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Table of Contents Trademark Acknowledgements .................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ................................................................................................ 3 Introduction .................................................................... 7 About this Manual ................................................................................................ 7 Audience ....................................................................................................... 7 Warnings and Special Information ................................................................ 7 Related Product Information ................................................................................ 7 Software Features ............................................................................................... 7 ANSI Emulation ............................................................. 9 Overview .............................................................................................................. 9 ANSI Emulation Default Settings .................................................................. 9 Configuring the ANSI Emulation ........................................................................ 12 Control Codes ............................................................................................. 12 Format for Control Code Descriptions ........................................................ 13 Control Codes Index ................................................................................... 15 Character Sets, International ...................................................................... 16 Expanded Mode .......................................................................................... 18 Forms Length, Top Margin, Bottom Margin ................................................ 18 Graphic Rendition ....................................................................................... 19 Horizontal Position Absolute ....................................................................... 20 Horizontal Position Backward ..................................................................... 20 Horizontal Positive Relative ........................................................................ 20 Horizontal/Vertical Position Absolute .......................................................... 20 Line Spacing ............................................................................................... 21 Margins, Left and Right ............................................................................... 21 Private Mode, Disable ................................................................................. 22 Private Mode, Enable .................................................................................. 22 Proportional Print Mode .............................................................................. 22 Resetting ..................................................................................................... 23 Subscript ..................................................................................................... 24 Superscript .................................................................................................. 24 Tab, Clear ................................................................................................... 24 Tab Set, Multiple Horizontal ........................................................................ 24 Terminate Loading of Data ......................................................................... 25 Vertical Position Absolute ........................................................................... 25 Vertical Position Backward ......................................................................... 26 Vertical Position Relative ............................................................................ 26 Vertical Tab Set .......................................................................................... 26 Graphics ............................................................................................................ 27 Dot Patterns And Densities ......................................................................... 27 Horizontal Format ....................................................................................... 29 Vertical Format ............................................................................................ 29 Other Graphics Considerations................................................................... 29 Dot Graphics ............................................................................................... 30 Repeat Graphics Character ........................................................................ 30 Select Graphics Mode ................................................................................. 30 Bar Codes .......................................................................................................... 32 Entering and Exiting Bar Codes .................................................................. 32 Setting Bar Code Parameters ..................................................................... 32 Human Readable Line (HRL)...................................................................... 35 Spacing between Bar Codes ...................................................................... 35 Bar Code Readers ...................................................................................... 37 Test Program .............................................................................................. 37 Vertical Bar Codes ...................................................................................... 37 Oversize Character Font Option ........................................................................ 39 Entering and Exiting Oversize..................................................................... 39 Selecting Size ............................................................................................. 40 Vertical Page Formatting ............................................. 41 Overview ............................................................................................................ 41 Planning a Vertical Page Format ....................................................................... 41 VFU Characteristics .................................................................................... 41 Proprinter and Epson Vertical Tab Table .......................................................... 42 Executing Vertical Tabs .............................................................................. 42 Vertical Tab Positions ................................................................................. 42 P-Series EVFU .................................................................................................. 44 Start Load Code - 1E or 6E Hex ................................................................. 44 Channel Assignment ................................................................................... 44 End Load - 1F or 6F Hex ............................................................................ 44 Using the EVFU .......................................................................................... 44 Clearing the EVFU Memory ........................................................................ 46 Relative Line Slewing .................................................................................. 47 ANSI EVFU ........................................................................................................ 48 Loading the Table ....................................................................................... 48 The Default.................................................................................................. 50 The Skip to Channel Command .................................................................