BS (backspace) CR (carriage return) ESC command shortening 1st 2 chars must be the same omit &? from add'l commands only last command uppercase performed in order rec'd ESC E (reset) ESC Y (Fn display mode on) ESC Z (Fn display mode off) ESC 9 (clear side margins) ESC &a#L (left margin) ESC &a#M (right margin) ESC &d#D (enable auto underline) ESC &d@ (disable auto underline) ESC &k#G (line termination) ESC &l tells printer certain type of command will follow ESC &l0O (portrait) ESC &l1O (landscape) ESC &l#A (page size) ESC &l#D (lines per inch) ESC &l#E (top margin) ESC &l#F (text length) ESC &l#H (paper input control) ESC &l#P (page length in lines) ESC &l#U (long offset - decipoints) ESC &l#X (# of copies) ESC &l#Z (short offset - decipoints) ESC &s#C (word-wrap mode) ESC (ascii value 27) alerts printer that command follows: printer commands always begin with escape character ESC (s#B (stroke weight) ESC (s#H (font pitch) ESC (s#P (1ry spacing) ESC (s#S (roman/italic) ESC (s#T (typeface) ESC (s#V (1ry point size) ESC (#ID (1ry font) ESC (#X (select 1ry font) ESC (#@ (1ry font default) ESC *c#A (horiz rule - dots) ESC *c#B (vert rule - dots) ESC *c#E (specify character code) ESC *c#F (font & char control) ESC *c#G (pattern ID) ESC *c#H (horiz rule - deci-pts) ESC *c#P (print rule/pattern) ESC *c#V (vert rule - deci-pts) ESC *f#X (macro control) ESC *f#Y (macro ID) ESC = (half-line feed) FF (form feed) HT (horizontal tab) LF (line feed) PCL - printer control lingo control commands = escape sequences embedded in document SI (shift in) SO (shift out) SP (space) Upper/lowercase sensitivity Uppercase terminates escape sequence # (pound sign) value to be inserted ) SP (space) Upper/lowercase sensitivity Upperca