Chapter 6: Commands 7197 Owner’s GuideFebruary 2002100Print Characteristic CommandsThese commands control what the printed information looks like: selection of charactersets, definition of custom-defined characters, and setting of margins. The commands aredescribed in order of their hexadecimal codesSelect Double-Wide CharactersASCII: DC2Hexadecimal: 12Decimal: 18Prints double-wide characters. The printer is reset to single-wide mode after a line hasbeen printed or the Clear Printer (0x10) command is received. Double-wide charactersmay be used in the same line with single-wide characters.Example:• MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H12)Select Single-Wide CharactersASCII: DC3Hexadecimal: 13Decimal: 19Prints single-wide characters. Single-wide characters may be used in the same line withdouble-wide characters.Example:• MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H13)Select 90 Degree Counter-Clockwise Rotated PrintASCII: ESC DC2Hexadecimal: 1B 12Decimal: 27 18
