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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)
Selectsthecharacterpitchforaprintline.
Formulas
The following table provides the print characteristics for both pitches on the receipt station.
Pitch Columns, CPI
80mm Paper
Standard 44 15.6
Compressed 56 20.3
Related information
SeeChapter2:ProgrammingthePrinter,“Characterappearance”foradescriptionofbothpitches.
Thiscommandandtheselectprintmodescommand(1B21n) affect pitch selection.
ThisisignoredinLEGACYemulationandtheparameterbytegoesintotheprintbuffer.
Set right-side character spacing
ASCII ESC SP n
Hexadecimal 1B 20 n
Decimal 27 32 n
Range of n: 0 – 32 (decimal)
Default: 0
Theunitsofhorizontalandverticalmotionarespeciedbythesethorizontalandverticalminimummotionunits(1D
50…)command.Changesinthehorizontalorverticalunitsdonotaffectthecurrentrightsidecharacterspacing.When
thehorizontalorverticalmotionunitischangedbythesethorizontalandverticalminimummotionunits(1D50…)
commandthevaluemustbeinevenunitsandnotlessthantheminimumamountofhorizontalmovement.
Instandardmodethehorizontalmotionunitisused.
Inpagemodethehorizontalorverticalmotionunitdiffersanddependsonthestartingpositionoftheprintablearea.When
thestartingprintingpositionistheupperleftorlowerrightoftheprintablearea(setbyselectprintdirectioninpagemode,
1B54n)thehorizontalmotionunit(x) is used. When the starting printing position is the upper right or lower left of the
printablearea(setbyselectprintdirectioninpagemode,1B54n)theverticalmotionunit(y) is used.
Thiscommandcanbesetindependentlyinstandardmodeandinpagemode.
Whencharactersareenlarged,theright-sidecharacterspacingisamultipleofitsnormalvalue(ex.spacingfordouble-
width mode is twice the normal value).
Related information
ThiscommanddoesnotaffectHRIcharacters.
ThisisignoredinLEGACYemulationandtheparameterbytegoesintotheprintbuffer.IntheA793emulation,the
commandandparameterbyteareignored.
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