LTAS: Appendix N

APPENDIX N. Printer configuration with NEWPRTRS.EXE.

PC LTAS comes with a printer configuration file called PRINTERS.LT. New printers can be added to this file or to a new file with NEWPRTRS.EXE. This is a utility which is started at the DOS prompt with the command "newprtrs". The following figures show how it appears on the screen.

To enter a new printer you will need to read the printer manual to find the printer control codes. These are the characters to send to the printer to change its font, character spacing, character size, print direction, etc. Sometimes these are called "escape sequences" because they often begin with the escape character. You will need to enter the printer characters as pairs of hexadecimal bytes. Sometimes manuals will give these values as decimal numbers or as abbreviations. Use the table of ASCII characters at the end of this appendix to convert characters or decimal numbers into hexadecimal.

Tables of printer control characters are included in this appendix.

NEWPRTRS.EXE screen when first entering the program.

It is also necessary to identify the output port to which the printer is connected. By pressing the spacebar, NEWPRTRS cycles through a list available ports (generally LPT1 through LPTn for parallel ports and COM1 through COMn for serial ports.)

If you are adding to an existing file you will be given a warning. Choose "Append " if you are adding a new printer to the file. Choose "WriteOver" if you are starting the file from the beginning; this will remove older entries. Choose "ReSpecify " if you want to name a different file.

"Add to file" button is used after entering all the information into the fields. Leave fields blank if the printer does not have a command for the option. The code for italic style might be substituted for underline on if the upright (normal) style is substituted for underline off. Other codes could be placed in the setup field.

After adding the printer configuration to the file the cursor will return to the "printer type" field. The values from the previous printer remain on the screen until they are overwritten. This is helpful when entering several configurations for the same printer with only minor changes. This Figure has the control codes for Hewlett-Packard LaserJet specifying duplex printing using the short edge as the binding edge. There is no place on the screen labeled "duplex short edge" so the codes are added to the end of the landscape and portrait fields. Whether landscape or portrait is chosen in PC LTAS, the "duplex short edge" command will also be sent to the printer.

Warning box when choosing an existing file.

Example of a completed screen for HP duplex short edge

The printer code sequences from the default PRINTERS.LT file supplied with PC LTAS are shown in two formats. The first line is a set of hexadecimal pairs separated by spaces. The second line lists the literal characters. Unprintable or upper ASCII characters are represented in curly brackets as the control code name or for upper ASCII the hexadecimal number. For example, escape, ^[, decimal 27, hex 1B = '{ESC}', character 255 = '{ chr 255 }'.

Table N-1: Printer control codes in "printers.lt" file
	NAME	CONTROL STRING	HEXADECIMAL
EPSON DOT MATRIX
	reset	{ESC}@	1B 40
	underline on	{ESC}-{SOH}	1B 2D 01
	underline off	{ESC}-	1B 2D 00
	ten pitch	{ESC}P	1B 50
	twelve pitch	{ESC}M	1B 4D
	condensed	{SI}	0F
IBM DOT MATRIX
	reset	{ESC}?{STX}	1B 3F 02
	underline on	{ESC}-{STX}	1B 2D 02
	underline off	{ESC}-	1B 2D 00
	ten pitch	{DC2}	12
	twelve pitch	{ESC}:	1B 3A
	condensed	{SI}	0F
OKIDATA DOT MATRIX
	underline on	{ESC}C	1B 43
	underline off	{ESC}D	1B 44
	ten pitch	{RS}	1
	twelve pitch	{FS}	1C
	condensed	{GS}	1D
PANASONIC DOT MATRIX
	reset	{ESC}@	1B 40
	underline on	{ESC}-{SOH}	1B 2D 01
	underline off	{ESC}-	1B 2D 00
	ten pitch	{ESC}n{ESC}P	1B 6E 1B 50
	twelve pitch	{ESC}l{ESC}@	1B 6C 1B 40
	condensed	{ESC}{SI}{SI}	1B 0F 0F
HP LASERJET
	setup	{ESC}(10U{ESC}&l0E	1B 28 31 30 55 1B 26 6C 30 45
	reset	{ESC}E	1B 45
	underline on	{ESC}&d0D	1B 26 64 30 44
	underline off	{ESC}&d@	1B 26 64 40
	ten pitch	{ESC}&k0S	1B 26 6B 30 53
	twelve pitch	{ESC}&k4S	1B 26 6B 34 53
	condensed	{ESC}&k2S	1B 26 6B 32 53
	landscape	{ESC}&l1O	1B 26 6C 31 4F
	portrait	{ESC}&l0O	1B 26 6C 30 4F
HP DUPLEX LONG EDGE
	setup	{ESC}(10U{ESC}&l0E	1B 28 31 30 55 1B 26 6C 30 45
	reset	{ESC}E	1B 45
	underline on	{ESC}&d0D	1B 26 64 30 44
	underline off	{ESC}&d@	1B 26 64 40
	ten pitch	{ESC}&k0S	1B 26 6B 30 53
	twelve pitch	{ESC}&k4S	1B 26 6B 34 53
	condensed	{ESC}&k2S	1B 26 6B 32 53
	landscape	{ESC}&l1O{ESC}&l1S	1B 26 6C 31 4F 1B 26 6C 31 53
	portrait	{ESC}&l0O{ESC}&l1S	1B 26 6C 30 4F 1B 26 6C 31 53
HP DUPLEX SHORT EDGE
	setup	{ESC}(10U{ESC}&l0E	1B 28 31 30 55 1B 26 6C 30 45
	reset	{ESC}E	1B 45
	underline on	{ESC}&d0D	1B 26 64 30 44
	underline off	{ESC}&d@	1B 26 64 40
	ten pitch	{ESC}&k0S	1B 26 6B 30 53
	twelve pitch	{ESC}&k4S	1B 26 6B 34 53
	condensed	{ESC}&k2S	1B 26 6B 32 53
	landscape	{ESC}&l1O{ESC}&l2S	1B 26 6C 31 4F 1B 26 6C 32 53
	portrait	{ESC}&l0O{ESC}&l2S	1B 26 6C 30 4F 1B 26 6C 32 53

Table N-2: Dot matrix printers -- selected control codes.
	FUNCTION	CONTROL STRING	HEXADECIMAL
IBM ProPrinter 4201 IBM ProPrinter II/XL
	bold	{ESC}E	1B 45
	condensed	{SI}	0F
	draft quality	{ESC}I{NUL}	1B 49 00
	letter quality	{ESC}G	1B 47
	reset	{FF}{DC}{ESC}F{ESC}H{ESC}4	0C 12 1B 46 1B 48 1B 34
NEC Pinwriter P-6
	bold	{ESC}E	1B 45
	condensed	{ESC}{SI}	1B 0F
	draft quality - elite	{ESC}x0{ESC}!{SOH}	1B 78 30 1B 21 01
	draft quality - pica	{ESC}x0{ESC}!{NUL}	1B 78 30 1B 21 00
	draft quality - proportional	{ESC}x0{ESC}!{STX}	1B 78 30 1B 21 02
	letter quality - elite	{ESC}x1{ESC}!{SOH}	1B 78 31 1B 21 01
	letter quality - pica	{ESC}x1{ESC}!{NUL}	1B 78 31 1B 21 00
	letter quality - proportional	{ESC}x1{ESC}!{STX}	1B 78 31 1B 21 02
	reset	{FF}{FS}@	0C 1C 40
NEC Spinwriter 2050/3050
	bold	{ESC}E	1B 45
	condensed	{ESC}{SI}	1B 0F
	reset	{FF}{ESC}#A	0C 1B 23 41
	bold	{ESC}*	1B 2A
	condensed	{ESC}]H	1B 5D 48
	reset	{FF}{ESC}#A	0C 1B 23 41
Panasonic 1080/1080i
	bold	{ESC}E	1B 45
	condensed	{ESC}{SI}	1B 0F
	letter quality	{ESC}n	1B 6E
	reset	{FF}{ESC}@	0C 1B 40
	bold	{ESC}E	1B 45
	condensed	{ESC}{SI}	1B 0F
	draft quality - elite	{ESC}n	1B 6E
	draft quality - pica	{ESC}p	1B 70
	letter quality - elite	{ESC}o	1B 6F
	letter quality - pica	{ESC}n	1B 6E
	reset	{FF}{ESC}@	0C 1B 40
Star Gemini 10X
	condensed	{SI}	0F
	letter quality	{ESC}E	1B 45
	reset	{FF}{ESC}@	0C 1B 40
Star NX-1000
	condensed	{SI}	0F
	letter quality	{ESC}x1	1B 78 31
	reset	{FF}{ESC}@	0C 1B 40

Table N-3: HP LaserJet series -- selected control codes.
FUNCTION	CONTROL STRING	HEXADECIMAL
Character Set - IBM USA (PC-8)	{ESC}(10U	1B 28 31 30 55
Character Set - Line Draw	{ESC}(0B	1B 28 30 42
Character Set - Roman Extension	{ESC}(0E	1B 28 30 45
Character Set - Roman-8	{ESC}(8U	1B 28 38 55
Character Set - USASCII	{ESC}(0U	1B 28 30 55
Duplex - Long Edge Binding	{ESC}&l1S	1B 26 6C 31 53
Duplex - Short Edge Binding	{ESC}&l2S	1B 26 6C 32 53
Orientation - Landscape	{ESC}&l1O	1B 26 6C 31 4F
Orientation - Portrait	{ESC}&l0O	1B 26 6C 30 4F
Pitch 10	{ESC}&k0S	1B 26 6B 30 53
Pitch 12	{ESC}&k's	1B 26 6B 34 53
Pitch 16.6 - Condensed	{ESC}&k2S	1B 26 6B 32 53
Reset	{ESC}E	1B 45
Simplex	{ESC}&l0S	1B 26 6C 30 53
Stroke - Light	{ESC}(s-3B	1B 28 73 2D 33 42
Stroke Weight - Bold	{ESC}(s3B	1B 28 73 33 42
Stroke Weight - Normal	{ESC}(s0B	1B 28 73 30 42
Style - Italic	{ESC}(s1S	1B 28 73 31 53
Style - Upright (Normal)	{ESC}(s0S	1B 28 73 30 53
Top Margin - 0 lines	{ESC}&l0E	1B 26 6C 30 45
Underline Off	{ESC}&d@	1B 26 64 40
Underline On - Floating	{ESC}&d3D	1B 26 64 33 44
Underline On - Solid	{ESC}&d0D	1B 26 64 30 44

Table N-4: ASCII characters

Each character is shown with its decimal number, hexadecimal number, and the character. The first 32 characters (0 through 31) are not printable so they are shown with their standard abbreviation followed by their control code. "^" is an abbreviation for the control key. For example, the null character is shown as "^@ " -- an abbreviation for control key plus "@" key.

0	00	NUL	^@
1	01	SOH	^A
2	02	STX	^B
3	03	ETX	^C
4	04	EOT	^D
5	05	ENQ	^E
6	06	ACK	^F
7	07	BEL	^G
8	08	BS	^H
9	09	HT	^I
10	0A	LF	^J
11	0B	BT	^K
12	0C	FF	^L
13	0D	CR	^M
14	0E	SO	^N
15	0F	SI	^O
16	10	DLE	^P
17	11	DC1	^Q
18	12	DC	^R
19	13	DC3	^S
20	14	DC4	^T
21	15	NAK	^U
22	16	SYN	^V
23	17	ETB	^W
24	18	CAN	^X
25	19	EM	^Y
26	1A	SUB	^Z
27	1B	ESC	^[
28	1C	FS	^\
29	1D	GS	^]
30	1E	RS	^^
31	1F	US	^_

32	20
33	21	!
34	22	"
35	23	#
36	24	$
37	25	%
38	26	&
39	27	'
40	28	(
41	29	)
42	2A	*
43	2B	+
44	2C	,
45	2D	-
46	2E	.
47	2F	/
48	30	0
49	31	1
50	32	2
51	33	3
52	34	4
53	35	5
54	36	6
55	37	7
56	38	8
57	39	9
58	3A	:
59	3B	;
60	3C	<
61	3D	=
62	3E	>
63	3F	?
64	40	@
65	41	A
66	42	B
67	43	C
68	44	D
69	45	E
70	46	F
71	47	G
72	48	H
73	49	I
74	4A	J
75	4B	K
76	4C	L
77	4D	M
78	4E	N
79	4F	O
80	50	P
81	51	Q
82	52	R
83	53	S
84	54	T
85	55	U
86	56	V
87	57	W
88	58	X
89	59	Y
90	5A	Z
91	5B	[
92	5C	\
93	5D	]
94	5E	^
95	5F	_
96	60	`
97	61	a
98	62	b
99	63	c
100	64	d
101	65	e
102	66	f
103	67	g
104	68	h
105	69	I
106	6A	j
107	6B	k
108	6C	l
109	6D	m
110	6E	n
111	6F	o
112	70	p
113	71	q
114	72	r
115	73	s
116	74	t
117	75	u
118	76	v
119	77	w
120	78	x
121	79	y
122	7A	z
123	7B	{
124	7C	\|
125	7D	}
126	7E	~
127	7F	DEL

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0	00	NUL	^@
1	01	SOH	^A
2	02	STX	^B
3	03	ETX	^C
4	04	EOT	^D
5	05	ENQ	^E
6	06	ACK	^F
7	07	BEL	^G
8	08	BS	^H
9	09	HT	^I
10	0A	LF	^J
11	0B	BT	^K
12	0C	FF	^L
13	0D	CR	^M
14	0E	SO	^N
15	0F	SI	^O
16	10	DLE	^P
17	11	DC1	^Q
18	12	DC	^R
19	13	DC3	^S
20	14	DC4	^T
21	15	NAK	^U
22	16	SYN	^V
23	17	ETB	^W
24	18	CAN	^X
25	19	EM	^Y
26	1A	SUB	^Z
27	1B	ESC	^[
28	1C	FS	^\
29	1D	GS	^]
30	1E	RS	^^
31	1F	US	^_

32	20
33	21	!
34	22	"
35	23	#
36	24	$
37	25	%
38	26	&
39	27	'
40	28	(
41	29	)
42	2A	*
43	2B	+
44	2C	,
45	2D	-
46	2E	.
47	2F	/
48	30	0
49	31	1
50	32	2
51	33	3
52	34	4
53	35	5
54	36	6
55	37	7
56	38	8
57	39	9
58	3A	:
59	3B	;
60	3C	<
61	3D	=
62	3E	>
63	3F	?
64	40	@
65	41	A
66	42	B
67	43	C
68	44	D
69	45	E
70	46	F
71	47	G
72	48	H
73	49	I
74	4A	J
75	4B	K
76	4C	L
77	4D	M
78	4E	N
79	4F	O
80	50	P
81	51	Q
82	52	R
83	53	S
84	54	T
85	55	U
86	56	V
87	57	W
88	58	X
89	59	Y
90	5A	Z
91	5B	[
92	5C	\
93	5D	]
94	5E	^
95	5F	_
96	60	`
97	61	a
98	62	b
99	63	c
100	64	d
101	65	e
102	66	f
103	67	g
104	68	h
105	69	I
106	6A	j
107	6B	k
108	6C	l
109	6D	m
110	6E	n
111	6F	o
112	70	p
113	71	q
114	72	r
115	73	s
116	74	t
117	75	u
118	76	v
119	77	w
120	78	x
121	79	y
122	7A	z
123	7B	{
124	7C	\|
125	7D	}
126	7E	~
127	7F	DEL

0	00	NUL	^@
1	01	SOH	^A
2	02	STX	^B
3	03	ETX	^C
4	04	EOT	^D
5	05	ENQ	^E
6	06	ACK	^F
7	07	BEL	^G
8	08	BS	^H
9	09	HT	^I
10	0A	LF	^J
11	0B	BT	^K
12	0C	FF	^L
13	0D	CR	^M
14	0E	SO	^N
15	0F	SI	^O
16	10	DLE	^P
17	11	DC1	^Q
18	12	DC	^R
19	13	DC3	^S
20	14	DC4	^T
21	15	NAK	^U
22	16	SYN	^V
23	17	ETB	^W
24	18	CAN	^X
25	19	EM	^Y
26	1A	SUB	^Z
27	1B	ESC	^[
28	1C	FS	^\
29	1D	GS	^]
30	1E	RS	^^
31	1F	US	^_

32	20
33	21	!
34	22	"
35	23	#
36	24	$
37	25	%
38	26	&
39	27	'
40	28	(
41	29	)
42	2A	*
43	2B	+
44	2C	,
45	2D	-
46	2E	.
47	2F	/
48	30	0
49	31	1
50	32	2
51	33	3
52	34	4
53	35	5
54	36	6
55	37	7
56	38	8
57	39	9
58	3A	:
59	3B	;
60	3C	<
61	3D	=
62	3E	>
63	3F	?
64	40	@
65	41	A
66	42	B
67	43	C
68	44	D
69	45	E
70	46	F
71	47	G
72	48	H
73	49	I
74	4A	J
75	4B	K
76	4C	L
77	4D	M
78	4E	N
79	4F	O
80	50	P
81	51	Q
82	52	R
83	53	S
84	54	T
85	55	U
86	56	V
87	57	W
88	58	X
89	59	Y
90	5A	Z
91	5B	[
92	5C	\
93	5D	]
94	5E	^
95	5F	_
96	60	`
97	61	a
98	62	b
99	63	c
100	64	d
101	65	e
102	66	f
103	67	g
104	68	h
105	69	I
106	6A	j
107	6B	k
108	6C	l
109	6D	m
110	6E	n
111	6F	o
112	70	p
113	71	q
114	72	r
115	73	s
116	74	t
117	75	u
118	76	v
119	77	w
120	78	x
121	79	y
122	7A	z
123	7B	{
124	7C	\|
125	7D	}
126	7E	~
127	7F	DEL

0	00	NUL	^@
1	01	SOH	^A
2	02	STX	^B
3	03	ETX	^C
4	04	EOT	^D
5	05	ENQ	^E
6	06	ACK	^F
7	07	BEL	^G
8	08	BS	^H
9	09	HT	^I
10	0A	LF	^J
11	0B	BT	^K
12	0C	FF	^L
13	0D	CR	^M
14	0E	SO	^N
15	0F	SI	^O
16	10	DLE	^P
17	11	DC1	^Q
18	12	DC	^R
19	13	DC3	^S
20	14	DC4	^T
21	15	NAK	^U
22	16	SYN	^V
23	17	ETB	^W
24	18	CAN	^X
25	19	EM	^Y
26	1A	SUB	^Z
27	1B	ESC	^[
28	1C	FS	^\
29	1D	GS	^]
30	1E	RS	^^
31	1F	US	^_

32	20
33	21	!
34	22	"
35	23	#
36	24	$
37	25	%
38	26	&
39	27	'
40	28	(
41	29	)
42	2A	*
43	2B	+
44	2C	,
45	2D	-
46	2E	.
47	2F	/
48	30	0
49	31	1
50	32	2
51	33	3
52	34	4
53	35	5
54	36	6
55	37	7
56	38	8
57	39	9
58	3A	:
59	3B	;
60	3C	<
61	3D	=
62	3E	>
63	3F	?
64	40	@
65	41	A
66	42	B
67	43	C
68	44	D
69	45	E
70	46	F
71	47	G
72	48	H
73	49	I
74	4A	J
75	4B	K
76	4C	L
77	4D	M
78	4E	N
79	4F	O
80	50	P
81	51	Q
82	52	R
83	53	S
84	54	T
85	55	U
86	56	V
87	57	W
88	58	X
89	59	Y
90	5A	Z
91	5B	[
92	5C	\
93	5D	]
94	5E	^
95	5F	_
96	60	`
97	61	a
98	62	b
99	63	c
100	64	d
101	65	e
102	66	f
103	67	g
104	68	h
105	69	I
106	6A	j
107	6B	k
108	6C	l
109	6D	m
110	6E	n
111	6F	o
112	70	p
113	71	q
114	72	r
115	73	s
116	74	t
117	75	u
118	76	v
119	77	w
120	78	x
121	79	y
122	7A	z
123	7B	{
124	7C	\|
125	7D	}
126	7E	~
127	7F	DEL