User's Manual

Control Code Definitions

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6820 Series 80-Column Printer User’s Manual

Valid combinations of the values in the following table include any com-

binations except that Pica cannot combine with Elite.

An example of combining values: Pica Compressed Italic Underlined, by

adding values (00h + 04h + 40h + 80h), which results in C4h for the val-

ue of n.

Hex Value Mode

00h Pica

01h Elite

04h Condensed (compressed)

08h Emphasized

10h Double-Strike

20h Double-Width (expanded)

40h Italic

80h Underlined

The following print conflicts occur between modes. A mode in any col-

umn takes precedence over all modes in the columns to its right.

1 2 3

Elite Emphasized Compressed

The following print modes can be combined producing different pitches:

Pitch Mode

5cpi Expanded

6cpi Expanded Elite

8.58 cpi Expanded Compressed

10 cpi Pica

12 cpi Elite

17.16 cpi Compressed

Select Pica Pitch

A character pitch of 10 cpi (characters per inch) is selected (factory de-

fault). This also cancels Elite pitch. Note that this function is not supported

in DBCS.

Format

Decimal Hex ASCII

27 60 1B 50 ESC “P”