Select Printing Mode; Expand Printable Code Area - Brother HL-1050 Technical Reference Manual

Select printing mode

Esc!n (27)(33)n
This command allows you to select a combination of printing modes with just one command.
The various modes are weighted as shown. Add the numbers that correspond to each mode you require and
set n to the total.
10 characters per inch
12 characters per inch
Proportional spacing
Condensed mode
Emphasized mode
Double-strike mode
Double-width mode
Italic printing
Underline mode
Double-strike and emphasized modes are identical.
Proportional spacing overrides either character pitch setting (10 cpi or 12 cpi).
Proportional spacing and condensed mode cannot be combined. Proportional spacing has precedence.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(33); CHR$(138); 'Proportionally space, emphasize
& underline following text.
Select expansion of printable code area
Esc6 (27)(54)
This command enables you to print characters whose character codes are in the range 128 to 159.
You can define your own characters and assign codes in this range to them.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(54); 'Expand printable area
Cancel expansion of printable code area
Esc7 (27)(55)
This command prevents you from printing characters with codes in the range 128 to 159.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(55); 'Cancel codes 128–159

Expand printable code area

EscIn (27)(73)n
This command permits you to enable or disable the printing of characters whose character codes are in the
ranges 0 to 31 and 128 to 159. You can define your own characters and assign codes in these ranges to
them.
Set n to 1 to enable printing of characters in the ranges 0 to 31 and 128 to 159.
Set n to 0 to disable printing of characters in the ranges 0 to 31 and 128 to 159.
When you specify the value for n you can use the character codes for '0' and '1' (48 and 49) instead of 0 and
1 if you wish.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(73); CHR$(1); 'Expand printable area
<1Bh><21h>n
0
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
<1Bh><36h>
<1Bh><37h>
<1Bh><49h>n
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