User`s manual
7–64 Digital Emulation
Page Format Select (PFS)
ASCII Code ESC [ Ps SP J
Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 20 4A
Dec Code 27 91 Ps 32 74
Purpose Selects a page format from a list of predefined formats.
Discussion Ps selects one of 12 page formats. Two kinds of format are available:
normal and extended.
In the normal page format, the page home line is 0.5 inches below the top
margin, and the page end line is 0.833 (5/6) inches above the bottom margin.
Normal page formats are:
Ps Format
0 Portrait text communication (default)
1 Landscape text communication
2 Portrait A4 (210 mm x 297 mm)
3 Landscape A4
4 Portrait North American (NA) letter
5 Landscape North American letter
In the extended page format, the page home line is at the top margin, and the
page end line is at the bottom margin. Extended page formats are:
Ps Format
6 Portrait extended (extend) A4 format
7 Landscape A4
?20 Portrait North American Digital private
?21 Landscape North American Digital private
?22 Portrait A4 Digital private
?23 Portrait A4 Digital private
?28 Portrait line printer: 11 inches high x 13.2 inches wide
?29 Landscape line printer: 13.2 inches high x 11 inches wide
The line home and line end positions serve as the left and right edges of the
printed page for justified text. The line home position is the active position
after a carriage return (CR). A carriage return may move the active position
forward or backward in order to reach the line home position.