Freescape Emulation - Lexmark T656 Technical Reference Manual

Font
OCR-A
OCR-B
OCR-B
OCRB (in Bubble font)
Roman Pillar
Roman Pillar Bold
Roman Pillar BoldItalic
Roman Pillar Italic
Roman Pillar5
UPC - 10mil
UPC - 13mil
USPS POSTNET
Note: To obtain the PCL5 ESC sequences used to select these fonts, print the PCL5 font list (from
the printer operator panel, select: Menus, Reports, Print Fonts, PCL Fonts.

FREESCAPE emulation

The escape character (decimal 27, hex 1B), found at the beginning of a standard PCL5 emulation
sequence, is an example of binary data. Not all systems are able to send binary data (non printing
characters) to a printer. The FREESCAPE emulation feature provides a way for these systems to
redefine the escape character by substituting a user-selected alternative (alternate escape code or
AEC). When the AEC is located at the beginning of a standard PCL5 emulation sequence, it is
interpreted exactly like the escape character.
Note: The AEC can still be used as data. When found as command data, it is treated as
such. FREESCAPE emulation also permits you to use the escape character and
AEC within the same sequence of commands.
The tilde character (~) is the default AEC.
To set an AEC with a PCL5 sequence:
Use either of the commands listed in the following table to change the AEC.
Type
Scalable
Bitmap
Scalable
Scalable
Scalable
Scalable
Scalable
Scalable
Scalable
Bitmap
Bitmap
Bitmap
FREESCAPE emulation
64
Resides
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
On option card
In printer