Ithaca PcOS Reference Chart By Function

Description	ASCII		Hex		IPCL equivalent code
Low Level paper Motion
Line feed.	[LF]		0AH		&%LF
Carriage return.	[CR]		0DH		&%CR
Horizontal Motion
Back space.	[BS]		08H		&%BS
Horizontal tab.	[HT]		09H		&%HT
Set horizontal tab stops.	[ESC] D <n₁> <n₂>... <n_i> <0>		1BH,44H		none
Set horizontal position.	[ESC] n <n₁> <n₂>		1BH,6EH		&%HP<m₁> <m₂> <m₃>
Set justification. n=0 Left n=1 Center n=2 Right n=8 Left (No line feed) n=9 Center (No line feed) n=10 Right (No line feed)	[ESC] a <n>		1BH,61H		&%JR {n=2} &%JC {n=1} &%JL {n=0}
Reset horizontal and vertical tab stops.	[ESC] R		1BH,52H		&%HV
Set left/right print margins. n₁ = Left margin, n₂ = Right margin	[ESC] X <n₁><n₂>		1BH,58H		none
Vertical Motion
Perform a fine line feed.	[ESC] J <n>		1BH,4AH		&%FM <m₁> <m₂> <m₃>
Set 1/8-inch line spacing.	[ESC] 0		1BH,30H		&%ST
Set 7/72-inch line spacing.	[ESC] 1		1BH,31H		&%SG
Begin variable line spacing. (Enable [ESC] A <n>).	[ESC] 2		1BH,32H		none
Set variable line spacing to n/216 inch.	[ESC] 3 <n>		1BH,33H		&%SV <m₁> <m₂> <m₃>
Set variable line spacing to n/72 inch.	[ESC] A <n>		1BH,41H		none
Feed <n> lines at current spacing.	[ESC] d <n>		1BH,64H		&%FL <m₁> <m₂>
Set vertical tab stops.	[ESC] B <n₁> <n₂> <n₃>...<n_i> 0		1BH,42H		none
Vertical tab.	[VT]		0BH		&%VT
Form feed.	[FF]		0CH		&%FF
Feed to black dot	[ESC][VT]		1BH,0BH		None
Set top of form.	[ESC] 4		1BH,34H		&%TF
Set form length in lines.	[ESC] C <n>		1BH,43H		&%SL <m₁> <m₂>
Begin auto line feed. (n=0, end n=1)	[ESC] 5 <n>		1BH,35H		&%CA {n=0} &%MA {n=1}
Set form length in inches.	[ESC] C [NUL] <n>		1BH,43H		&%SI <m₁> <m₂>
Reverse line feed.	[ESC] ]		1BH,5DH		&%LR
Transport Control
Set Transport Mode	[ESC]i<f><v>		1BH,69H		None
Feed Transport	[ESC]j<n>		1BH,6AH		None
Deliver ticket from transport	[ESC]k		1BH,6BH		None
Character Pitch
Begin 10 CPI character pitch.	[DC2]		12H		&%F3
Begin 12 CPI character pitch.	[ESC] :		1BH,3AH		&%F2
Begin 17 CPI character pitch.	[SI]		0FH		&%F1
Set character pitch.	[ESC] [ P <n>		1BH,5BH, 50H		&%F<n>
Set inter-character spacing.	[ESC] V <n>		1BH,56H		none
Begin 24 CPI character pitch	[ESC][SI]		1BH,0FH		&%F4
Character Font
Begin 12 x 12 draft print.	[ESC] # <0>		1BH,23H, 00H		&%QT
Set print quality mode. n=0 Draft (12 x 12) n=1 Large draft (12 x 14) n=2 NLQ (24 x 16) n=3 NLQ (24 x 16) n=4-7 Repeats 0-3	[ESC] I <n>		1BH,49H		&%QT {n=0} &%QU {n=1} &%QL {n=2} &%QS {n=3}
Begin rotated font. (See command description).	[ESC] P <n>		1BH,50H		&%RI &%RF &%RN
Select character code page.	[ESC] [ T <n_h> <n_l>		1BH,5BH, 54H		&%CP <m₁> <m₂> <m₃> <m₄>
Insert Euro character.	[ESC] [ C <n>		1BH,5BH, 43H		&%EU
Print control character.	[ESC] ^ <n>		1BH,5EH		&%CC <m₁> <m₂> <m₃>
Redefine character set.	[ESC] [ S …		1BH,5BH, 53H…
Define user-defined characters.	[ESC] = <y> <c₁> <c₂>…		1BH,3DH		none
Enable user-defined characters.	[ESC] > <n>		1BH,3EH		none
Enable OCR characters.	[ESC] y <11>		1BH,79H, 0BH		&%YX011
Disable OCR characters.	[ESC] y <12>		1BH,79H, 0CH		&%YX012
Cancel user-defined characters.	[ESC] $		1BH,24H		none
Character Attributes
Select color.	[ESC] c <n>		1BH,63H		&%CL <m₁>
Begin one-line double-wide print.	[SO]		0EH		&%MW
Cancel one-line double-wide print.	[DC4]		14H		&%MN
Multi-line double-wide double-high mode. n=0 Standard mode n=1 Double-wide n=2 Double-high 3 = Both	[ESC] W <n>		1BH,57H		&%FS {n=0} &%FD {n=1} &%FH {n=3}
Enable/disable overscore. n=0 End n=1 Begin	[ESC] _ <n>		1BH,5FH		&%CO {n=0} &%MO {n=1}
Begin underline mode. n = 0 End n = 1 Begin	[ESC] - <n>		1BH,2DH		&%CU {n=0} &%MU {n=1}
Begin enhanced print.	[ESC] G		1BH,47H		&%ME
End enhanced print.	[ESC] H		1BH,48H		&%CE
Begin emphasized print.	[ESC] E		1BH,45H		&%MM
End emphasized print.	[ESC] F		1BH,46H		&%CM
Set print style. (See command description.)	[ESC] [ @ ...		1BH,5BH, 40H…		&%DH &%SH
Select superscript.	[ESC] S <0>		1BH,53H, 00H		&%SP
Select subscript.	[ESC] S <1>		1BH,53H, 01H		&%SB
End superscript or subscript.	[ESC] T		1BH,54H		&%SE
Begin italics.	[ESC] % G		1BH,25H, 47H		&%MI
End italics.	[ESC] % H		1BH,25H, 48H		&%CI
Rotated Print
Begin rotated print. (See Rotated Print Summary on page 84.)	[ESC] r <n>		1BH,72H		&%RX
Set rotated print line length.	[ESC] s <n>		1BH,73H		&%RL <m₁> <m₂> <m₃>
Set rotated print line spacing.	[ESC] u <n₁> …		1BH,75H		none
Page Mode
Select page mode	[ESC] t <n>		1BH,74H		&%PM <m₁>
Set page mode page position	[ESC] o <n₁> …		1BH,6FH
Exit page mode	[FF]		0CH		&%FF
APA Graphics
Print single-density graphics. <n₁>=0...255 <n₂>=0…3 len=<n₁> + 256 * <n₂>	[ESC] K <n₁> <n₂>		1BH,4BH		none
Print half-speed double-density graphics.	[ESC] L <n₁> <n₂>		1BH,4CH		none
Print full-speed double-density graphics.	[ESC] Y <n₁> <n₂>		1BH,59H		none
Print quad-density graphics.	[ESC] Z <n₁> <n₂>		1BH,5AH		none
Select bidirectional or unidirectional print. n=0 Bidirectional n=1 Unidirectional	[ESC] U <n>		1BH,55H		&%GU {n=1} &%GB {n=0}
Print graphics in mode <m>.	[ESC] * <m> <n₁><n₂>		1BH,2AH		none
Reassign graphic mode.	[ESC] ? <m><n>		1BH,3FH		none
Horizontal Graphics
Process horizontal graphics data.	[ESC] h <color> <length> <format> <data>		1BH,68H		none
Set horizontal graphic mode.	[ESC] * <m> <0> <0>		1BH,2AH		none
User Store
Begin named macro record.	[ESC] [US] b <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 62H		&%UB <Name..><0>
Save macro data in user store.	[ESC] [US] m <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 6DH		&%UM <Name..><0>
End named macro record.	[ESC] [US] e <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 65H		&%UG <Name..><0>
Load item from user store.	[ESC] [US] l <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 6CH		&%UL <Name..><0>
Save user-defined characters.	[ESC] [US] c <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 63H		&%UC <Name..><0>
Run macro data from user store.	[ESC] [US] r <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 72H		&%UR <Name..><0>
Flag item as a start-up macro.	[ESC] [US] s <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 6DH		&%US <Name..><0>
Delete item from user store.	[ESC] [US] d <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 64H		&%UD <Name..><0>
Flush information from user store.	[ESC] [US] f ALL <0>		1BH,1FH, 66H,00H		&%UF
Transfer user store to extended user store	[ESC] [US] t ALL <0>		1BH,1FH, 66H,00H		&%UF
Report on user store.	[ESC] [US] q <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 72H		&%UQ <Name..><0>
Return a report on user store	[ESC] [US] ? <Name..> <0>		1BH,1FH, 72H		&%UQ <Name..><0>
Process user macro.	[ESC] g <0>		1BH,67H, 00H		&%GP
Start macro record.	[ESC] g <1>		1BH,67H, 01H		&%GS
Stop macro record.	[ESC] g <2>		1BH,67H, 02H		&%GE
Stop macro record and save.	[ESC] g <3>		1BH, 67H, 03H		&%GW
Bar Codes
Print bar code. n=0 Interleave 2 of 5 n=1 Code 39 n=2 Code 128 n=3 UPC A n=4 EAN-13 n=5 UPC E n=6 EAN-8 n= 7 Code 93 n = 8 Codabar		[ESC] b <n> ... [ETX]		1BH,62H
PDF 417 bar code control		[ESC] [EM] E <f> <v>		1BH 19H 45H
Set bar code height. n=0 Restore defaults n=1 - 9 Number of passes (0.11 inch per pass)		[ESC] [EM] B <n>		1BH,19H, 42H
Set bar code width		[ESC] [EM] W <n>		1BH 19H 57H
Set bar code justification, HRI print mode, and print direction.		[ESC] [EM] J <n>		1BH,19H, 4AH
Electronic Journal
Electronic journal initialize and set password		[ESC][GS]I <Password> <0>		1BH 1DH 49H
Electronic journal erase the electronic journal		[ESC][GS]E <Password> <0>		1BH 1DH 45H
Print the electronic journal		[ESC][GS]P< S_l> <S_h>< L_l> <L_h>		1BH 1DH 50H
Report the electronic journal		[ESC][GS]R< S_l> < S_h>< L_l> <L_h>		1BH 1DH 52H
Electronic journal begin entry		ESC]l <3>		1BH 6CH
Electronic journal suspend entry		[ESC]l <2>		1BH 6CH
Electronic journal resume entry		[ESC]l <1>		1BH 6CH
Electronic journal end entry		[ESC]l <0>		1BH 6CH
Electronic journal mode begin (journal station)		[ESC]{		1BH 7BH
Unicode
Set font ID		[ESC] + 1 <low byte> <high byte>		1BH 2BH 31H
Set font descriptor		[ESC] + 2		1BH 2BH 32H
Select font		[ESC] + 3 <low byte> <high byte>		1BH 2BH 31H
Set character code ID		[ESC] + 4 <low byte> <high byte>		1BH 2BH 34H
Send character definition		[ESC] + 5 <low byte length> <high byte length>		1BH 2BH 35H
Delete current selected soft font		[ESC] + 6		1BH 2BH 36H
Delete all soft fonts		[ESC] + 7		1BH 2BH 37H
Query soft/RAM font information		[ESC] + Q		1BH 2BH 51H
Copy soft font from RAM to user memory/flash memory.		[ESC] + U		1BH 2BH 55H
Initiate Unicode UTF-16BE encoding		[ESC] + H		1BH 2BH 48H
Initiate Unicode UTF-16LE encoding		[ESC] + L		1BH 2BH 4CH
Initiate Unicode UTF-8 encoding (MBCS)		[ESC] + M		1BH 2BH 4DH
Initiate normal 8-bit character encoding		[ESC] + A		1BH 2BH 41H
Miscellaneous Commands
Disable paper out sensor.		[ESC] 8		1BH,38H
Enable paper out sensor.		[ESC] 9		1BH,39H
Set left/right margins. n₁ = Left margin n₂ = Right margin		[ESC] X <n₁><n₂>		1BH,58H
Clear print buffer.		[CAN]		18H
Query marker.		[ESC] q <n>		1BH,71H
Open cash drawer. n=1 Cash Drawer 1 n=2 Cash Drawer 2		[ESC] x <n>		1BH,78H
Perform Auto Cut		[ESC] v		1BH,76H
Audio alert.		[BEL]		07H
Configure audio alert.		[ESC] [BEL] <n₁> <n₂> <n₃>		1BH,07H
Print suppress and data pass through.		[ESC] < <n>		1BH,3CH
Initialize printer.		[ESC] @		1BH,40H
Enable paper error mode operation.		[ESC] p <n>		1BH,70H
Enable dynamic response		[ESC] w <n>		1BH,77H
Begin multi-drop control.		[SOH] <n>		01H
Inquire status. (Refer to command descriptions.)		[ENQ] <n>		05H
Inquire cash drawer 1 status		[ENQ] <1>		05H01H
Extended Diagnostics
Set control feature commands.	[ESC] y <n>		1BH,79H		&%Y0 - 9 or &%YX<m1> <m2><m3> (for numbers >9)
Extended diagnostics.	[ESC] ~ <n>		1BH,7EH		none
Enter Remote Down load	[ESC] ~ <14> %		1BH,7EH,0EH,25H		none

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