IBM Proprinter

Printer
Control
Codes
and
Escape
Sequences
Printer
control
codes
and
escape
sequences
are
special
characters
that
your
computer
sends
to
the
printer
to
control
its
operation.
All
examples
in
this
guide
use
American
National
Standard
Code
for
Information
Interchange
(ASCII)
decimal
values
in
parentheses.
Descriptions
The
following
list
describes
each
control
code
and
escape
sequence.
Some
knowledge
of
BASIC
(or,
knowing
how
to
put
printer
control
codes
in
your
program)
is
necessary
to
use
the
codes
properly.
An
example
of
each
code
in
BASIC
follows
each
description
.
Operator
Note!
Please
note
the
semicolon
at
the
end
of
the
LP
RI NT
statement.
The
semicolon
( ; )
prevents
the
carriage
return
(CR)
and
line
feed (LF)
at
the
end
of
the
statement.
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