Section 3 - Ibm Emulation Mode Printer Commands; Control Codes - Lexmark FORMS 249X Technical Reference

IBM Emulation
Mode Printer
Commands
This section provides a detailed description of IBM emulation mode
commands you can use with your printer.

Control Codes

Control codes are one-character printer commands that are used to:
• Manage the printing of a job.
• Control the movement of the cursor, which changes the current print
position.
• Control primary and secondary font selection.
The first 32 characters of the Standard ASCII table are control codes. This
printer uses the following control codes.
Code
Name
Null
Sound
Beeper
Backspace BS
Horizontal
Tab
Line Feed LF
Vertical Tab VT
Form Feed FF
Symbol Description
NUL Null character.
BEL Sounds the printer beeper for
approximately 1 second.
Causes the printer to move the current
print position one character position to the
left.
HT Moves the printhead to the horizontal
tabulation stops.
Advances the paper one line on the page. 10
Moves the paper to the next vertical
tabulation stop set with the printer
command Set Vertical Tabulation Stops
(ESC B).
Advances the paper to the top of the next
page and does a carriage return.
Section 3: IBM Emulation Mode Printer Commands
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Value Value
(Dec) (Hex)
0 00
7 07
8 08
9 09
0A
11 0B
12 0C
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