IBM Commands Arranged by Topic
Printer operation
ASCII
Dec. Hex. Description
DC1 17
11
Select Printer
ESC Q n
81
51
Deselect Printer
n = 3: Deselect standard printer
22: Deselect wide printer
ESC U n
85 55
Turn Unidirectional
Mode
On/Off
n= l:On
0: Off
BEL
7 07
Beeper
Data control
ASCII
Dec. Hex. Description
CR 13 OD
Carriage Return
CAN 24 18
Cancel Line
Vertical motion
ASCII
Dec. Hex. Description
FF
12 0C
Form Feed
ESC C n 67 43
Set Page Length in Lines
n = number of lines (1-127)
ESC C 0 n
67
43
Set Page Length in Inches
n = number of inches (1-22)
ESCNn
78 4E
Set Skip-Over-Perforation
n = number of lines (1-127)
ESC 0 79 4F
Cancel Skip-Over-Perforation
ESC 4
52 34
Set Top-of-Form
LF
10 0A
Line Feed
8-14
Command Summary