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Sequences description

Sequences are special sets of the ASCII-codes that are used to manage the information layout being displayed by a printing device. For example, all Epson-compatible printers support sequences of the ESC-P/ ESC-P2 standard  (i.e. Esc-sequences).

Sequences enable changing size and pitch of the printed symbols, horizontal and vertical density of printing, and allow printing of simple graphic objects.

DOSPRN can now emulate dozens of printing features. By default, DOSPRN supports its own sequences palette, but it can emulate some of the more important ones and often uses the resources of the ESC-P2 and HP PCL standards.

The HP PCL palette can be useful if your DOS program is designed to print on Hewlett Packard printers, but you don't have such a printer or you want to extend its functionalities.

A new DOSPRN meta language is being developed. This language will allow us to describe various sequences better.


Sequences syntax

Each printing mode enabled in DOSPRN corresponds to one or more escape sequences (synonyms) in each sequences palette. The language of DOSPRN sequences has some distinctive features.

  • each non-printable ASCII-code looks like [#XX], where XX is a code value
  • all synonyms are separated by double-pipe symbols (i.e. ||)
  • each sequence which contain parameters (fontsize, LPI, CPI, color etc) should be written in the sequence definition with zeroes or an underscore in the parameter's position. 
    -- If a zero is used, any symbol which is placed by the DOS-program in sequence will be interpreted as the ASCII string view of the parameter. For example, if a sequence was defined as [#27]X0000 and the DOS-program sent the string [#27]X1234, then DOSPRN will decide that the parameter is "1234"
    -- If an underscore is used, any symbol which is placed by the DOS-program in sequence will be interpreted as a code of this symbol. For example, if a sequence was defined as [#27]r_ and the DOS-program sent the string [#27]r0, then DOSPRN will decide that the parameter is "48" (since 48 is a code of ASCII symbol '0')

 

Default sequences

dos print sequences default

(Esc) OP

Select portrait page orientation

(Esc) OL Select landscape page orientation
(Esc) Pxx Set font width (chars per inch) in xx. By default accepted xx=12
(Esc) Lxx Set font height (lines per inch) in xx. By default accepted xx=06
(Esc) C$xxxxxx Set text color where xxxxxx is standard RGB color description in hex
(Esc) Fxx Set font size in xx. By default accepted xx=10
(Esc) Xxxxx Set absolute horizontal position in 1/720" units
(Esc) Yxxxx Set absolute vertical position in 1/720" units
(Esc) B Set bold font style
(Esc) b Unset bold font style
(Esc) I Set italic font style
(Esc) i Unset italic font style
(Esc) U Set underline font style
(Esc) u Unset underline font style
(Esc) S Set strikeout font style
(Esc) s Unset strikeout font style

 

Epson ESC-P2 emulation sequences

dos print sequences epson compatible
(Esc) E or (Esc) G Set bold font style
(Esc) F or (Esc) H Unset bold font style
(Esc) 4 Set italic font style
(Esc) 5 Unset italic font style
(Esc) -1 or (Esc) -#1 Set underline font style
(Esc) -0 or (Esc) -#0 Unset underline font style
(Esc) P Pica font style (10 cpi)
(Esc) M Elite font style (12 cpi)
#14 or (Esc) #14 Double font width (Up to the end of a line)
#20 Normal font width
(Esc) W1 or (Esc) W #1 Double font width (Up to the special cancellation)
(Esc) W0 or (Esc) W #0 Double font width cancel
#15 or (Esc) #15 Condensed fonts
#18 No condensed fonts
(Esc) rx Set text color where x is ASCII code:
#0 -- black #1 -- magenta #2 -- cyan #3 -- violet
#4 -- yellow #5 -- red #6 -- green
(Esc) S0 or  (Esc) S#0 Set superscript printing mode
(Esc) S1 or (Esc) S#1 Set subscript printing mode
(Esc) T Cancel superscript or subscript printing mode
(Esc) B Set vertical tabs
#11 Tab vertically
(Esc) D Set horizontal tabs
#9 Tab horizontally
(Esc) K__ Select 60 dpi graphics
(Esc) L__ or (Esc) Y__ Select 120 dpi graphics
(Esc) Z__ Select 240 dpi graphics

 

 HP PCL emulation sequences

dos print sequences epson compatible
(Esc) (s3B or (Esc) (s1B Set bold font style
(Esc) (s0B Unset bold font style
(Esc) (s1S Set italic font style
(Esc) (s0S Unset italic font style
(Esc) &d1D Set underline font style
(Esc) &d@ Unset underline font style
(Esc) (s1U Set superscript printing mode
(Esc) (s-1U Set subscript printing mode
(Esc) (s0U Cancel superscript or subscript printing mode
(Esc) (sxxH Set font width (chars per inch) in xx. By default accepted xx=12
(Esc) &lxxD Set font height (lines per inch) in xx. By default accepted xx=06
(Esc) &axxxxH Set absolute horizontal position in 1/720" units
(Esc) &axxxxV Set absolute vertical position in 1/720" units

 


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