Chapter 4: Character Style Commands 29Chapter 4: Character Style CommandsThis chapter describes the commands for selecting print style including the following:• Print Mode & Fonts Commands• Italics Print Commands• Emphasized & Enhanced Print Commands• Underline/Overscore/Strike-Through Commands• Outline/Shadow CommandsPrint Mode & Fonts CommandsIndividual Print Mode & Font Commands for 9-Pin Printers (IBM/E/ML) ML320 E/I, ML321 E/I ML320 Turbo, ML321 Turbo ML520, ML521 ML320 Std., ML321 Std.Function IBM Epson MLSelect HSD Print Mode ASCII: ESC # 0Dec: 27 35 48Hex: 1B 23 30ASCII: ESC ( 0Dec: 27 40 48Hex: 1B 28 30ASCII: ESC # 0Dec: 27 35 48Hex: 1B 23 30Select Utility Print Mode See CombinedCommands belowASCII: ESC x 0Dec: 27 120 0Hex: 1B 78 00ASCII: ESC 0Dec: 27 48Hex: 1B 30Select NLQ Print Mode See CombinedCommands belowASCII: ESC x 1Dec: 27 120 49Hex: 1B 77 31andASCII: ESC k nDec: 27 107 nHex: 1B 6B nASCII: ESC 1Dec: 27 49Hex: 1B 31Select NLQ Gothic Font See CombinedCommands belowNot applicable ASCII: ESC 3Dec: 27 51Hex: 1B 33Use High Speed Draft (HSD) or Utility (UTL) printing for drafts and other documents that youwant to print quickly. HSD is faster and its characters somewhat rougher than utility.Near Letter Quality (NLQ) printing is slower than HSD and UTL, but the characters are crisperand more like the characters produced by a typewriter. Use NLQ for final drafts and importantdocuments where appearance matters.You can also use your printer’s front panel or the menu to set the print quality, but settingsmade using the front panel are likely to be overridden by software applications.To select the NLQ print mode in the Epson emulation, you must send two commands: ESC x 1and ESC k n. The ESC x 1 command must be sent to the printer first, followed by the ESC k ncommand. Parameter n designates which font will be used as follows:n=0: Courier NLQn=1: Sans Serif NLQ
