Epson FX-850 User Manual

The simplest type of command consists of a single character to be sent to

the printer. For instance, to print in condensed mode the code format is:

ASCII 

code: 

SI

Decimal:

15

Hexadecimal: 0F

This code can be sent from a program by sending the code 

15 

directly.

More complex commands consist of two or more character codes. For

example, to print in double-wide mode the code format is the following:

ASCII code:

ESC W n

Decimal:

27 87 

n

Hexadecimal: 

1B 57 

In this case n can be either 

1 

or 0, to begin or end double-wide printing.

You can use either of the following commands to turn ON double-wide

print from BASIC:

LPRINT 

LPRINT 

 

 1)

For the following commands that use only 

0 

or 

1 

for the variable, either

the ASCII codes 

1 

and 

0 

or the ASCII characters 

1 

and 

0 

can be used:

ESC s, ESC U, ESC x, ESC p, ESC W, ESC S, ESC-, ESC w, and

ESC %

For example, in BASIC you can turn on double-high with either of these

statements:

LPRINT 

 “w”; 

 1)

LPRINT 

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Command Summary