Specifications

1-16 Command Descriptions Rev. A
ESC G n turns double-strike mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1, double-
strike mode is turned on; when it is 0, double-strike mode is turned off. The default setting is n=0.
Double-strike and emphasized printing appear the same.
ESC { n
[Name] Turn upside-down printing mode on/off
[Format] ASCII ESC { n
Hex 1B 7B n
Decimal 27 123 n
[Range] 0 ≤
n
≤ 255
ESC { n turns upside-down printing mode on or off. When the LSB (least significant bit) of n is 1,
upside-down printing mode is turned on; when it is 0, upside-down printing mode is turned off. The
default setting is n=0. When upside-down mode is turned on, the printer prints 180°-rotated
characters from right to left. The line printing order is not reversed. This command is enabled only
when input at the beginning of a line.
ESC z n
[Name] Turn parallel printing mode on/off for receipt and journal paper
[Format] ASCII ESC z n
Hex 1B 7A n
Decimal 27 122 n
[Range] 0 ≤
n
≤ 255
Program Example Print Sample
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"G";CHR$(1);
AAAAA
←
Double-strike
PRINT #1, "AAAAA"; CHR$(&HA); BBBBB
←
Normal
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"G";CHR$(0);
PRINT #1, "BBBBB"; CHR$(&HA);
Program Example Print Sample
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"{";CHR$(0);
GOSUB printing
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"{";CHR$(1);
GOSUB printing
END
printing:
PRINT #1, "ABCDE"; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "B C DE F "; CHR$(&HA);
PRINT #1, "CDE F G"; CHR$(&HA);
RETURN
Normal printing
ABCDE
BCDEF
CDEFG
CDEF G
BCDEF
ABCDE
Upside-down
printing