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
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
Select Minimum character Height and Width in points	[ESC] + P<w><h>	1BH 50H	none
Select Minimum character Height and Width in ¼ points	[ESC] + p<w><h>	1BH 70H	none
Perform a fine line feed	[ESC] J <n>	1BH,4AH	&%FM <m₁> <m₂> <m₃>
Perform a fine line feed in reverse	[ESC] M <n>	1BH,4DH	&%FR <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>
Feed <n> lines at current spacing in reverse	[ESC] e <n>	1BH,65H	&%FB <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
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
Select Minimum character Height and Width in points	[ESC] + P<w><h>	1BH 50H	none
Select Minimum character Height and Width in ¼ points	[ESC] + p<w><h>	1BH 70H	none
Set character spacing in points	[ESC]+I<n>	1BH 2BH 49H	None
Set character spacing in ¼ points	[ESC]+i<n>	1BH 2BH 69H	None
Set character spacing in points with adjustment	[ESC]+J<n>	1BH 2BH 4AH	None
Set character spacing in ¼ points with adjustment	[ESC]+j<n>	1BH 2BH 6AH	None
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
Select Minimum character Height and Width in points	[ESC] + P<w><h>	1BH 50H	none
Select Minimum character Height and Width in ¼ points	[ESC] + p<w><h>	1BH 70H	none
Select font	[ESC] + 3 <ID>	1BH 2BH 31H		none
Select font by name	[ESC] + N Filename<0>	1BH 2BH 4EH	none
Define Stacked Font	[ESC] + S <ID1> <ID2> …	1BH 2BH 53H	none
Set stroke font Brush Size	[ESC] + B <w>	1BH 2BH 42H	none
Select Minimum character Height and Width in points	[ESC] + P<w><h>	1BH 50H	none
Select Minimum character Height and Width in ¼ points	[ESC] + p<w><h>	1BH 70H	none
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>
Define user-defined characters	[ESC] = <y> <c₁> <c₂>…	1BH,3DH	none
Enable user-defined characters	[ESC] > <n>	1BH,3EH	none
Cancel user-defined characters	[ESC] $	1BH,24H	none
Print control character.	[ESC] ^ <n>	1BH,5EH	&%CC <m1> <m2> <m3>
Print Unicode character	[ESC] “ <nL><nH>	1BH,22H	&%PU <m1> <m2> <m3> <m4> <m4>
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
Select page mode	[ESC][SUB] t <n>	1BH,1AH,74H	&%PM <m₁>
Select page mode Print Area	[ESC][SUB] S …	1BH,1AH,53H
Select page mode Print Area (Fixed size)	[ESC][SUB]W…	1BH,1AH,57H
Select page mode Clear Window	[ESC][SUB]C …	1BH,1AH,41H
Select page mode Set Entry Position	[ESC][SUB]A …	1BH,1AH,41H
Select page mode Set Entry Position (Relative)	[ESC][SUB]R …	1BH,1AH,52H
Select page mode Exit	[ESC][SUB]P …	1BH,1AH,50H
Select page mode (Legacy)	[ESC] t <n>	1BH,74H	&%PM <m₁>
Set page mode page position (Legacy)	[ESC] o <n₁> …	1BH,6FH	&%PY<m₁> <m₂>
Set page mode page size (Legacy)	[ESC] u <n₁> …	1BH,75H	&%PS<m₁> <m₂> <m₃> <m4><m₅> <m6>
Exit page mode	[FF]	0CH	&%FF
Print page mode page (Reenter page mode)	[ESC][FF]	1BH, 0CH	&%PP
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 bi-directional or unidirectional print n=0 Bi-directional 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
Process horizontal graphics data	[ESC] h <color> <length> <format> <data>	1BH,68H	none
Set horizontal graphic mode	[ESC] * <m> <0> <0>	1BH,2AH	none
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> or EXT <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
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	&%25 {n=0} &%39 {n=1} &%12 {n=2} &%UP {n=3} &%EA {n=4} &%UE {n=5} &%E8 {n=6} &%93 {n=7}
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	&%BH <m1><m2>
Set bar code justification, HRI print mode, and print direction	[ESC] [EM] J <n>	1BH,19H, 4AH	&%BJ<m1><m2>
Select receipt station	[ESC]f	1BH,66H	&%SR
Select validation station	[ESC]j	1BH,6AH	&%VS
Select validation station Wide Zone Select	[ESC]z	1BH,7AH	&%VW
Select validation and load for n lines	[ESC]k<n>	1BH,6BH	&%VL<m₁>
Activate/Deactivate Auto Journal Feature	[ESC][GS]A<n>	1BH 1DH 41H	&%JO &%JF
Activate Auto Journal	[ESC]i<n>	1BH,69H	%&VJ
Set wait for form timeout	[ESC][EM]C<n>	1BH,19H,43H	None
Set form sense delay	[ESC][EM]V<n>	1BH,19H,56H	None
Set validation Operation	[ESC] ~ 0 <n>	1BH,7EH,30H	None
Cancel form wait	[ENQ]<16>	05H,10H	None
Unicode
Initiate Unicode UTF-16BE encoding	[ESC] + H	1BH 2BH 48H	none
Initiate Unicode UTF-16LE encoding	[ESC] + L	1BH 2BH 4CH	none
Initiate Unicode UTF-8 encoding (MBCS)	[ESC] + M	1BH 2BH 4DH	none
Initiate Unicode UTF-8 Text only encoding (MBCS)	[ESC] + T	1BH 2BH 54H	none
Initiate normal 8-bit ASCII character encoding	[ESC] + A	1BH 2BH 41H	none
File System Commands
Open File	[ESC][RS] O<Mod> FileName<0>	1BH 1EH 4FH	none
Return Free Space for Open File	[ESC][RS] S	1BH 1EH 53H	none
Return Free Space for Partition	[ESC][RS] s	1BH 1EH 73H	none
Return Last File Command Status	[ESC][RS] ?	1BH 1EH 3FH	none
Close File	[ESC][RS] C	1BH 1EH 43H	none
Close All Files	[ESC][RS] K	1BH 1EH 4BH	none
Open File	[ESC][RS] O FileName<0>	1BH 1EH 4FH	none
Set/Clear File Attributes	[ESC][RS] A <Atb> FileName<0>	1BH 1EH 41H	none
Write File Data	[ESC][RS] W <LL> <LH> <data>	1BH 1EH 57H	none
Read File Data	[ESC][RS] R <LL> <LH>	1BH 1EH 52H	none
File Directory File	[ESC][RS] I	1BH 1EH 49H	none
Delete all Files in partition	[ESC][RS] E <p>	1BH 1EH 45H	none
De-fragment File system	[ESC][RS] F	1BH 1EH 46H	none
Electronic journal initialize and set password	[ESC][GS]I <Password><0>	1BH 1DH 49H	%&EI
Electronic journal erase the electronic journal	[ESC][GS]E <Password><0>	1BH 1DH 45H	&%EC
Print the electronic journal	[ESC][GS]P< S_l> <S_h>< L_l>< L_h>	1BH 1DH 50H	&%EP
Report the electronic journal	[ESC][GS]R< S_l> < S_h>< L_l>< L_h>	1BH 1DH 52H	&%EQ
Electronic journal begin entry	ESC]l <3>	1BH 6CH	%&EB
Electronic journal suspend entry	[ESC]l <2>	1BH 6CH	&%ES
Electronic journal resume entry	[ESC]l <1>	1BH 6CH	&%ER
Electronic journal end entry	[ESC]l <0>	1BH 6CH	&%EE
Electronic journal mode begin (Journal station)	[ESC]{	1BH 7BH	None
Set left/right margins. n₁ = Left margin n₂ = Right margin	[ESC] X <n₁><n₂>	1BH,58H	none
Clear print buffer	[CAN]	18H	&%RP
Query marker	[ESC] q <n>	1BH,71H	none
Initialize printer	[ESC] @	1BH,40H	none
Enable paper error mode operation	[ESC] p <n>	1BH,70H	&%PE <m₁> <m₂>
Inquire status (Refer to command descriptions.)	[ENQ] <n>	05H	none
Inquire cash drawer 1 status	[ENQ] <1>	05H 01H	none
Activate Periodic Status back	[ESC][EM]P	1BH,19H,50H	none
Control Periodic Status back	[ESC][EM]p	1BH,19H,70H	none
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

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