Sharp MZ-700 Series Owner's Manual page 238

A. 6 Color Plotter-Printer Control Codes
A.6.1 Control codes used in the text mode
• Text code ($01)
Sets the printer in the text mode.
• Graphic code ($02) Same as the BASIC MODE GR statement.
Sets the printer in the graphic mode.
• Line up ($03) Same as the BASIC SKIP-1 statement.
Moves the paper one line in the reverse direction. The line counter is decremented by 1.
• Pen test ($04) Same as the BASIC TEST statement.
Writes the following patterns to start ink flowing from the pens, then sets scale = 1 (40 chr/line),
color = 0.
Black Blue Green Red
• Reduction scale ($09) + ($09) + ($09)
Reduces the scale from 1 to 0 (80 chr/line).
• Reduction cancel ($09) + ($09) + (SOB)
Enlarges the scale from 0 to 1. (40 chr/line).
• Line counter set ($09) + ($09) + (ASCII)
2
+ (ASCII)! + (ASCII)
0
+ (SOD)
Same as the BASIC PAGE statement.
Specifies the number of lines per page as indicated by 3 bytes of ASCII code. The maximum number of
lines per page is 255. Set to 66 when the power is turned on or the system is reset.
• Line feed ($0A) Same as the BASIC SKIP 1 statement.
Moves the paper one line in the forward direction. The line counter is incremented by 1.
• Magnify scale ($0B)
Enlarges the scale from 1 to 2 (26 chr/line).
• Magnify cancel ($0C)
Reduces the scale from 2 to 1.
• Carriage return ($0D)
Moves the carriage to the left side of the print area.
• Back space ($0E)
Moves the carriage one column to the left. This code is ignored when the carriage is at the left side
of the print area.
• Form feed ($OF)
Moves the paper to the beginning of the next page and resets the line counter to 0.
• Next color ($ ID)
Changes the pen to the next color.
A.6.2 Character scale
• The character scale is automatically set to 1 (40 chr/line) when the power is turned on. Afterwards,
it can be changed by the control codes and commands.
• In the graphic mode, the scale can be changed in the range from 0 to 63.
• The scale is set to 1 when the mode is switched from graphic to text.