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Double Width
Double width printing
or
n = 1: Begin double width printing; n = 0 End double width printing
Begin one-line double width
printing
Begin one-line double width
printing
End one-line double width
printing
Use these commands to produce characters twice as wide as regular characters. For
example, if the current character pitch is 12 CPI, double width characters will print at
6 CPI. The Character Width table shows all the possible combinations. The one-line
double width commands are especially convenient for titles and headlines, since they
turn off double width printing automatically at the end of the line. If you want to cancel
one-line double width printing before the line ends, send a DC4 or ESC W 0 command.
(But note that when you use ESC W 1 to turn on continuous double width printing, the
only way to stop it is with ESC W 0; DC4 has no effect.)
You can also choose continuous double width printing in Menu Select mode.
Epson
The one-line double width command ESC SO is identical in function to the SO
command.
Compressed Printing
Begin compressed printing
Epson: depends on current pitch; IBM: prints in 17.1 CPI
Begin compressed printing
Epson: depends on current pitch; IBM: prints in 20 CPI
End compressed printing
Decimal
Hex
27 87 n
1B 57 n
28 69 n
1C 45 n
14
0E
27 14
1B 0E
20
14
Decimal
Hex
15
0F
27 15
1B 0F
18
12
ASCII
Comp
ESC W n
E P A
FS E n
E
SO
E P A
ESC SO
E
DC4
E P A
ASCII
Comp
SI
E P A
ESC SI
E P A
DC2
E
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