Cognitive Solutions A799 Manual De Usuario

Chapter 4: Programming Commands

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Revision D 12/09

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ASCII 

ESC ! n 

Hexadecimal  1B 21 n 

Decimal 

27 33 n 

Value of n: 

Pitch selection (standard, compressed,  double high, or double wide.)

Value of n
Bit

Bit 0 

Pitch

2 

 

Standard  

Compressed  

 

(See chart below) 

pitch 

pitch

Bit 3 

Emphasized mode  Canceled 

Set

Bit 4 

Double-high 

Canceled 

Set

Bit 5 

Double-wide 

Canceled 

Set

Bit 7 

Underlined mode  Canceled 

Set

1

Bits 1, 2 and 6 are not used.

2

Standard and compressed pitch cannot be used together in the same line.

Default: 

0 (for bits 0, 3, 4, 5, 7)

This command and select pitch (column width) command (1B 16 n) affect pitch selection.

Standard 

44 

49 

15.6

Compressed  56 

64 

20.3

Selects the print mode: standard, compressed, emphasized, underlined, double-high, or double-wide.

Refer to the table in other column for exceptions.

Look in Chapter 3: Programming the Printer, “Character appearance” for a description of standard and compressed 
character pitches. 
The bits in this command perform the same function as the stand-alone functions:

 

1B 16 n 

Select pitch 

 

1B 45 n 

Emphasized 

 

1B 47 n 

Double-strike 

 

12 

Double-wide 

 

13 

Single-wide 

 

1B 2D n 

Underline