LP 4  (260-1159)               Control Codes           Faxback Doc. # 5811

SUMMARY OF CONTROL CODES

According to the American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(ASCII), there are 32 control codes in addition to the codes for the
printable characters.  (Control codes are sent as data, but the receiving
device interprets them as abbreviated "instructions", communications-status
messages, etc.).

To output a control code from LEVEL II BASIC, use the CHR$ function.  For
example: 100 LPRINT CHR$(13)   110 LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(14)

A list of the control codes recognized by the Line Printer IV is contained
in the table below.  Each of the control code is described in detail in the
following paragraphs.  Read the detail on backspacing characters carefully.

CODE        PRINTER FUNCTION                     KEYING SEQUENCE

CR          Print Command; Carriage Return       LPRINT CHR$(13)

LF          Full Line Feed Forward               LPRINT CHR$(138)

SI          Start Underline                      LPRINT CHR$(15)

SO          Stop Underline                       LPRINT CHR$(14)

ESC LF      Full Line Feed Forward               LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(138)

ESC SO      Start Double-Width Characters        LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(14)

ESC SI      Stop Double-Width Characters         LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(15)

ESC DC1     Select Proportional Characters       LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(17)

ESC DC3     Select 10 PI Monospaced Characters   LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(19)

ESC DC4     Select 16.7CPI Monospaced Characters LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(20)

ESC FS      Half Line Feed Forward               LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(28)

ESC RS      Half Line Feed Reverse               LPRINT CHR$(27);CHR$(30)

BS n1       Back Space One Character             LPRINT CHR$(8);CHR$(n1)

            n = 10 for 10 cpi mode
            n = 9 for 16.7 cpi mode

            For proportional space mode,
            see chart.

(smm 08/04/93)

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