FX-286e Control Codes. Genicom P600, 5000 Series, GEK 00031B, GEK 00031B

FX-286E CONTROL CODES

BEL

BS

CAN

CR

DC1

DC2

DC3

DC4

DEL

ESC

FF

Bell (07H): Sounds the beeper.

Backspace (08H): Flushes all print data and then moves the print position one character width to the left based on the current character spacing. If this code is received immediately after graphic printing, the print position of subsequent data is moved back to the point at which graphic printing started.

Cancel (18H): Causes all printable data received since the last line terminator or escape sequence, whichever occurred later, to be deleted. Data on previous lines that has been auto-wrapped will not be deleted. This code is a line terminator. The current print position will be retained. Also, cancels the double width print mode initiated by the SO control code.

Carriage Return (0DH): Flushes all print data and positions the print position at the left margin for subsequent printable data to be printed. This code Is a line terminator and will terminate the double width print mode initiated by a received SO code.

Device Control 1 (11H): Causes printing to resume after the printer has been deselected by a DC3 code. It will not resume printing if printer was halted by pressing the On Line key on the control panel.

Device Control 2 (12H): Cancel condensed mode. This ends the current print buffer and causes its contents to print. The condensed print mode is then canceled and printing resumes at 10 cpi (5 cpi double-wide) or 12 cpi (6 cpi double-wide) depending on which one was previously selected.

Device Control 3 (13H)

Serial Interface: Deselect printer. The printer can be selected again by a DC1 command or by the online key.

Parallel Interface: Treated the same as the NUL control code.

Device Control 4 (14H): Cancels double width printing initiated by a

SO control code or ESC SO escape sequence and returns to the previously selected print compression (pica, compressed, or elite). It does not cancel double width printing selected by ESC W or ESC 1.

Delete (7FH): The delete character is discarded unless it is made printable via the ESC 6 code expansion sequence.

Escape (1BH): Introduces an escape sequence. It implies that subsequent code(s) will be interpreted by the printer as a printer command. not printable data.

Form Feed (0CH): Moves the print position to the top of the next form at the left margin. This code is a line terminator and will terminate the double-width printing mode initiated by a received SO code. All print data is flushed before the form feed occurs.

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HT

LF

NUL

SI

SO

Horizontal Tab (09H): If there are tabs set, this code ends the current print buffer and causes its contents to be printed. The horizontal print position moves right to the next horizontal tab stop position. Any tab that causes the current print position to exceed the right print limit, or right margin, will cause a line wrap to occur

(CR,LF). Tab positions are absolute. If the character spacing changes, tab positions remain in the same absolute horizontal positions. If there is no tab set between the current print position and the print limit, the tab is ignored and the current print buffer is not affected.

Line Feed (0AH): Flushes all print data and then advances the paper up one line as determined by the current line spacing. Me print position Is moved to the left margin. This code is a line terminator and will terminate the double-width printing mode initiated by a received SO code. If paper positioning causes the next line to exceed the form length, an automatic form feed will occur.

Null (00H): Causes no action when received alone. It is used by some sequences to terminate the parameter list.

Shift In (0FH): Select condensed print mode. Ends the current print buffer and causes its contents to be printed. This code then enables the condensed printing mode. Characters are condensed to 17.1 cpi for the pica pitch (10 cpi) and 20 cpi for the elite pitch (12 cpi).

Double-wide printing [invoked by SO, ESC I (n), or ESC W commands], together with 17.1 cpi, produces printing at approximately 8.6 cpi. With double-wide and 20 cpi, the resulting print will be approximately 10 cpi. The condensed print mode can be selected, but not activated, while the proportional print mode is active.

Shift Out (0EH): Select double-wide printing by line. Ends the current print buffer and causes its contents to be printed. This code then starts double-wide printing for subsequent characters until a line terminator, DC4, ESC I (n), or ESC W NUL command is received.

Characters are elongated to twice their current width, that is, expanded to take up two character positions each. The tab positions are not changed. If the double-wide print mode is already active by an

ESC W or ESC I (n) sequence. the SO code is ignored and the escape sequence takes control.

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VT Vertical Tab (0BH): Ends the current print buffer and causes its contents to be printed. A CR function is always performed upon receipt of a VT code. The VT code then advances the paper vertically to the next vertical tab position in the channel selected by the ESC / sequence. If no channel has been selected, channel zero is used.

Following power-up or initialization, the eight vertical tab channels are in an initialized state (no tabs have been inserted into a specific channel nor has the tab erase command been received). If a VT code

Is received at this time, a vertical move equal to the current line spacing is performed. If the command to erase tabs is received (ESC

B NUL or ESC bn NUL), received VT codes will produce no vertical motion but will cause a CR to occur.

A maximum of 16 vertical tab positions are allowed for each of the eight channels. If there are tabs in the currently selected table, but no tabs set beyond the current line. a vertical tab will cause paper to advance to the top margin of the next form.

When a vertical tab would cause the printer to exceed the current form length (minus any perforation skip distance) the vertical tab will act as a form feed. Vertical tabs are converted to absolute positions when set. Future changes in line spacing will not change the position of the vertical tabs.

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