Print Characteristic Commands - NCR 7167 Owner's Manual

7167 Owner's Manual

Print Characteristic Commands

These commands control what the printed information looks like: selection of character
sets, definition of custom-defined characters, and setting of margins. The commands are
described in order of their hexadecimal codes
Select Double-Wide Characters
Hexadecimal:
Prints double-wide characters. The printer is reset to single-wide mode after a line has
been printed or the Clear Printer (0x10) command is received. Double-wide characters
may be used in the same line with single-wide characters.
Example:
MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H12)
Select Single-Wide Characters
Hexadecimal:
Prints single-wide characters. Single-wide characters may be used in the same line with
double-wide characters.
Example:
MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H13)
122
DC2
ASCII:
12
Decimal: 18
ASCII: DC3
13
Decimal: 19
November 2002
Chapter 6: Commands