User Guide

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❏ BP-A/I mode
ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal & Decimal FUNCTION
[1] BEL [07] H [7] D Activates the alarm.
[2] BS [08] H [8] D Backspace one character.
[3] HT [09] H [9] D Moves to next horizontal tab.
[4] LF [0A] H [10] D Linefeeds after printing.
[5] VT [0B ]H [11] D Linefeeds to next vertical tab position after printing.
[6] FF [0C] H [12] D Form feeds after printing.
[7] CR [0D] H [13] D Carriage return after printing.
[8] SO [0E] H [14] D Sets double width character mode for 1 line.
[9] SI [0F] H [15] D Sets condensed character mode.
[10] DC2 [12] H [18] D Selects pica (10 cpi) mode.
[11] DC4 [14] H [20] D Cancels double width character mode set by SO.
[12] CAN [18] H [24] D Clears data in buffer.
[13] DEL [7F] H [127] D Deletes one character in BP-A mode.
[14] ESC GS n [1B,1D,n] H [27,29,n] D Controls Cut Sheet Feeder.
n=0 : Manual feeding.
n=1 : Selects Bin 1.
n=2 : Selects Bin 2.
n=R : Ejects a cut sheet paper loaded in the printer.
[15] ESC *m n1 n2 [1B,2A,m,n1,n2,data] H Sets various 8 pin graphic mode.
data [27,42,m,n1,n2, data] D The total number of dots in the data is set by
n1 + n2
x
256.or (n1 + n2
x
256)
x
2 for high-
density graphics.
[16] ESC ! n [1B,21,n] H [27,33,n] D Sets various print modes.
n is specified by the following combinations.
(0≤n≤255)
Note: Proportional cannot be specified with elite or condensed, and has higher priority.
Print modes Dec. Hex. Correspond command
Pica 0 00 ESC P
Elite 1 01 ESC M
Proportional 2 02 ESC p
Condensed 4 04 SI, DC2
Emphasized 8 08 ESC E, ESC F
Double strike 16 10 ESC G, ESC H
Double width 32 20 ESC W
Italic 64 40 ESC 4, ESC 5
Underline 128 80 ESC -
m Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal
of Pins Columns Density
0 Standard-density 8 816 60
1 Double-density 8 1632 120
2 Double-speed double-density 8 1632 120
3 Quadruple-density 8 3264 240
4 80 dpi graphics 8 1088 80
5 72 dpi graphics 8 979 72
6 90 dpi graphics 8 1224 90
7 High-density graphics 16 1632 120
Appendix B. Control code summary
B. Control code summary (BP-A/I)