JB> Hi everybody,

 JB> Does anyone know how you can send ESC-codes to the printer and do I
 JB> have to choose Hex. of Dec. numbers? Because both numbers are in the
 JB> manual of the printer. This is very nice for linefeeds, formfeed al
 JB> that kind of things in batch-files

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n ESC.COM
e100 31 D2 B8 1B 0 CD 17 BB 80 0 8A F 30 ED E3 F 43 49 E3 B 43 8A 7 31
e118 D2 30 E4 CD 17 E2 F5 CD 20
Rcx
21
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 Save the script between the hash marks to an ASCII file.
 At the DOS prompt enter,  "DEBUG < filename"
 where "filename" is the name of the saved ASCII file.

This little program uses the decimal numbers to send <Esc> sequences
to the printer. For example, <Esc>x1 sets NLQ mode on my printer. So
to turn on NLQ mode I enter "ESC x1" at the DOS prompt or as a line
in a batch file.

Should you be interested in the source code:

seg000          segment byte public 'CODE'
                assume cs:seg000
                org    100h

;---------------------------------------------------------
                assume es:seg000, ss:nothing, ds:seg000

start:
                xor     dx, dx
                mov     ax, 1Bh
                int     17h             ; PRINTER - OUTPUT CHARACTER
                                        ; AL = character, DX = printer port
(0-3)
                                        ; Return: AH = status bits
                mov     bx, 80h
                mov     cl, [bx]
                xor     ch, ch
                jcxz    Finish
                inc     bx
                dec     cx
                jcxz    Finish

print:
                inc     bx
                mov     al, [bx]
                xor     dx, dx
                xor     ah, ah
                int     17h             ; PRINTER - OUTPUT CHARACTER
                                        ; AL = character, DX = printer port
(0-3)
                                        ; Return: AH = status bits
                loop    print

Finish:
                int     20h             ; DOS - PROGRAM TERMINATION
                                        ; returns to DOS--identical to INT
21/AH=00h
;---------------------------------------------------------

seg000          ends


                end    start




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