Printek Emulation; Introduction - Printek MtP Series Programmer's Manual

Printek Emulation

Introduction

This section describes the control codes and escape sequences comprising Printek emulation. This emulation
may be selected by setting "Emulation" to "Printek" in the appropriate interface setup menu, or via software
with the ESC ESC 1 sequence. While this emulation is selected, control codes and escape sequences from
other emulations are not available.
Control codes and escape sequences are used to control printer operation. An ASCII control code is a single
character in the range 00 hex through 1F hex, and 7F hex. The ESC (Escape) control code (1B hex) is used to
introduce character strings called escape sequences, which provide an extension of the commands available
with ASCII control codes.
If a sequence accepts one numeric parameter, it will be represented as "n". If a sequence accepts more than one
numeric parameter, they will be represented as "n1 n2 ... nx".
Spaces are used when documenting escape sequences to increase readability. If a space character is actually a
valid part of the sequence, it will be represented as "SPACE". Characters that appear in italics (such as "n" and
"n1" above) are not sent to the printer as is; they are used as a place holder indicating that some value must be
supplied.
Multiple character strings without intervening spaces typically represent control codes. For example, BS is the
Backspace control code (08 hex), not the two characters "B" and "S" (42 and 53 hex), and SPACE is the space
character (20 hex). An ASCII Control Code Table is provided on page 47 for your convenience. If you have
any doubt about how to interpret a documented control code or escape sequence, refer to the hexadecimal
representation in the example. The examples may also be helpful when analyzing a Hex Dump printed by the
printer. Please refer to the "Hex Dump " section of this manual on page 41.
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