set +++
aSTBM 64 ESC[n; nr Top and bottom margins DEC
aSLRM 65 ESC[n; ns Left and right margins DEC
aCAM 66 ESC#3 Clear margins +++
aHTS 67 ESCH Set horizontal tab ISO
aVTS 68 ESCJ Set vertical tabs ISO
aTBC0 69 ESC[0g Clear horizontal tab ISO
aTBC3 70 ESC[3g Clear all h. tabs ISO
aTBC1 71 ESC[1g Clear vertical tab ISO
aTBC4 72 ESC[4g Clear all v. tabs ISO
aTBCALL 73 ESC#4 Clear all h. & v. tabs +++
aTBSALL 74 ESC#5 Set default tabs +++
aEXTEND 75 ESC[n"x Extended commands +++
aRAW 76 ESC[n"r Next n chars are raw +++
Legend:
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ISO indicates that the sequence has been defined by the
International Standards Organization. This is
also very similar to ANSI x3.64.
DEC indicates a control sequence defined by Digital Equipment
Corporation.
+++ indicates a sequence unique to Amiga.
n stands for a decimal number expressed as a set of ASCII
digits. In the aRAW string ESC[5"rHELLO, n is substituted by 5,
the number of RAW characters you send to the printer.
ISO Color Table Suggested Typefaces
--------------- -------------------
0 Black 0 Default typeface
1 Red 1 Line Printer or equivalent
2 Green 2 Pica or equivalent
3 Yellow 3 Elite or equivalent
4 Blue 4 Helvetica or equivalent
5 Magenta 5 Times Roman or equivalent
6 Cyan 6 Gothic or equivalent
7 White 7 Script or equivalent
8 NC 8 Prestige or equivalent
9 Default 9 Caslon or equivalent
10 Orator or equivalent