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Add: Click to add a new command to the list displayed in the Commands box. You must
then edit the new command’s description and value. Note that new commands are shared
by all printer queues.
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Delete: Click to remove a command from the Commands box.
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Command description: Use this box to edit the description of the command currently
selected in the Commands box.
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Command value: Use this box to edit the code of the command currently selected in the
Commands box. Use the right-click menu for a list of standard printer control characters.
Frequently Used Printer Control Characters
Character name: Character
code:
Typical use in printing context:
End-Of-Job \004 Indicates the end of a print job
Backspace \b Moves a character space backwards
Horizontal Tab \t Adds a horizontal tab
Line Feed \012 Moves to the next line
Form Feed \f Moves to the next page
Carriage Return \r Moves to the beginning of the current line
DOS End-Of-File \032 Indicates the end of a print job in a DOS
environment
Escape \033 Adds an escape character
New Line
(CRLF)
\n Goes to a new line
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