#200 PRINTER CODES
07-Aug-85 22:19:21
Sb: #88331-#200 PRINTER CODES
Fm: E. V. Clemans 70115,1020
To: Phil Wheeler 71266,125
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Apparently the print drive from text filters out control codes when printing.
The trick is to embed the codes so that the high bit is set (graphics
characters, etc) and then print. For example, for the Epson MX series you need
to send <ESC>E to get correspondence mode. Type <CTL>p<GRAPH>kE … what you
should see is a left arrow and the letter E. This willpass through to the
printer. Find the codes you need from your printer manual then look up in the
code chart in the back of the manual adding 128 to the ascii value of your
printer code. I hope this helps… I do it all the time. Regards… Von