Programmer Manual
ESC _
Sets or cancels overscore printing. (IBM)
ASCII Code
Hexadecimal Value
Decimal Value
Enables or disables overscore printing. See the following table:
n
Overscore Printing
1
Enabled (all spaces and characters that follow are overscored)
0
Disabled
ESC 4
Sets italics printing mode. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
Hexadecimal Value
Decimal Value
Sets the style attribute of the font to italic. This command selects italic printing even if the italic character
table is not selected.
ESC 5
Cancels italics printing. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
Hexadecimal Value
Decimal Value
Sets the style attribute of the font to normal (cancels the italic style attribute previously selected with the
ESC 4 command).
ESC a
Sets Letter Quality justification printing. (EPSON)
ASCII Code
Hexadecimal Value
Decimal Value
Range
Selects from four types of justification, as follows:
n
Justification
0
Left
1
Centered
2
Right
3
Allows an uniform printing between the margins when the buffer is full.
Chapter 1 EPSON/IBM Commands
ESC _ n
X'1B' X'5F' n
27 95 n
ESC 4
X'1B' X'34'
27 52
ESC 5
X'1B' X'35'
27 53
ESC a n
X'1B' X'61' n
27 97 n
0 = n = 3
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