NCR 7197 II SERIES - Select 90 Degree Counter-Clockwise Rotated Print; Select Pitch (Column Width)

7197 Series II Owner’s Guide Chapter 6: Commands
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Select 90 Degree Counter-Clockwise Rotated Print
ASCII: ESC DC2
Hexadecimal: 1B 12
Decimal:
27 18
Rotates characters 90 degrees counter-clockwise. The command remains in effect until the
printer is reset or until a Clear Printer (0x10), Select or Cancel Upside-Down Print (1B 7B),
or Select or Cancel Rotated Print (1B 56) command is received.
 Example:
 MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H1B) & Chr$(&H12)
Exceptions:
This command is valid only at the beginning of a line.
Rotated print and non-rotated print characters cannot be used together in the same line.
Related Information:
See Summary of Rotated Printing in this chapter.
Select Pitch (Column Width)
ASCII: ESC SYN n
Hexadecimal: 1B 16 n
Decimal:
27 22 n
Value of n:
0 = Standard Pitch
1 = Compressed Pitch
Default:
0 (Standard pitch)
Selects the character pitch for a print line.
Formulas:
The following table provides the print characteristics for both pitches.