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A758 Owner’s Guide Chapter 7: Programming Guide
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Print Characteristic Commands
These commands control what the printed information looks like: selection of
character sets, definition of custom-defined characters, and setting of margins.
The commands are described in order of their hexadecimal codes
Select Double-Wide Characters
ASCII
:DC2
Hexadecimal
:12
Decimal:
18
Prints double-wide characters. The printer is reset to single-wide mode after a
line has been printed or the Clear Printer (0x10) command is received. Double-
wide characters may be used in the same line with single-wide characters.
Select Single-Wide Characters
ASCII
:DC3
Hexadecimal
:13
Decimal:
19
Prints single-wide characters. Single-wide characters may be used in the same
line with double-wide characters.
Select 90 Degree Counter-Clockwise Rotated Print
ASCII
:ESC DC2
Hexadecimal
:1B 12
Decimal:
27 18
Rotates characters 90 degrees counter-clockwise. The command remains in effect
until the printer is reset or until a Clear Printer (0x10), Select or Cancel Upside-
Down Print (1B 7B), or Select or Cancel Rotated Print (1B 56) command is
received.
Exceptions:
This command is valid only at the beginning of a line.
Rotated print and non-rotated print characters cannot be used together in the
same line.
Related Information:
See Summary of Rotated Printing in this chapter.