Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual page 222

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Cancel double-strike mode
EscH
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This command turns double-strike mode off. Subsequent text is printed with a medium stroke
width.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(72); 'Turn double-strike printing mode off
Select / cancel double-width printing
EscWn
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This command turns double-width printing on or off.
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If n is set to 1 subsequent text is printed using double-width characters. The line spacing
setting is doubled.
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If n is set to 0 subsequent text is printed using normal sized characters. The previous
character pitch setting is restored.
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When you specify a value for n you may also use the character codes for '0' and '1' (48 and
49) instead of 0 and 1.
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Only Esc W 0 can be used to cancel double-width printing mode set using the Esc W 1
instruction.
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Esc W 0 cancels double-width printing mode set using the Esc W 1 instruction, the SO
control code or the Esc SO instruction.
LPRINT CHR$(27); CHR$(87); CHR$(1); 'Set double-width printing
mode
Select single-line double-width printing (I)
SO
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This command turns double-width printing mode on for one line only. The subsequent line of
text is printed using double-width characters and with the line spacing setting doubled.
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The following commands cancel double-width printing mode set using the SO control code:
LF, FF, VT, Esc W 0, DC4, and ESC @.
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If the "auto LF" (automatic line feed) function has been turned on from the control panel, the
carriage return control code, CR, will also cancel double-width printing mode selected with
the SO control code.
LPRINT CHR$(14); 'Set double-width printing mode for one line
(27)(72) <1Bh><48h>
(27)(87)n <1Bh><57h>n
(27) <0Eh>
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