248 IBM Proprinter Control Commands
ESC W Set/Cancel Enlarged Pitch
ASCII:
ESC W (n)
Control:
CTRL
[W (n)
Decimal:
27 87 (n)
Hexadecimal:
1B 57 (n)
Sets and cancels enlarged pitch. n specifies whether the function is set or
cancelled:
•
n = 1 or 49: Set enlarged pitch
•
n = 0 or 48: Cancel enlarged pitch
Setting enlarged pitch causes the currently selected pitch to become
enlarged as follows:
Current
Pitch
After ESC
W (1)
Previous
Pitch
After ESC W
(0)
18.2 9.1 9.1 18.2
17.14 8.57 8.57 17.14
16.67 8.33 8.33 16.67
15.0 7.5 7.5 15.0
12.0 6.0 6.0 12.0
10.0 5.0 5.0 10.0
ESC W (1) or ESC W (49) causes enlarged pitch to remain in effect until
changed by one of the following:
•
ESC W (0) ESC A z ! (n)
•
ESC W (48) SOH A z ! (n)
Note
: Enlarged pitch is called "Double Wide Printing" by some
manufacturers. This command is not valid when NLQ printing is
selected.
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