Specifications

Programmer's Guide POSjet
®
1500 Codes and Commands
Nov-10 Rev N Page 121
Function Cancel user-defined characters
ASCII [ESC] $
Hexadecimal 1BH 24H
Decimal <27> <36>
IPCL none
Description The [ESC] $ command removes all user-defined characters from the printer‘s memory. After the
user-defined characters are canceled, the internal character set is printed.
Function Enable user-defined characters
ASCII [ESC] > <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 3EH <n>
Decimal <27> <62> <n>
Range <0>, <1>, 0, or 1
1 Enables the characters
0 Disables the characters
IPCL none
Description The [ESC] > <n> command enables or disables the user-defined characters. The internal character
set is printed.
Function Enable OCR characters
ASCII [ESC] y <11>
Hexadecimal 1BH 79H 0BH
Decimal <27> <121> <11>
IPCL &%YX011
EPOS [ESC] y <11>
Description The [ESC] y <11> command replaces 30 characters in the currently selected character set with
OCR-MA3 characters. OCR characters are only available in NLQ mode; NLQ mode is
automatically selected when OCR is enabled.
Note 1 Do not switch out of NLQ mode until after the OCR characters are disabled. Other fonts do not
contain these characters and will not print correctly.
Note 2 The characters printed by the POSjet
®
1500 Printer follow the format defined in the ANSI X3.111-
1986 Standard. They should be printed in ten or 12 cpi. By enabling enhanced print, the
characters have improved definition but print at a slower speed.
Function Disable OCR characters
ASCII [ESC] y <12>
Hexadecimal 1BH 79H 0CH
Decimal <27> <121> <12>
IPCL &%YX012
EPOS [ESC] y <12>
Description The [ESC] y <12> command returns the 30 OCR characters to the previously selected character
set. It does not restore the print mode.
Note Any character definitions defined by the redefine character set command are also replaced by the
[ESC] y <12> command.