Xerox 3270 manual

3270 Programmer’s Guide Function Selection via the Line 2.1.4. Removing Permanent Escape Character If you wish to remove the permanent ESC character , you will have to follow the proce dure below: 1) Set Function 48, Select Permanent Escap e Character, to "00" (No ESC character ). 2) Define a new temporary ESC character as described in "Defining a Temporary Escape Character". 3) Save the settings using the command "<ESC> X1". Examples of these commands are shown below: >Y48,00> &&??% %X1 Syntax of the command strings to remove the permanentESC character (">"). "%" is defined as temporaryESC character . 2.2. Sending HEX Codes When an ESC character has been defined, you may send any HEX code to your printer. Below you will see an example of how this is accomplished ("%" is the defined ESC character ). %% 1B 28 38 55 % Structure of a command string. This command will select the Roman 8 symbol set in a PCL printer The string sent above is a command string for a specific printer. The two leading ESC characters tell the converter that the following characters should be treated in pairs as HEX codes until the next ESC character is registered in the datastream. Such commands may be found in the manual for your printer. - 14 -