Select Printing Mode; Select Expansion Of Printable Code Area; Cancel Expansion Of Printable Code Area; Expand Printable Code Area - Brother HL Series Technical Reference Manual

Select printing mode

Esc!n (27)(33)n
• This command allows you to select a combination of printing modes with just one command.
• The various modes are weighted as shown. Add the numbers that correspond to each mode you
require and set n to the total.
10 characters per inch
12 characters per inch
Proportional spacing
Condensed mode
Emphasized mode
Double-strike mode
Double-width mode
Italic printing
Underline mode
• Double-strike and emphasized modes are identical.
• Proportional spacing overrides either character pitch setting (10 cpi or 12 cpi).
• Proportional spacing and condensed mode cannot be combined. Proportional spacing has
precedence.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(33); CHR$(138); 'Proportionally space, emphasize
& underline following text.

Select expansion of printable code area

Esc6 (27)(54)
• This command enables you to print characters whose character codes are in the range 128 to 159.
• You can define your own characters and assign codes in this range to them.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(54); 'Expand printable area

Cancel expansion of printable code area

Esc7 (27)(55)
This command prevents you from printing characters with codes in the range 128 to 159.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(55); 'Cancel codes 128–159

Expand printable code area

EscIn (27)(73)n
• This command permits you to enable or disable the printing of characters whose character codes are
in the ranges 0 to 31 and 128 to 159. You can define your own characters and assign codes in these
ranges to them.
• Set n to 1 to enable printing of characters in the ranges 0 to 31 and 128 to 159.
• Set n to 0 to disable printing of characters in the ranges 0 to 31 and 128 to 159.
• When you specify the value for n you can use the character codes for '0' and '1' (48 and 49) instead
of 0 and 1 if you wish.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(73); CHR$(1); 'Expand printable area
<1Bh><21h>n
0
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
<1Bh><36h>
<1Bh><37h>
<1Bh><49h>n
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